Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a delightful passage where he addresses himself to the role of dreams and faces out the difficulty inherent in medieval lore which others like Chaucer resolve through ambiguity : namely , that in a situation where some dreams were held to reveal truth and others to be the products of a disordered digestive system , it is difficult to distinguish true from false . |
| 2 | He 's mad on polo so he takes me to the Hurlingham Club to watch him play . |
| 3 | He worries that the children would be upset when they saw it , so he rubs it off the wall . |
| 4 | Committees are a waste of time , so he deletes them from the diary . |
| 5 | His room key and tag feel bulky in his pocket so he leaves them on the table with his newspaper before visiting the well assorted buffet table . |
| 6 | a shop-assistant has possession of money paid to him by a customer until he puts it in the till . |
| 7 | If he refers it to the Court of Appeal , Courtney may well spend a proper period in jail . |
| 8 | Isaac proceeds as if he knows nothing of the events surrounding the pot of soup . |
| 9 | ‘ While you 're speaking to him , I suggest you ask him if he knows anyone in the building trade who would like to come out here to help you . |
| 10 | If he treats her from the beginning like a woman , elderly perhaps , but still entitled to every courtesy and consideration and some of his undivided attention , and if she treats him with affection and interest , voicing her pride in his achievements , and turning to him for advice on various matters , their relationship is usually off to a good start . |
| 11 | Mr Gergen will best serve his new boss if he reminds him of the strengths of one of his old ones . |
| 12 | Except in a case to which Ord 11 , r 4(2) applies , the plaintiff is entitled to have the accepted sum paid out to him without any order of the court , if he accepts it within the time limited by the rule ( Ord 11 , r 4(1) ) . |
| 13 | If he chucks something on the ground he 'll pick it up and give it to me and he 'll do it all the more . |
| 14 | If he resembles anyone from the less-than-hallowed history of TV light entertainment , it 's Dick Emery , with his gaggle of thumb-nail stereotypes and music hall turns . |
| 15 | I ask Mr Jackson if he wants anything from the shop — you know , like fags or a newspaper or summat , but he says he do n't . |
| 16 | It 'll be interesting to see if he makes it into the team . |
| 17 | Unless he lays it behind the garage . |
| 18 | Because he has her in the bath with him . ’ |
| 19 | But because he accepts something from the philosophers ' view , a view which leads to scepticism , he himself runs the risk of it . |
| 20 | It 'll be up to him whether he throws me to the dogs and I finish up in a debtor 's prison , or whether he turns into a guardian angel complete with halo and big fat cheque . |
| 21 | You see him , cos he 's , Nick goes can I have a poster ? no , they 're only for erm the prettiest girl in Clapton and he shook my hand and sort of giving it yeah , before he drags me behind the counter ! |
| 22 | However , when he surrenders himself to the moods and atmospheres of the hills , something authentic comes through : |
| 23 | But a financier : when he lays it on the line it 's going to be portraits of presidents cashable in solid US any place on the globe . |
| 24 | Not many women reach her years and have as much — for everything he can imagine her wanting he hastens to provide ; and it is bestowed as if she were a young and lovely creature at her first ball , and when he helps her down the stairs or into a taxi — for she is getting frail — he turns her into Gloriana . |
| 25 | Thus , when he suffers what in the past he would have regarded as a disaster , he can move now into the transcendent and in a few moments compose himself . |
| 26 | The closest we get together is when we dance and when he slaps me on the arse and that 's about it . |
| 27 | When he leaves her for the Gipsy and she dances . |
| 28 | Ackroyd 's truest prose occurs when he applies himself to the imitation of ancient and recent writers — a repertoire of others . |
| 29 | There , in the company computer , he imagines he will find tons of choice titbits such as upcoming record store appearances or release dates for new singles — information that will make him a real idol otaku king when he transmits it over the networks to other idol-loving otaku . |
| 30 | She is told that if she catches sight of him when he visits her in the darkness , he will leave her . |