Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spunk accepts a glass or two of firewater and is led to the sack , where he proceeds to give her the pasting of a lifetime . |
| 2 | The trophy became known as the Gordon Bennett Cup , although he preferred to call it the Coupe Internationale . |
| 3 | Not a medium so he 's given him the small so he 's thinking if if it does n't fit he 's still made the sale . |
| 4 | Looking at her across the table , it was hard to imagine that once he had thought her the most exotic extraordinary thing in the entire world . |
| 5 | Jim and Louise , however , had been forced to remain with their captor alongside the open trapdoor , until he had satisfied himself the coast was completely clear . |
| 6 | At last he saw that , if he was ever to eliminate his old habits , then he must refuse to do anything at all until he had given himself the directions . |
| 7 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 8 | If he had given me the £5000 , under the rules at the time I would have had to donate 15 per cent to the British Board — totally unfair in my view as I had had to find the sponsorship myself . |
| 9 | If he had told her the truth , she would not have believed him . |
| 10 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 11 | Well if he 's snapped it the aerial |
| 12 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |
| 13 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 14 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 15 | The parties have to accept the expert 's decision , unless he has asked himself the wrong question of law : Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 . |
| 16 | It had belonged to a man called Flowers , and they had gone to Manchester just because he had offered them the flat . |
| 17 | Because he 's given me the greatest gift of friendship . |
| 18 | While he waited to hand her the fish , Twomey was not amused . |
| 19 | Since he has offered her the role of Claudia Cohn-Casson , she has introduced him to journalists , script writers and directors . |
| 20 | But it was after he 'd given her the ring that the cracks had begun to appear in her façade . |
| 21 | When he had given her the keys and the egg , and had left her , she first put the egg away with great care , and then examined the house , and at last went into the forbidden room . |
| 22 | Major Vine , a small , strutting , dark-eyed , bad-tempered stoat of a man , always agreed with the Colonel when he managed to hear what the Colonel had actually said . |
| 23 | Marcus had n't given me any since I threw up in the hall and he stepped in it when he came to see what the matter was . |
| 24 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 25 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 26 | When he does realise what the topic is , he implicates a significant lack of interest in it by changing the topic to that of his " ulterior motive " in coming to Czechoslovakia . |
| 27 | When he has to deliver anything the man opens the door maybe half an inch . |
| 28 | But on other occasions , to use a phrase of Nietzsche , ‘ a thought comes when ‘ it ’ wants , not when I want ’ , explodes and opens out too fast in in too complex ramifications to be disciplined , takes bold analogical leaps in defiance of logical rigour ; the problem on which it centres is obscure , defining itself in the process of being solved , and as he struggles to formulate it the thought is running in another direction , yet he yields to the flow out of a vague intimation that it will circle back ; for the final effort to force the argument into a coherent and publicly testable form — the only assurance even for himself that he is illumined and not deluded — he waits until the time comes to complete it on paper . |
| 29 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 30 | I followed Ward 's lead as he seemed to know what the dishes were . |