Example sentences of "[be] [verb] he [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The farmer 's son brought a beautiful mare to be shod ; and after she 'd been done he asked the guv'nor what he thought on her . |
| 2 | Neighbour Stuart Partlett said : ‘ We 're hoping he gets the all-clear and shows them all by taking the gold . |
| 3 | I 've been told he left the accountancy firm where he worked , and that he 's joined his uncle , Matthew Wilder , who owns a back-country property between Napier and Taupo . |
| 4 | I 've been told he paid the widow money . |
| 5 | There is a danger if the settlor has power to remove trustees that it can be said he controls the trust . |
| 6 | In the excitement of his new job and other things that were happening he pushed the thought of Chris to the back of his mind until he realised that Maureen looked red-eyed and unhappy . |
| 7 | While the statute was being prepared he noticed the word ‘ progress ’ in an official document : ‘ What is progress ? ’ he scribbled across it . |
| 8 | It is thought he lifted the cab after a mechanical fault and it crashed on top of him . |
| 9 | When he is challenged he lays the blame , like his father , at God 's door , but with a new and terrible cynicism and with an outright lie . |
| 10 | ( Although it is believed he survived the War , nothing more seems to be known about him ) . |
| 11 | As soon as he realised what was happening he put the pressure on , and was closing with them when he saw another assault boat . |
| 12 | Mike 's boss , Max Smith , 53 , said : ‘ Even though he was trapped he finished the job . ’ |
| 13 | But a disciplinary hearing of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland was told he sold the product without a prescription . |
| 14 | ‘ That as soon as he was refuelled he took the opportunity of seeing if he could locate the remains of that American plane ? ’ |
| 15 | If this was to change he thinks the reaction would be violent . |
| 16 | When the Mass was finished he followed the priest into the vestry . |
| 17 | When he was finished he sat the boy up and tousled his hair . |
| 18 | Once the letter was sent he regretted the remark — and he got a frosty reply from Sir Randolph . |