Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It come to 'im from 'is dad ; 'e says 'e feels undressed without it an' do n't know whether it 's 'alf-past five or ten to eight when 'e gets up , or if it 's teatime or dinnertime .
2 Then 'e ses ter me , ‘ Jus ' so 's yer do n't ferget , ’ then 'e put me lights out . ’
3 ‘ I fink 'e finks we 've got the equipment . ’
4 'E finks we 've come ter put the tent up ! ’ he hissed .
5 'E said 'e wants loads o' babies .
6 That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of .
7 'E said 'e needs a lot o' money ter get it started an' that 's what 's worryin' me. 'E could be up to anyfink . ’
8 ‘ E asked me to describe yer , which I did , thinkin' maybe 'e was goin' to tell yer you 'd come into some money , but 'e said you 'd taken in a young woman , that the pair of you 'ad nicked 'is wallet an' made off with it .
9 'E left me roastin' outside the gates while 'e went an' phoned the police , ’ Freddie moaned .
10 But he had paid part of that apothecary 's bill that very morning , and the attorney to whom the bailiff took him agreed there had been a mistake .
11 Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ?
12 More recently his attempt to damp down the fires of the Rushdie controversy , A Satanic Affair : Salman Rushdie and The Rage of Islam , infuriated both Muslim militants and some of Rushdie 's friends , which makes him think he got the balance about right .
13 What made him think she 'd visited the palazzo before ?
14 She wondered what made him think she desired a flogging .
15 I did n't think I 'd be able to keep my sanity or my family if it happened again , but there was no way I was going to let him make me sign for a loan I did n't want .
16 She said , looking down , although it was too dark for him to see her blushing , ‘ That first time — I wanted to meet you , Miguelito , very much .
17 It reassured him to see her sitting there , so thoughtful and placid .
18 I do n't want him to know we 've got divers aboard and I especially do n't want him to see me taking off with divers in the general direction of the Delos .
19 I mean he for him to see it walking along the road if there was anything .
20 Yet soon the glutinous entity was withdrawing far from his head , allowing him to see it squeezing portion by portion back into the ventilation system .
21 She had never been ashamed of her body before — why should she let him make her feel this way ?
22 I was better at maths and science and practical things — you only had to show him a lathe in the metal workshop for him to pretend he had a fainting fit but when he wanted to beat me , he beat me .
23 Staff there pursuaded him to report what had happened .
24 Staff there pursuaded him to report what had happened .
25 Jason denies saying it ; the freelance journalist who interviewed him insists he did .
26 I ca n't see him allowing me take the children so far away from London . ’
27 Brampton may have been a quiet man but I can not imagine him allowing anyone to hustle him upstairs in a house full of people , tie a noose round his neck and hang him .
28 The sight of him made her catch her breath .
29 Just the sight of him made her go weak , ache , and the thought of never seeing him again , never being able to touch him , was a twisting pain in her heart .
30 The touch , the feel , the heat of him made her want to laugh and cry .
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