Example sentences of "[verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Aah did n't know 'e 'd asked thi , ’ Annie answered in surprise . |
| 2 | At the church , me poor sister was near to swoonin' , our mum 'ad to give 'er smellin'-salts , with 'is reverend the vicar sayin' 'e 'd 'ave to cancel the ceremony . |
| 3 | Mind , I ai n't sayin' 'e do n't 'ave 'is good points , nor that 'e do n't come up with a cuddle and a present sometimes . |
| 4 | ‘ Pity 'e do n't spend a bit more on these 'ouses , ’ Florrie remarked acidly . |
| 5 | They say 'e 's all right ter talk to . |
| 6 | There is the fellow who is idle from weakness , born idle as we say , a lazy character , and there is the idle man whose idleness imprisons and tortures him , because like a caged bird he longs to fly . |
| 7 | It was rumoured he had earned the nickname by biting the navel clean out of a whore who had displeased him , and I found the rumour all too believable for he was not a pleasant man . |
| 8 | ‘ One look from those eyes when someone had displeased him and we 'd all be walking around on eggshells . |
| 9 | The fantasy desire on the part of a man , to have a woman adoring him , and to have her interested only in satisfying his desires , reinforces such desires in him . |
| 10 | Dotty was n't there to cosset him , and presently he went upstairs to the wardrobe , where Prue made him a cup of tea . |
| 11 | Goreng had dominated him with his will . |
| 12 | Now this man had approached and addressed him in English and in an upper-class accent too . |
| 13 | It was a long time since the Professor had addressed him by other than his Christian name . |
| 14 | Strange how he had given that start when he had addressed him as Sir Joseph . |
| 15 | As yet he was n't used to the title ; indeed , he was perhaps the first to have addressed him as such . |
| 16 | She had never yet addressed him as Sir Joseph , because somehow he did n't look like a sir ; he did n't , in her eyes , fit the title ; he was too young . |
| 17 | Until then she had demurely addressed him as ‘ Sir ’ . |
| 18 | This was the first time she had addressed him directly since take off . |
| 19 | She had been outraged when her husband left for another woman , had addressed him with religious vehemence and spoken of hell , but as time passed she had realised that life was very much more pleasant without him , that he was generous with money , and so she had , not forgiven , but ceased to revile him ; and I know she found grim amusement in my stepmother 's harassed countenance and the irritating ways of her two small children . |
| 20 | In all his thirty-three years no single woman had ever addressed him after such a fashion , or spoken of such a delicate matter . |
| 21 | ‘ They git a chance to use this ? ’ he inquired of the man who had addressed him . |
| 22 | A lieutenant-colonel , who had evidently been a close friend in his class at St. Cyr , greeting the new C.O. had addressed him as tu , only to receive a shrivelling rebuff : ‘ Colonel , I must request you to keep your distance . |
| 23 | WG is alleging that Alan Carr , who remained as Alkar 's chairman , overstated Alkar 's profits by anticipating payments and inflating stock , causing WG to overpay him in subsequent acquisition instalments . |
| 24 | And the fact that he seemed to accept the failure of his play , which in previous years would have depressed and unnerved him , is further evidence that he was now a more sanguine man . |
| 25 | He had not intended to be so sharp but Cranston 's secretive arrival had unnerved him . |
| 26 | Great Britain skipper Garry Schofield is still out with a hamstring injury and Kiwi Mercer joins him with a damaged ankle . |
| 27 | GINA MORRIS joins him for a big breakfast . |
| 28 | The Iggy-mimicking singer , having removed his trousers , is prancing around in red underpants as Beast joins him for a rap style duet . |
| 29 | A female joins him . |
| 30 | ( ROS joins him . |