Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun] he " in BNC.

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1 Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was .
2 ‘ A reporter told me the only dames he knew weighed 16 stones at least , ’ she said .
3 I 'll give you a funny article he wrote before you go .
4 I said no .. , so he said er , I 'll show you a quick video he said , and he showed me this video , part in Manchester and part in Peterborough two old girls got these crash helmets on
5 He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show .
6 ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’
7 When the judge told him the only sentence he could pass was that of life imprisonment , Meehan said loudly and clearly , ‘ I want to say this , sir .
8 And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself .
9 Yeah but they said we ca n't charge you for it he said we sell a new tube or sell you a new tyre he said we can charge you but we ca n't charge you labour .
10 ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
11 Corsie , however , produced a perfect running bowl to take out Gourlay 's two nearest and give him the three shots he needed to take the set .
12 ‘ I must confess I 'm pretty sick about it all , ’ he said seriously , then when she threw him a startled glance he suddenly grinned .
13 ‘ And , as he said in his letter , it was all right for him to rough it a little while he was on his own , but he has Elise to think of now . ’
14 He 's the type that you 're gon na have to be firm with Lynn , tell him the only way he 's gon na accept it , is you tell him you just do n't love him
15 Said treasurer called her the SILLIEST woman he knew …
16 Zen decided to give him the only answer he had been able to come up with .
17 when I visit him a second time he did n't turn up at all
18 Giving her a second chance he having failed
19 ‘ I thought , if I tell the driver I 'm a real archbishop and I 'll pay him the other end he 'll just say , ‘ Oh , stuff it , mate ! ' ’
20 What do I tell him the next time he asks
21 He felt it a boring thing he had to do as he would probably rather do something else but nevertheless it had to be done , not to save his reputation but restore his self-respect which he felt he did not have fully if someone was allowed to insult him and get away with it .
22 Burton always thought it the finest thing he ever did .
23 The latter , who had helped clear a space and set up the seating , had so enjoyed it they said that if the vicar would make it an annual event he could count on their support , they would organise their outing to coincide with it .
24 WELL , WHEN I OFFERED SIR WILFRED MY RESIGNATION , THE OLD BUGGER GAVE ME A SECOND-HAND YACHT HE 'D PICKED UP AT AN AUCTION …
25 He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again .
26 His haste gave her an uncanny feeling he was trying to escape from an unseen force — or perhaps from herself — and in her efforts to reach his side she panted breathlessly , ‘ Do you intend breaking into a gallop — ? ’
27 And it went without saying that , if he was not prepared to take a risk with his money , he most certainly was not prepared to take a risk which might lose him the one person he could trust .
28 Gina gave him the unstinted praise he deserved .
29 He is the vital element , a striker with so much potential that , if Graham Taylor gives him the same encouragement he has received at Highbury , he will become Gary Lineker Mark II — only better .
30 And when my father gives it a little thought he 'll realise it is now September and that my time off is likely to creep into next year , which will make a much longer period owing to me . ’
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