Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William was just five months 11 days old at the start ; he had already sailed over 1,500 miles , was the contented centre of attention and was still fresh from triumph in the fancy dress competition , where he earned himself the prize of a furry whale for his appearance as a white mouse . |
| 2 | He did n't want to know anything he wanted to drive the crane so he give me a start . |
| 3 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 4 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 5 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 6 | Once he sent me a paperweight , the very paperweight which had sat on his desk . |
| 7 | But I intended to follow the same course of action as I had over the earlier incident : to say nothing until he gave me an opening . |
| 8 | He kissed me again and went out of the room , saying he thought it would be a good idea if he got us a drink . |
| 9 | He treats his actors as equals , and if he ask you a question , it 's because he wants an answer — not because he 's testing you . ’ |
| 10 | If he did tell me anything it would be a pack of lies , because obviously the secret would n't be a secret any more if he told me the truth , and he can feel , as I do , that with my increasing maturity he needs all the holds over me he can get ; I 'm not a child any more . |
| 11 | If he told her the fence would be best in barbed wire she 'd believe him . |
| 12 | Sport , erm , I remember when I learned badminton , that the teacher would show us the high smash shot down , until we saw it being done properly , if he told us the theory of it without showing us what it looked like when it was done properly , we would n't have known what we were aiming at . |
| 13 | If he offered her the use of one of his typewriters , she was done for . |
| 14 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 15 | Obviously he can create a better model if he knows what the interviewee looks like , how he dresses , talks and responds non-verbally . |
| 16 | He was n't sure if he liked what the Headmaster had in store for the Bookman and they had started arguing about it . |
| 17 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 18 | If he gave me a shagging I tried my best to get me heel of my boot down on the stair , something of that kind . |
| 19 | Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it . |
| 20 | Oh , her husband may chatter but I doubt if he gives her a blow by blow account of English activities in France . |
| 21 | We have been referred to several recent cases , of which Padfield v. Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food is the best example , in which the courts have stressed that in the ordinary way a minister should give reasons , and if he gives none the court may infer that he had no good reasons . |
| 22 | Nails spun the mini through the traffic , heading out of town , flicking up and down through the gears as if he did it every day . |
| 23 | ‘ Grant took it on as if he did it every week and showed a wise old head on young shoulders . |
| 24 | I 'm just trying to cos he offered me a drink and I said no . |
| 25 | warm water , and then put Savlon cream on it , vet said you could n't have done any better , cos he gave him an antidote , before I new what it was I would have given him funny itching rash that was making the poor soul |
| 26 | Well let's see what God himself has to say cos he gives us a definition of blessing . |
| 27 | I suspect that he is doing so because he believed what the Home Secretary said when he intervened . |
| 28 | I hate him now , because he told me a lie , that you would never return , and you have returned ! |
| 29 | He was supposed to take the advice of Archbishop Lang of Canterbury but he distrusted everything Lang said because he thought him an appeaser of Hitler . |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , I want the Eubank return and Iran Barkley as well because he gives me the fear I thrive on , ’ said Benn . |