Example sentences of "he [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What did 'e buy it for if 'e did n't want it ? |
| 2 | ‘ Did n't 'e tell ye he was off ? . ’ |
| 3 | Did 'e tell yer about 'is boxin ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Put yourself into the hands of a Gothic architect , tell him what you want , let him invoke his muse and his clerks , and know the result . |
| 5 | I never felt him cover me , or tuck me up … |
| 6 | On the day I moved in my Mother had warned me not to let him rule my life like he 'd ruled my Father 's , but it never occurred to me to disobey him and seemed natural to follow the ‘ week planner ’ he 'd written out and pinned to the notice-board in the kitchen : Monday — Washing Tuesday — Ironing Wednesday — Youth Club etc . |
| 7 | But on the whole there was a simplicity and directness about the way she had written that had pleased him , and occasional bits of unintended humour that had made him laugh , though the way she had written about her family — her grandmother in particular , had made him think her unobservant . |
| 8 | If only she could tell him how she longed for him to carry her off , but would n't that make him think her wanton ? |
| 9 | Let him think what he wants . ’ |
| 10 | She would ask the tutor to get her a block — let him think what he liked . |
| 11 | ‘ Let him think what he likes . |
| 12 | Let him think they were going to get married if he wanted to . |
| 13 | And do not let him think he is to be parted from you forever Ellen for this would not be the truth . |
| 14 | You 're doing him harm , making him think he 's so wonderful . ’ |
| 15 | He was a fool to expect anything other than he got , however : surely only vanity could have made him think he could seduce a mob of Madness fans ? |
| 16 | Would have made him think he was with the poor bloody paras in a tent in Afghanistan … |
| 17 | What makes him think he 's so wonderful ? ’ |
| 18 | She professed love for Gentle at intervals , but not with sufficient consistency to make him think he could prise her from her husband , even if he wanted to , which he was by no means certain he did . |
| 19 | More recently his attempt to damp down the fires of the Rushdie controversy , A Satanic Affair : Salman Rushdie and The Rage of Islam , infuriated both Muslim militants and some of Rushdie 's friends , which makes him think he got the balance about right . |
| 20 | And made him think he could trust me . |
| 21 | His ankles were unbound ; it made him think he was higher off the ground than he would have liked . |
| 22 | It does n't do any good to let him think he can overrule me either — well , he ca n't really , because I 'm Chief Druid after all . |
| 23 | Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ? |
| 24 | She 'd be damned if she 'd let him think he could get away with that ! |
| 25 | ‘ Because if he really is the sort of reporter you claim he is then that would be playing right into his hands by making him think I 'm trying to hide something . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't let him think there 's anything wrong , ’ Plummer told her . |
| 27 | She wondered what made him think she desired a flogging . |
| 28 | She knew he was in a position to do what he wished , but what made him think she would enjoy it ? |
| 29 | It 's hard enough for him to accept Angy 's shabby treatment of Rick , her lies about the ring and her deceit in letting him think she was carrying another man 's child . |
| 30 | ‘ It was the clothes , you see , that made him think she was Egyptian . |