Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before .
2 He just handed me the photograph of Sam , then took the letters and walked away .
3 He also showed me the passage in Captain Marryat 's Mr Midshipman Easy where Easy Sir , having invented a machine to alter the bumps on his head , tries to improve his personality ; with fatal results .
4 He also gave us the name of an excellent brickie who had worked with d-i-yers before and was to give us some good advice , as well as building straight walls .
5 " Of course , " he said , " of Course , " and he even showed her the corridor that led to the Ladies ' room , and she escaped , and they escaped from each other .
6 He then showed us the brass plate of ‘ No. 1 ’ , still attached to the piece of cab as Selwyn Higgins cut it off .
7 He then gave me the line , in Italian , from memory : ‘ Dimmi se mai fu fatto qualque cosa ? ’ — ‘ Tell me if anything was ever done ? ’
8 He mentally circumcised me the day be signed my first pay-cheque . "
9 He never gave her the chance .
10 But he certainly gave me the impression the boat belonged to him . ’
11 I think there were one or two er new items of information that he had concerning Oxfordshire which he did n't realise before , and he certainly gave us the impression that he would er , er take these into account when assessing the share out to Oxfordshire .
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