Example sentences of "he [subord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His parents were too poor to keep him so they lent him to a forester . |
| 2 | I took notice of him 'cause he knew everything about football as well as boxing . |
| 3 | The interchange would usually end with Gina kicking Nigel on the shin , clawing him or hitting him if she had something in her hands . |
| 4 | I would n't have known him if I met him in the street . |
| 5 | They prepared Cameron for his appearance in the High Court of Justiciary by one final interview , a dry recapitulation of what had been said before , with the slightest of hints that it would go well for him if he divulged something about the United Scotsmen , who evidently still preyed on their minds . |
| 6 | ‘ And I want to ask him if he did anything to my goose . ’ |
| 7 | Murder appalled him because it took everything from the victim with no possibility of restitution , it blotted out memories of a past and hopes for a future . |
| 8 | Mum Lynn said at their home in Faversham , Kent : ‘ We have kidded him since he bought them for school camp that he has n't taken them off . |
| 9 | And she would have to leave whatever she was doing to sit in with him while he briefed her on what he intended to do , and why . |
| 10 | Carrie had her back to him as she busied herself by the fire . |
| 11 | They made respectful way for him as he led me through the village to a longhouse standing apart from the others . |
| 12 | Juliet stood staring at him as he made it to the kitchen chair . |
| 13 | Luke Calder sat down on the settee , pulling Fran down next to him as he favoured her with a smile that would have made a lesser woman fall in a grateful little heap at his feet . |
| 14 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |
| 15 | To her surprise he took her arm , his hand under her elbow , forcing her to place her weight firmly on him as he helped her to her seat . |
| 16 | Helen and Edward now met frequently on the Common , and she visited her father 's grave with him as he tended it with wild flowers . |
| 17 | ‘ In that case , ’ Maggie said happily , snuggling against him as he put her in the car and came to sit beside her , ‘ I wo n't argue . ’ |
| 18 | He held out his hand and she gave it to him , watching him as he put it to his lips , her eyes fixed in an almost mesmerised stare . |
| 19 | ‘ Look — er — this is all … well , it 's all quite ridiculous , ’ she told him as he issued her into the apartment . |
| 20 | Did you report him when you spotted him at Rotherhithe ? ’ |
| 21 | you ought to of asked him when he sold it to ai n't ya ? |
| 22 | Can be proved by describing the duty being performed , e.g. ‘ I said to John Brown ‘ You are being arrested for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ and was just about to hold his arm and caution him when he struck me in the face with his left fist etc . ’ |
| 23 | But oh , how much she loved him when he held her to his heart , and was gentle , like now . |
| 24 | She never called her father ‘ Daddy ’ but Calvin when talking about him , she feared him for she described him as if he was some towering evil giant . |
| 25 | There is erm a chap down our road had a had a huge dog and when he when he took it for a walk , you know he used to he used to stagger along with him and my wife used to say there he goes again , the do what was it she used to say , the dog 's taking the man for a walk again and it i do you think it 's that sort of idea you know that in some households th the dog takes over from the er sort of central figure , even the dominant figure , things hinge round the dog , you know the holiday what shall we do with the dog , pouring down with rain but the dog has to go out for its walk and somebody has to take it . |