Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 When speaking to Marco in the prison for instance , he tells him he is bound to be deported , and that there is no hope for him ; Alfieri would realise it was hard for Marco to take , but respected him enough to tell him the absolute truth .
2 No he , he only told me the two things , I wrote them down .
3 Because his refusal to be sincere about his feelings toward her leads her further away from her own values , she begins to resent the way in which he constantly gives her the linguistic slip : ‘ Concepts which still meant much to her , by which she had once lived , were swerved aside with a smart epigram , a pun , a quotation , a dirty story ’ ( 170 ) .
4 For many years we sought access to him and the inner sanctum of his medieval palace , until in 1981 he finally gave us the first filmed interview ever granted by one of his line .
5 He still feeds us the odd titbit , apparently . ’
6 She enjoyed hearing about the governess 's letters which would never be received and translations of East End rhyming slang , but did n't think he actually listened to her , he often asked her the same questions .
7 ‘ But he 's done well and hopefully he now sees it the same as we do and we will see him on the bench in our next league game . ’
8 He made such a fine job of the earth , the sea and the hills ; He made an equally fine job of the creatures , large and small that run around on the land ; He even gave us the best crags in the world …
9 He then gives them the following details .
10 And he either phoned me the following morning or if it was n't the following morning it was the one after that .
11 She gathered up the bags and pushed them towards the child ; and when he reluctantly handed her the two pennies she said , ‘ Thank you very much .
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