Example sentences of "he what [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to us that you 'd be the ideal person to teach him what goes on behind the scenes . ’ |
| 2 | Phil Angell asked him what does it take to risk life and limb . |
| 3 | I told him what worried the PM . |
| 4 | The last view is suggested by his claims that we are conscious of some memories ( those brought to INTROSPECTION in the ‘ control box ’ for example ) and some of the commands to say things ( as in deliberately saying something , as distinct from finding ourselves saying it ) , which would be messages from the ‘ control box ’ to PR ( the ‘ public relations box ’ , by analogy with the White House public relations chief , who is simply handed a piece of paper telling him what to say , but not to think about ) . |
| 5 | ‘ It tells him what to say . |
| 6 | It tells him what to say . |
| 7 | His voice sounded forced and sulky , as if someone was telling him what to say . |
| 8 | ‘ I told him what to say . |
| 9 | ‘ You have told him what to say . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ He can sing , but you have to tell him what to sing next . ’ |
| 11 | When I was talking to him I asked him what changes he saw taking place in the computing world . |
| 12 | I first asked him what changes he would like to see in the history . |
| 13 | She told him what calls he had received and what was waiting in the post . |
| 14 | I 'ad to hit him with an ornament , and when his fam'ly got back from church 'is wife asked him what 'ad happened to his face . |
| 15 | The German sights in particular — torchlit orgies of Nazi triumph , Hitler ranting in Stuttgart , storm-troopers stamping out the last flickers of academic freedom in Freiburg — showed him what lay in store for Europe and are vividly recounted here . |
| 16 | She told him what to wear and eat , when to sleep or make love to her . |
| 17 | Neither cultural Protestantism nor reverence before history could tell him what to preach in Safenwil , Sunday by Sunday , while the inheritors of Christian civilisation tore the world apart in the name of their enlightened values . |
| 18 | I s'pose now we has to put up with young Doctor Lovell dashing in and out again before you can tell him what ails you . ’ |
| 19 | I mean there 's no , no use a man being employed and he 's got a shop steward if he do n't and depend on the shop steward coming down to tell him what happens in the meeting . |
| 20 | so when somebody says to him what sides your heart on and he says right they say no , he says yes it is |
| 21 | I do n't tell him what clothes to wear , why should he tell me what food to eat ? |
| 22 | ‘ But — ’ Jinny frowned , not quite ready yet to tell him what had happened to her . |
| 23 | Seeing the look of pain on my driver 's face , I asked him what had become of Eileen , ‘ The Girl from County Donegal ’ , possessor of one of the purest ballad voices I know , with a hint of Irish mischief . |
| 24 | Masha sketched for him what had happened so far . |
| 25 | Somehow , everyone forgot to tell him what had happened . |
| 26 | It came from a scene set in a bar not unlike ours , and was said just after everyone in the bar had turned pale at the sight of a particular young man , a regular , entering the bar after a week 's absence ; the thing was , they were all wondering how they were going to break the news to him that there 'd been a terrible suicide , they were all wondering who was going to be the one to take this boy to one side and tell him what had happened to his friend , and why . |
| 27 | When I caught up with Pottz later that evening , I asked him what had gone wrong . |
| 28 | This was a disaster of some magnitude , and there was nothing for it but to seek the man out and tell him what had happened . |
| 29 | The very next day he went back to the doctor to tell him what had happened . |
| 30 | Russell told him what had occurred and that he had not stabbed the man but only punched him . |