Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But 'e made a bit o' Welsh rarebit after some coaxing. 'E 's not as incapable as 'e looks , I 've come to 't conclusion . "
2 ‘ I do n't know what you said to 'im last evenin' , but 'e 'ad a bloke call later and done a bit of a business deal with 'im that earned a fiver , would yer believe .
3 ‘ Ca n't say much about 'is looks , 'e 'ad a scarf wrapped around 'is neck an' face ; you could only see 'is hooter an' mince pies .
4 ‘ Me dad was a loyal , conscientious worker an' 'e 'ad no union ter back 'im up .
5 '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 . ’
6 Anyway , I did n't get no trouble from the bloke , 'e plonked a couple of quid into me mitt just before 'e said cheerio . ’
7 Keef always laughs at that , an' then 'e wheezes a bit an' , like gasps for breath an' falls over .
8 ‘ E 's gettin' too big fer 'is boots , demandin' this an' that every time 'e enters the 'ouse .
9 ‘ Aah could wish 'e looked a bit stronger . ’
10 And I could see 'e thought a lot of you .
11 Yer told me yerself 'e put the finger on the goin 's on at the Crown .
12 ‘ Fred 's a diamond , an' 'e finks the world of 'er .
13 I told 'im I was gettin' over me wounds an' 'e said the work was 'ard an' did I fink I could manage it .
14 ‘ Mind you , 'e 's not bin the same since 'e left the yard .
15 ‘ Don 's a good bloke an' 'e brings a lot o' trade in 'ere .
16 In Britain Eddie Owen is committed to the idea and is trying to raise , or have underwritten , the £500,000 which will allow him to confirm an order .
17 Later ( Mk 12 : 29 ) they would hear him affirm the oneness of God , but how reconcile that with this ?
18 A CONVICTED arsonist set fire to a top security hospital after staff allowed him to carry a lighter .
19 Essex , whose young players to watch are Mark Ilott and Nick Knight , defend their Britannic Assurance title hoping , as usual , that Neil Foster 's knees will allow him to remain the country 's best bowler .
20 I remembered him using the word malfunction , ‘ a surgically induced malfunction ’ , that was it .
21 He was a punctilious blighter and I ca n't see him using the Lab as a convenient place for a rendezvous .
22 I waited a moment , letting him think the line was dead .
23 Someone — he ca n't remember who — had dared him to attend a service .
24 ‘ Of course , why do you think I asked him to attend the opening of the store ? ’
25 She negotiated with Henry and the Residential Centre and fixed up for him to attend the scheme for three days a week .
26 Copies of the application must be sent to the official receiver in sufficient time to enable him to attend the hearing of the application .
27 These encouraged him to attend the parish church , where ‘ I was so overrun with the spirit of superstition that I adored all things ( both the High Place , Priest , Clerk , vestments , service and what else ) belonging to the Church . ’
28 The official receiver must give at least twenty-one days ' notice of the meeting to the bankrupt and may require him to attend the meeting ( r 6.84 )
29 He did n't know why General Kopyion had asked him to attend the meeting with the Archon .
30 Gloucester was thus strengthening his grip on the duchy connection , but it was also in the interest of the crown for him to preserve the connection : an ambiguity emphasized by the fact that Ashton and Pilkington were royal as well as ducal servants .
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