Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , too , Colin Watson was particularly adept in the creation of the detective he chose to investigate , or struggle with , the curious crimes he made to happen in everyday Flaxborough . |
| 2 | The sounds he made fell into the embrace of a dead echo , and he felt that he might be the last man on earth . |
| 3 | As he made to sneak up the corridor to the stairs , the sounds of heated debate reached his ears , issuing from the front parlour . |
| 4 | But he lived to reflect on what he described as the ‘ luckiest escape of my life ’ |
| 5 | He hates shopping on a Saturday . |
| 6 | Oh as he said something , he loves driving , but he hates driving in London . |
| 7 | He hates sitting on the beach ; does nothing but moan . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He hates to think of me having a good time , ’ said Camille . |
| 9 | Does he want to move from the city to a farm in Scotland ? |
| 10 | And besides , I must be all right ; did n't he want to talk about my chest ? |
| 11 | Green , did n't he want to go for grey ? |
| 12 | Did n't he want to go for grey ? |
| 13 | Why should he want to die in Palestine — away from his family and people ? ’ |
| 14 | What did he want to do with me then ? |
| 15 | I told her and mouthed to Nigel who it was , and did he want to speak to her ? |
| 16 | yeah well does he want to check with |
| 17 | Why does he want to share with us ? |
| 18 | And what did he want coming to this back of beyond ? ’ |
| 19 | He chanced to resurface at a moment in the film when the divine Ms Rau is indulging in carnal acrobatics with the leading male actor . |
| 20 | Well , I say , he tend to go at eleven and three , so think about it . |
| 21 | ( He turns to look at Fateha ) Where do you live , er … |
| 22 | Whilst discussing Derwentwater he discourages drawing from a boat or small island , ‘ the passion for boat prospects is owing to the delusive fascinations of the water . ’ |
| 23 | He had himself frequently led patrols along the narrow roads and boreens that ran like veins through the countryside about Cork , and before that he had spent more time than he cared to remember in the muddy trenches and dug-outs of France with shells screaming overhead . |
| 24 | His ‘ guys ’ in Lebanon , the Asmar network , were not to be risked on routine intelligence for the DEA , and Coleman had no other contacts there that he cared to expose to the Syrian-backed heroin cartel in the Bekaa Valley . |
| 25 | Preston knew , if he cared to think about it . |
| 26 | In particular , Haslam found the camaraderie he experienced working alongside mineworkers extremely rewarding . |
| 27 | ‘ Nice boy , ’ he planned to say to Sheila later , ‘ artistic , too . |
| 28 | Mr Goldberg said they could bring a libel action , but he planned to wait until the appeal verdict . |
| 29 | Henry was going to add a chapter towards the end of The Complete History of Wimbledon in which he planned to deal with the failure of nerve he sensed in the place . |
| 30 | Kyffin Williams never intended to be a painter , he planned to go into the army but was rejected on medical grounds . |