Example sentences of "[subord] they [verb] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mantack then returned to Donna 's parents house , where they told him about the message . |
| 2 | Then they were both fearful for him and they took him into the cold scullery , where they hid him from the intruders . |
| 3 | His bulk , thin but long , was hard for them to get up their spiral stairs , so they left him on the sofa below , on the floor that lay over an ironmonger 's shop . |
| 4 | ‘ His parents were too poor to keep him so they lent him to a forester . |
| 5 | If they saw him in a play , they saw a middle-aged man pretending to be young , in an outdated vehicle that bore as much relation to their reality as crinolines and penny-farthings . |
| 6 | One of the conspirators would ring the foreman to tip him off that the shop steward could be caught red-handed stealing company property if they searched him at the gate . |
| 7 | Even if they locked him in a dark cell and pulled out all his teeth with rusty pliers , he must keep his promise to Sweetheart and tell them nothing . |
| 8 | This was his perfect nightmare , to be facing scabby , pock-marked men like these , who had nothing to lose if they gutted him on the spot . |
| 9 | Cos they crossed him off the list register now . |
| 10 | Because he did n't , he stayed cos they class him as an A person . |
| 11 | Oh there was this interview with Mick Jagger yeah but like it must have been written about cos they described him as a neanderthal rocker . |
| 12 | Merseyside police have revealed that they probably killed James a few hours after they took him from the Strand shopping centre in Bootle . |
| 13 | The rich merchant thought the children should always salute him and call him ‘ sir ’ when they passed him in the street . |
| 14 | He caught sight of a few others , but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist . |
| 15 | But he emptied the house of its demanding lodgers , some of whom subsequently abused him , when they saw him in the street . |
| 16 | The thin , pitiful cries were somehow unearthly when they waked him in the dark small hours . |
| 17 | ‘ They , at least , confined themselves to giggling like village idiots when they watched him from the tower . |
| 18 | His find was still there when they stripped him at the mortuary . ’ |
| 19 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 20 | ‘ Guest room 's good enough for him tonight , ’ Fiona grunted as they swung him onto the bed and dropped him . |
| 21 | His hands dangled over the sides of the wheelchair as they took him to the salon to meet the Bishop . |
| 22 | What is more , the Spirit who has become resident in the followers of Jesus mediates to them the victory over the world which Jesus had ( 4:4 ) as they trust him for the power to overcome temptation ( 5:3,4 ) . |
| 23 | He was dressed in a wide-sleeved ceremonial gown of dark silk and a soft hat embroidered with coloured threads partly hid his face from Lan and her brothers as they followed him through the doorway , walking barefoot between their father and mother . |
| 24 | It 's followed by more noise , sharp and ugly , as they drag him into the kitchen . |
| 25 | Lionan , the dandy , was talking behind his hand to the brutal Mullach , who was gulping his beer moodily and staring at the serving maids as they passed him in a bustling procession . |