Example sentences of "he [vb -s] it " in BNC.

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1 But he hates it if his friends are n't nearby , and he 's difficult to catch … ’
2 Which is why , I suspect , though he hates it , he will tolerate ‘ nice ’ .
3 SHE loves shopping , he hates it .
4 He hates it . "
5 He wo n't enjoy it , and you 'll be on pins waiting for him to show everyone just how much he hates it .
6 He hates it and does n't know what it means to me .
7 Oh how He hates it !
8 He hates it , he do n't like it at all . .
9 So , I put it on the other way round this morning and he hates it , I 've only just done it
10 RUBBER-faced funnyman Rowan Atkinson has admitted he plays it strictly for cash .
11 ‘ You Americans always go for the corny ones , ’ he says , but he plays it just the same , and he delivers a good strong solo at that .
12 ‘ And he plays it — smashes it through the covers straight for four !
13 Although the Daily Telegraph 's reviewer thought the twenty-year-old too young for the role of Buddy , he conceded that ‘ he plays it with an infectious sense of fun .
14 He plays it with a plectrum .
15 Mind you , he plays it more than me !
16 such as , you know the way he plays it .
17 But if he if he plays it and misses it he could give it to Thompson .
18 It 's hit towards the halfway line , Alan the sole defender for Blackburn at the moment , he plays it to his right , forward it goes to now that 's a good ball down the far side of the field , plenty of er men available , 's one of them inside the penalty area , the cross was n't so good from and it 's gon na run harmlessly behind for a goal kick .
19 He s-says it 's the most important th-thing between people . ’
20 His vital interest was exploring the countryside with his school friend Arthur Hardy , as he records it in A Sportsman 's Tale : ‘ We had spent the best ten years of life together and after that saw one another about twice a year …
21 As he adds detail he records it simply to his own satisfaction and in a form adequate to his own purposes .
22 ‘ If he signs it will be like all the fireworks going off on Bonfire Night . ’
23 If he signs it that indicates that he has accepted what you 've jointly agreed , and then you 've got something , a milestone , something to go back and measure yourselves against and to justify what you 've done against erm the fees that , that you 're invoicing the client for , if the client at s at some stage decides perhaps that 's not really what he wanted after all .
24 He rubs it absently , accosting strangers in the street , seeking out a friend and within minutes exclaiming that he wants to be by himself , watching children wistfully , accusing wellwishers of persecuting him with their kindness ; until at last he explodes on the brink of confession in a terrible universal cry : ‘ Oh , if only I were alone and nobody loved me , and if only I had never loved anyone ! ’
25 He worries that the children would be upset when they saw it , so he rubs it off the wall .
26 Typical James , thought Cameron , as he handed back the flask and looked at his friend 's flushed face : we are plotting to save our lives and he turns it into a holiday .
27 When we start to speak he turns it off .
28 He turns it up when he wants something . ’
29 The big clubs were watching from the stands at the Manor and Joey could well become a top transfer target if he turns it on like this .
30 He turns it into a hotel and falls in love with a local French lass .
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