Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not have to be that he has conceived what the French are calling the coup de force for Miss Jonathan . ’ |
| 2 | I am sure that he has recorded what the hon. Gentleman said . |
| 3 | ‘ He has taught me a great deal about the business , ’ Alice proffered , ‘ and I know he is totally loyal to the Maison de Verveine . |
| 4 | The parties have to accept the expert 's decision , unless he has asked himself the wrong question of law : Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 . |
| 5 | ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend . |
| 6 | Mr Heseltine can reasonably say that he has done what the political reality required of him . |
| 7 | He has angered us a few times , Sheridan , Vinny , Eric , Batty all gone but we 're still up there , second in the league . |
| 8 | He has driven himself a long way in a short time ( abandoning , for example , the naïve ) ; he will drive on , and we shall have to see how he uses this hardness , emphasis , energy and comprehensiveness , how much more power he has of development . ’ |
| 9 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 10 | He has read what the care-worn pebbles say , and he does n't like it . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've had a devil of a job tracking you down , ’ he said after he 'd given her a big hug . |
| 12 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
| 13 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 14 | He had very deliberately told her to get lost , and when she did n't take the hint , he 'd sent her an obscene note . |
| 15 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 16 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 17 | It was as if , in not knowing , he 'd paid her a great compliment . |
| 18 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 19 | Why could n't he have given her a different choice , one that did n't involve old loyalties ? |
| 20 | He had kissed her a second time . |
| 21 | Well , he had taught them a swift , certain lesson : that no ten hired lackeys of the Emperor Karl Franz were a match for a single noble son of Bretonnia . |
| 22 | On previous occasions he had given me a Tibetan prayer-wheel and a monastery bell which I still cherish . |
| 23 | But even if he had given me a direct answer , I do n't know that I would have believed him . |
| 24 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 25 | as if he read Wickham 's mind , Shildon wrapped up the discussion , said he had given them the important stuff and the rest could wait . |
| 26 | On his return , he had given her a gold-coloured owl and told her he was in love with her . |
| 27 | I 'd like that , ’ she said , feeling as if he had given her a priceless gift . |
| 28 | Meg remembered , shuddered with the memory ; the whole deal : he had given her a just beating , then pissed all over her . |
| 29 | I rather think that he still lives in and as Marg said coyly to me one year , he had given her a lovely little candle in a special little bowl with , with water |
| 30 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |