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Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I fink 'e still misses those 'orses . ’
2	'E really loved those 'orses .
3	He opened pale , hurt eyes when Carrington told him not to take more drink excepting tea , and swore it had not entered his head .
4	knows or has reasonable cause to believe that , because of the individual 's connection and position , it would be reasonable to expect him not to disclose that information save for the proper performance of his duties .
5	I gazed across at him , willing him not to wreck this moment .
6	The teacher 's job is not to correct mistakes the pupil has already made , but to help him not to make that mistake next time .
7	The teacher 's job is not to correct mistakes the pupil has already made , but to help him not to make that mistake next time .
8	And the Special Forces guy 's solicitor has advised him not to make any statements . ’
9	The probationers told him to remember that every minute he was getting a little better , and Ward Sister told him not to make any effort , and not to try to take anything by the mouth .
10	In winter when she entertained she would send him outside to chop more wood for their open fire .
11	Years of intensive training in the paranormal had taught him how to draw these kinds of conclusions with consummate speed .
12	You 'd sent him upstairs to make some sort of excuse to Nicky Kai ?
13	Yeah David said he 's not too bothered , would he rather take some beans and the toaster ?
14	If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him .
15	He thereby pays less attention than he might to interpreting the science of art as a cultural phenomenon .
16	Kubrick can posit only a mystical promise of future ( individual ) development because he fundamentally has little faith in human nature or society , unlike Clarke ( most sci-fi writers seem to have a deep-down streak of optimism , even when as downbeat as Philip K Dick or as ironic as Kurt Vonnegut ) .
17	He eventually incorporated this idea into his wider plan for tackling unemployment , the 1930 Mosley Memorandum .
18	When he eventually leaves that employer how far can the latter control the ex-employee 's ability to deal with the clients which he brought with him .
19	Now he felt his brain slowly expanding , the noise and sunshine seemed to have entered his skull , and he badly wanted some food to settle the turbid churning of his feelings .
20	He rarely showed any emotion , even when people presented him with the most heart-felt outpourings of their fears and hopes .
21	He rarely paid any attention to the plays progressing below him .
22	He apparently reckoned any pressure would n't be effective .
23	‘ You know , there is a story in Malta , ’ he said drily , ‘ that when St Paul the Apostle was shipwrecked on our shores , back in 60 AD , and he performed a miracle by removing the poison from a snakebite , he merely transferred that poison on to the tongues of Maltese women . ’
24	Is it the case that he merely dismisses those submissions with which he does not agree and proceeds in an autocratic fashion ?
25	He obviously expected some sort of reaction .
26	He obviously intended this remark to conclude their conversation for he half-turned to call his grooms .
27	No new employees come into the Smurfit organisation without his say-so and he personally approves all capital expenditure .
28	But he impatiently dismissed this line of thought .
29	I have marmalade on toast right and he only said this morning and he said do n't forget the marmalade , he 's chucking the jar out .
30	I mean , if we take this as a game , as you rightly describe it , he only takes these people from th in the first place , to have hostages that he can use as bargaining chips later .