Example sentences of "he [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time you had arrested him or put his trousers on . |
| 2 | Mr Brown refused to say how the papers had been shown to him or to disclose their further contents . |
| 3 | She would n't question him or argue with him or threaten his authority . |
| 4 | You do n't think you 've killed him or severed his spine or anything but , if you have , that ca n't be helped . |
| 5 | But success at Covent Garden and Sadler 's Wells , invitations from the Paris Opéra and La Scala , Milan , the chance to collaborate with leading composers and painters — all this was not enough to satisfy him or occupy his energies fully . |
| 6 | She never would say why but I felt almost sure she was doing it against him , either to spite him or to gain his attention . |
| 7 | Tall , lean-hipped and broad-shouldered , he seemed to tower over everyone else , and once again there was that air of casual elegance about him that had her looking him over with her heart in her mouth . |
| 8 | Maybe it was n't even him that took my bag — maybe it was one of those American tourists or someone I did n't even see , and Dayglo here — Vern — just happened to be running along the wharf . |
| 9 | There was something about being too close to him that made her uncomfortable . |
| 10 | But even Bowe was shocked to find Holyfield , whose vision by the 12th round was reduced to bloodied pillar box slits in both eyes , still answering to the voice inside him that insisted his hopeless cause was actually winnable . |
| 11 | ‘ And Mrs McDougall told you something about him that changed your minds ? ’ |
| 12 | His ribs were bandaged , his jaw in traction , and wires were stuck in his wrists and chest to register his hearbeat on a sinister machine behind him that flashed his beats per minute in red digits . |
| 13 | There was too much of the outlaw about him that held its own fascination . |
| 14 | It was the implications of his presence as much as the sight of him that heated her skin and caused her heart to thunder as her mind leapt treacherously forward to the night that lay ahead of them . |
| 15 | ‘ You 've done nothing for him except wreck his life . |
| 16 | They also lay down beside him and pressed their bodies against his to heat him . |
| 17 | If the fall had n't killed him , the large diamond of glass he 'd brought with him and impaled his neck on certainly had . |
| 18 | If a harem is travelling alone and encounters an all-male group , the male then faces the risk that adult males from the group will attack him and usurp his reproductive role . |
| 19 | Only when Maisie came to hold him and soothe his fears did he feel safe . |
| 20 | In several states the personal staff of the foreign minister , chosen by him and handling his correspondence and interviews , was a formally distinct entity . |
| 21 | Perhaps unconsciously I willingly let myself be fooled , just in order to please him and keep our relationship going . |
| 22 | On 17 June 1952 a Fellow of Magdalene College walked down Trinity Street in Cambridge and was suddenly aware of the regius professor of divinity waddling ahead of him and throwing his arms about and muttering gloomily to himself , ‘ Hell ! |
| 23 | He fancied in his exhaustion that the devil had taken bodily form to keep close by him and seize his soul . |
| 24 | But , generally , Ollie seemed to have been good for him and brought his character out a lot . |
| 25 | Half-blinded by the glare , Manville picked out two black shapes moving towards him and brought his gun up quickly , thumbing off the safety catch . |
| 26 | Miranda faced him and schooled her features . |
| 27 | Marrying him was one thing ; loving him and defying her family and Father Dowd had taken more courage and determination than she knew was in her . |
| 28 | It tormented him and tested his sanity to breaking point . |
| 29 | Making the best of the situation , Arden-Clarke invited Nkrumah to meet him and submit his list of names for the majority of the Executive Council who would now become Ministers . |
| 30 | She eased away from him and unzipped his boots , tugging them off before sliding the leathers down over his long legs . |