Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doorman watched his visitor as if he expected him to steal the light fittings . |
| 2 | He expected her to leave the company without questioning his decision , but he was wrong . |
| 3 | If he expected her to fawn the way the Customs officer had done he was going to be disappointed . |
| 4 | He asked her to push the button for his floor . |
| 5 | He asked me to hold the coffee up to his lips and I was gone . |
| 6 | He asked me to join the Party . |
| 7 | As soon as Ken Hurren mentioned the word in his office this morning , when he asked me to take the task on , I felt a secret dismay . |
| 8 | ‘ He asked me to circulate the story of his death . |
| 9 | In went the putt and he asked me to keep the ball because he wanted to take it home and get it mounted instead of throwing it to the crowd . |
| 10 | He asked me to contact the War Commission . |
| 11 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 12 | Mr Fuller said : ‘ Our club only heard from him when we had discos in the club house and he phoned us to keep the noise down . ’ |
| 13 | ( 15b ) He helped me to climb the stairs by cheering me on . |
| 14 | He helped her to make the house ready for the next occupant , and though she protested he gave her the money for her railway journey back to London . |
| 15 | Instead he told her to take the helm . |
| 16 | ‘ He told them to leave the house immediately and it would appear that they did not take him seriously but laughed when he said this . |
| 17 | Once the commotion had died down , he told them to break the time pencils and get to work . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 19 | He told me to leave the track . |
| 20 | He , too , was being provocative , quite deliberately making it a clash of wills , but still smiling as he told me to get the bags into the Toyota . |
| 21 | He told me to adopt the Perry Como technique . |
| 22 | He advised her to sell the shop and deposit the money in the bank . |
| 23 | He allowed her to take the bag and then brushed past and headed for the door . |
| 24 | Outside he allowed her to examine the bird . |
| 25 | She gave him the bundle and he opened it to examine the contents . |
| 26 | The Minister will know of one trainer , Astra Training Services , because he paid it to take the skill centres away . |
| 27 | When he ordered her to open the safe , she told him truthfully that she did not carry the keys . |
| 28 | He willed her to overcome the problem — and she did so because she could n't bear the thought of letting him down . |
| 29 | He had to keep his arms free as he needed them to keep the snake from suffocating him . |
| 30 | When I showed my few pages to Shelley , he urged me to develop the story at greater length , and to underline the main idea more powerfully . |