Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork . |
| 2 | She gave a similar answer when he asked her to open the automatic cash dispenser . |
| 3 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 4 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 5 | ‘ When Terry was coaching Barcelona and I went over to visit him , he asked me to bring a few pounds of good old English pork sausages because he was missing his bangers and mash for tea , ’ he explained . |
| 6 | I was interested to hear Derek remark how much more difficult he found it to cull a larger fry , like the inch plus Angel that had slipped through his quality control . |
| 7 | He used it to describe the new age of Western history which , according to Toynbee , began in the 1870s with the simultaneous globalization of Western culture and the re-empowerment of non-Western states . |
| 8 | Pascoe says that he used it to put an injured dog out of his misery . |
| 9 | Carver knew for a fact that Hauser had a collection of Roosevelt film clips , that he studied them to perfect the famous American president 's mannerisms . |
| 10 | He was not without talent , though , said Joe , and he advised him to join a local theatre group to get some experience now that the studio training scheme had been abolished . |
| 11 | He should not be named , but he begged me to tell the outside world of the appalling situation where the wounded are dying unnecessarily because the UN are refusing to transport the wounded out of the city . ’ |
| 12 | He encouraged them to tackle the widespread Highland areas still under survey so that maps and memoirs could be published in an organised manner . |
| 13 | I hurried to the Adjutant and he opened it to find an urgent request for a volunteer to serve in Southern Arabia . |
| 14 | He swivelled it to check the outside wall . |
| 15 | He beckoned her to do the same . |
| 16 | He persuaded her to eat a little fish to make up for the missing protein . |
| 17 | The same attitude is recognizable in the fragments of the histories of Posidonius , the pupil of Panaetius who , amidst all his philosophical work , decided to become the continuator of Polybius for the period after 146 B.C. It is uncertain whether Posidonius concluded his histories with the events of Sulla 's dictatorship or whether he extended them to include the Eastern wars of Pompey . |
| 18 | Although Stich lost a 3–0 lead in the first set , he broke Becker again when he forced him to net a forehand volley . |
| 19 | McIllvanney did not respond , except to stare at me with his unblinking and reptilian eyes , and thus he forced me to add an unnecessary explanation . |
| 20 | ‘ He wanted me to spend every spare minute with him . ’ |
| 21 | He wanted me to get a good job and live a quiet , comfortable life . |
| 22 | He wanted it to replace the official versions in the liturgy . |