Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know what he told me last night ? |
| 2 | Then he went on , to amplify what he called my brave intervention . |
| 3 | He flung himself into athletics and , eventually became a top-flight international sprinter ; which is just as well , for , had he not realized his early promise , he would have been stuck in a sports shop with no qualifications — which would not have reflected what he considered his genuine educational aptitude . |
| 4 | As a family , they had everything — materially , anyway — and their father bent over backwards pleasing them , assuring them he loved them all . |
| 5 | Frantically Shannon tried to wriggle away , but he was too fast for her , his large body effectively pinning her to the mattress , and when she tried to slap him he caught her flailing wrists and held them fast on the pillow above her head . |
| 6 | After he killed her he tried taking her wedding ring and when he could n't get it he hacked her whole fucking hand off . ’ |