Example sentences of "he [noun] " in BNC.

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1 'E dai n't say that did 'e ? ’
2 Kirkby Stephen had a stocking market of renown and Southey wrote of ‘ the terrible knitters 'e Dent ’ , in The Doctor , 1834 .
3 And 'e niver played another day 's cricket for England for Yorkshire .
4 I fink 'e jus ' loves 'em an' leaves 'em .
5 When I fink of all that time 'e jus ' sat at the front door wiv 'is 'ead in 'is 'ands , I shudder .
6 'E jus ' walked up ter me calm as yer like an' ses , ‘ Tell Mr Maitland 'is ole friends 'ave paid 'im a visit . ’
7 You go vamoose from here plenty chop-chop , tuck up in him blanket , take sleeping pill . ’
8 Some 203 ‘ super-delegates ’ already promise him support .
9 He also saw Ottaviani — effectively refusing him support .
10 Occasionally two or three rooks would straggle up to mob him from some tree or tiny patch of parkland they were trying to protect but he was going strongly and the wind was giving him support and direction .
11 I edged behind my master , ready to give him support and wondering if Ricard had locked the door behind him .
12 The Swiss , Spanish and Belgium governments also promised him support .
13 Nevertheless , by 1800 a commoner was speaking with regret of the times when the undrained wastes had given him pasture , where ‘ he could turn out his cow and pony , feed his flock of geese and keep his pig ’ .
14 ‘ I 'm sure she called him Magnus , ’ Miss Honey said .
15 The dinner they gave him ranks among the epic brawls which regularly give the brotherhood of socialist solidarity a bad name .
16 Clearly a golden year — a grateful nation made him King Henry II thereafter .
17 Theresa , who does n't mind being called a whore but starts screaming if anyone calls her retarded , is the kind of character who seems to promise a fate worse than rape , but the greatest violence reside in Al , who tries to calm himself with images of lambs , only to have them open their mouths to show him teeth and worms .
18 When , on the only occasion in British parliamentary history , a Communist Party member was returned ( Willie Gallacher , at the Motherwell by-election of 1944 ) and he asserted his right to take his seat in the House without sponsorship ( as is the House 's custom ) the House refused him admission and he was obliged to seek the support of two independent members next day .
19 The patronage of Sir Edward Phelips [ q.v. ] probably brought him admission to the Middle Temple ( 1614 ) , James I gave him fee-farm rents in sixteen counties ( 1619–24 ) , and he became clerk extraordinary to the Privy Council ( 1624–40 ) .
20 The railway staff on duty refused him admission and he demanded to see Mr Burlinson , Birmingham District Superintendent of the Great Western Railway :
21 Then the old girl turned up and him to stop him mutilating him bit more .
22 Everyone here calls him Buck . ’
23 Jean Lambert of the Green Party said it was ‘ pace-setting ’ , and added : ‘ I wish him luck — though I am sceptical about his chances . ’
24 I wished him luck .
25 Thus , summoning all my courage and self-control ( easier to do on paper ) , I replied wishing him luck , and sent by surface mail the photograph he had asked for .
26 It 's a great move for him and I wish him luck .
27 ‘ He used to say they brought him luck . ’
28 Betty thinks her socks brought him luck .
29 ‘ I do n't sympathise with him , I wish him luck .
30 ‘ First of all , he kept Derek Jefferson on because he brought him luck and he likes the caddie to hold the flag because he can concentrate on his stroke better .
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