Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expect he did it for the insurance , ’ Dangerfield said . |
| 2 | Some say he took it from an Indian funeral chant , others from a poem by a U.S. poet Mary Fry , though no one seems to know anything else about the lady . |
| 3 | The tale of Simon the Athenian appears in Samuel Sharp 's History of Stamford of 1847 , where he says he found it in a ‘ quaint old black-letter record ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Several people who were present say he was n't , and a cabby says he delivered him to the Post on Friday afternoon . |
| 5 | When it was done he ordered her into the sleeping-bag . |
| 6 | He tapped her on the shoulder-Excuse me — and when she turned he took her by the wrist and round the waist , holding her close , whisking her on to the floor . |
| 7 | Then one day Mr Flowerdew he went out and bought a horse , a rather special horse ; and when he wanted it shod he sent it to the blacksmith shop at Scole , Mr Woodcock 's . |
| 8 | Sec secondly we must welcome Paul to the meeting , as you know he joined us at the beginning of January to run the neighbourhood watch schemes and as office manager I thought it appropriate he attend the management meetings . |
| 9 | I was drinking Monk and Monk was a heavy beer so fuck I gets out of the car and fucking oh fuck , but anyway said to me look I 'll go up , say my name , and I 'll bring you home , I was living with my sister at the time and I sat on a wee low wall , I 'm just the wall , fu fuck I , in the middle of the day , nobody , they were just drinking er Dawn this is way were , it 's fucking maybe twenty five years ago , twenty six and er fuck he sat me on the wall he had to s I could n't see he says to me er fucking I heard a voice , Raymond like this is the exam tonight you 'll have to sit there . |
| 10 | Zeno ran a coin across his knuckles , this way and that , a tiny acrobat , then flipped it ; as it fell he clapped it to the back of his hand . |
| 11 | like that , and he said it was ever so funny , he took fifty up there because , I bet he told you about the money betting and all that and he 's said he bet fifty pound , he thought christ he said , I was bloody lucky he said I , I had the , I said well David . |
| 12 | Tell you what I bet he had it under the blankets reading his books . |
| 13 | ‘ Well — yes , I knew he married her after the war , ’ said Greg diplomatically . |
| 14 | I 'd caught him once or twice patting her bottom which the silly girl probably took as evidence of her superior attractions , whereas I knew he did it to every woman under forty . |
| 15 | My lady and gentleman took him out that night and he drank a lot of fizzy stuff and fell over — I 'm black and I do n't think he saw me in the darkness . |
| 16 | Before she could answer he grabbed her by the shoulders and pulled her against him , his fingers biting cruelly into her skin . |
| 17 | I think he caught me at a vulnerable moment , when I was more worried about myself than I am now . |
| 18 | Yeah Carrie went and as she , as she left he patted her on the bum which is , you know , a bit friendly and I said to Jess well look , put it this way , cos she 's really , she flirts a lot |
| 19 | Yes , his victory at Doral was awesome , but he admits he did it with a suspect putter , wielded by a 49-year-old puttee , and a mind that focussed on golf to block out the loss in a fire of his $2,000,000 Florida mansion . |
| 20 | " I shall never forget " , he said , " the support and help he gave me during the critical months of the revolution in 1917 . |
| 21 | I 'm sure that 's where he said he got it from the |
| 22 | Erm I have n't heard anything yet erm about the demo form from the erm City Council so I 'll give them a boot up their backside because it 'll be a week since he said he put it in the post so . |
| 23 | The exception is a Scottish pig farmer who stands uneasily next to the carcass of Jamie , a pig he reluctantly slaughtered and to which he was so attached he credited it with the IQ of a three-year-old child . |