Example sentences of "he [vb past] to [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Mackerel , Ron ! " he whispered to me on the bridge . |
| 2 | He clung to her like a clammy spider , pulling her down beside him with unexpected strength . |
| 3 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 4 | It was he who after a particularly violent disagreement , suggested that Joan should be invited to pay them another visit — though he referred to her as the lady Anne , as had been agreed . |
| 5 | He referred to himself as a Glasgow businessman . |
| 6 | Throughout the book he referred to it as the monster or used another word which expressed his hatred for it . |
| 7 | Mount Patrick appeared to have the race sewn up after he collared Radiant Monarch two out , but he stopped to nothing on the run-in and Ovac Star swept past . |
| 8 | He proposed to her at the offices of Faber and Faber ; after she had accepted , he explained that he would have asked her much sooner if he had known her real feelings towards him , but she had been so formal with him that he was not even sure if she liked him — which , after eight years , suggests an odd insecurity or impercipience . |
| 9 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah he mentioned to me about a month ago well I think it was at Christmas , it was probably at Christmas time |
| 11 | Then he muttered to me from the corner of his mouth . |
| 12 | He was a highly educated gentleman , a very well known Varsity athlete , but he came to me with a bad report that he was completely and utterly clueless about some of the finer points of simple take-off and landing procedures . |
| 13 | and then he came to me as a last hope |
| 14 | ‘ He came to me from a very reliable source . ’ |
| 15 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 16 | The thing about Tim is that he came to us with a experience of a polishing shop so he was very well placed to help us improve our spiriting-out technique that is so necessary on a fine shellac finish . |
| 17 | He seemed to her like the kind of man who loved to provoke reaction . |
| 18 | He turned to me with a pair of calipers in his hand . |
| 19 | As he pulled away , he turned to her with a smile . |
| 20 | He turned to her with a searching expression , as if he suspected her of withholding something . |
| 21 | When Adam had a document for Miranda to sign that he thought she might argue about , he always included it in a sheaf of other papers he handed to her at the end of the day , when she was exhausted . |
| 22 | Why does he refuse to meet any groups other than farmers , as he confirmed to me in the House on 17 February ? |
| 23 | When he returned to it from the telephone box outside , it was unoccupied . |
| 24 | I said yes thinking Mozart would be lovely , and not thinking any more of it until he stuck to me like a limpet |
| 25 | He waved to her from the gate , where she stood like any housewife seeing off her man . |
| 26 | ‘ He called to me from a winter place . |
| 27 | He called to me from the place . |
| 28 | He talked to her about the play , the characters . |
| 29 | Nevertheless when the Sun story appeared he talked to her on the phone for an hour , her in tears . |
| 30 | The TO said , ‘ He talked to you on the phone and you told him to come in . |