Example sentences of "he [verb] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | She watched him raise one hand to rub the nape of his neck , then flex his shoulder muscles . |
| 2 | She realized this openly and laughed at him in the sun , saying that the Afghans could n't manage it either , and her blatant flirtatiousness fuelled him to perform one of his music-hall leaps over the back of the car into the bucket seat . |
| 3 | The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale . |
| 4 | Finally , on the day that I 'd promised to ring the breeder back and let him know one way or the other , a miracle happened — one of those strokes of luck that seem to come along when you least expect them to . |
| 5 | what , him knocking one of the cupboard doors or something John I did n't hear anything |
| 6 | Sir John 's temper had improved but Athelstan dreaded spending a day watching him guzzle one goblet of wine after another . |
| 7 | Mr. C 's service contract will allow him to work one day a week on non — [ ] Plc/ABC business , provided he does not work in an employment in competition with [ ] Plc or ABC or their subsidiaries . |
| 8 | I know one fellow called Ashworth , he were bit of a coal merchant , I remember him shouting one day across to somebody , ‘ I backed a winner . ’ |
| 9 | He liked the familiarity ; it made him feel one of the clan . |
| 10 | Charlie 's personal idea of bliss is for a long-haired client to walk in an allow him to create one of his more advanced shapes , but he would never impose his styles on an unwilling customer . |
| 11 | But first this lunchtime , the High Court in Glasgow has heard how the brother of murdered Edinburgh student Paul Sheldon had a flashback of the incident which helped him to identify one of the alleged attackers . |
| 12 | For a little while longer his health held up sufficiently for him to plunder one more shrine , at Rocamadour , and then at Martel , on 11 June , he died . |
| 13 | ‘ I think I ought to make him marry one of you even now ! ’ she sobbed . |
| 14 | At the table sat a young Cistercian monk , and at either elbow sat Lucier and Gabriel watching him copy one page of writing from another . |
| 15 | Which was pretty heartening , considering it was down to him to do one of my parole reports and that most of the people in Styal were there for drugs , or drug-related crimes , like kiting cheques [ passing stolen cheques ] to buy drugs or shoplifting to buy drugs . |
| 16 | If you have to stop him doing one thing , provide something else to interest and occupy him . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd like to see him hit one of those bloody kites . |
| 18 | He conferred with Willys , who duly informed Thurloe of his whereabouts , having first warned Ormonde to change his lodgings , so enabling him to keep one jump ahead of the pursuit . |
| 19 | Let him realise one thing : she might be poor , but she was nobody 's doormat ! |
| 20 | He allows Lennie to pet mice and was going to let him keep one of Slim 's new pups . |
| 21 | Whereas , taking him taking one guy a week for a week , is putting no-one in jeopardy and giving somebody a decent wage for a week . |
| 22 | Put a bucket of food on the ramp at a distance from the horse sufficient to make him put one foot on the ramp . |
| 23 | I remember him telling one man that had been late three times in fifteen years that it was getting to be a habit : ‘ You 'd better look for your previous employment . ’ |
| 24 | After Christmas he had wanted to arrange for the marriage to take place straight away , before he could change his mind , but it was difficult to fit it in with his new duties as a Governor of the Foundling Hospital which required him to spend one day a week in town . |
| 25 | ‘ But I know that Martin was keen to show what he can do in Australia because his three-year contract with Wigan only allows him to spend one summer abroad . |
| 26 | ‘ The mate who was with him said one minute he was talking to Tony at the side of the road and the next he was flat on his back . |
| 27 | ‘ I saw him beating one of the dogs . ’ |
| 28 | There before him stood one of the tallest , thinnest men he had ever seen outside a circus . |
| 29 | She saw him rub one hand across his forehead , as if wiping away perspiration . |
| 30 | He made one of his jokes , something about dry-rot and woodworm . |