Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made me do terrible things , things with animals , for instance . |
| 2 | Often he made them criticize each other 's work . |
| 3 | ‘ He asked me to take good care of them . |
| 4 | Betty 's letter said , ‘ Last year , as he was going to take part in the World Championship in Canada , he asked me to make some gold socks to match his waistcoat . |
| 5 | So he asked me to bring some stuff up . ’ |
| 6 | Since McFarlane was an honourable man , North was not unduly worried when he asked him to alter official documents ; and when McFarlane sat down at North 's computer on November 18th to type in ‘ additional input that was radically different from the truth ’ , North still considered he must have had ‘ a darn good reason for not putting the straight story out ’ . |
| 7 | Whipping round , he found himself facing four figures in black military style combat gear and carrying guns and flashlights . |
| 8 | After five years as Chancellor of the Exchequer , and after the lost election of 1979 , he says he found himself wearing this Shirt of Nessus . |
| 9 | He found himself making imploring promises to God then retreated into hating himself and Maxim of course . |
| 10 | As Rick was re-baiting , the clip on his other rod pulled and on checking the line he found he had another take . |
| 11 | He let you run this place like a fucking doll 's house 'cause he loved you . |
| 12 | Sadly he declined , saying in a charmingly self-deprecatory way that he doubted he had any views worth hearing . |
| 13 | Agrippa claimed he used it to make sure wine was free of poison , though I do n't think it was possible for Agrippa to die . |
| 14 | He used it to attack paternalistic officialdom and to articulate demands for social progress : ‘ I 'd tell people to forget their old ordinary life because ultimately , anyhow , we 'll either have a better life than that , or bust . ’ |
| 15 | Phalangist officers of the time insist that he told them to kill 40 Muslims in reprisal . |
| 16 | I said in my teapot there is a little , and he told you to use white tide and you put a little bit of tide in it once a week . |
| 17 | Unhurriedly he studied her sparking green eyes . |
| 18 | He noticed she needed two hands to lift the silver pot . |
| 19 | He advised her to spend more time with the Prince of Wales . |
| 20 | He advised us to treat any claims of recovery with caution , and he forecast sluggish demand over the next 18 months . |
| 21 | Secretary of State Sir Patrick Mayhew said the RUC still had his full support and he believed they pursued all killers with equal determination . |
| 22 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 23 | He claimed she had salted money away in Brazil , where she fled briefly before returning to be arrested , using Liberian companies and bank accounts in Monaco and Luxemburg . |
| 24 | He reckoned he had enough time to see Maidstone , then get down to the pensione and change before making his way back up to the Vomero again . |
| 25 | He encouraged her to take public baths , he saw that she ate properly — though indifferent to food himself — and behaved with her like a caring mother , the kind of affectionate mother who had always inspired him . |
| 26 | He discovered it has two electrons that could be described as ready and waiting to form chemical bonds . |
| 27 | He ordered me to cut this lot immediately ’ — he laid heavy stress on the word , his mouth twisted in a sardonic grin — ‘ and I told him it would have to wait till this afternoon . ’ |
| 28 | He heard him speak some words , but he could n't make out what they were ; he then saw him bend and kiss her , not on the cheek but on the lips . |
| 29 | He heard him say several times , ‘ I 'll never leave him . ’ |
| 30 | He taught her to make easy corn dollies . |