Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [coord] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And I said I 've bought a box of matches for him to go down and light this fire thinking you know he might need two or three matches at a time .
2 Eventually , someone advised him to go home and have some sleep .
3 I told him to get up and put some clothes on — he 's on his way round to Florrie 's now , to say that Eb 's staying with us .
4 Instead we have the politics of statistics , and unless a citizen has a pocket calculator at hand with which to check the figures being bandied about , he is virtually disenfranchised — until , that is , something is said which makes him sit up and take indignant or enthusiastic notice .
5 Why , when the opposition goalie was taking a goal-kick , did he crouch forward and remain motionless like Johnny Fartpants ? was this some attempt to psyche out the opposition ?
6 Did he go in and see that girl ?
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