Example sentences of "he [vb past] to [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Mackerel , Ron ! " he whispered to me on the bridge . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Throughout the book he referred to it as the monster or used another word which expressed his hatred for it . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Then he muttered to me from the corner of his mouth . |
| 7 | He seemed to her like the kind of man who loved to provoke reaction . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Why does he refuse to meet any groups other than farmers , as he confirmed to me in the House on 17 February ? |
| 10 | When he returned to it from the telephone box outside , it was unoccupied . |
| 11 | He waved to her from the gate , where she stood like any housewife seeing off her man . |
| 12 | He called to me from the place . |
| 13 | He talked to her about the play , the characters . |
| 14 | Nevertheless when the Sun story appeared he talked to her on the phone for an hour , her in tears . |
| 15 | The TO said , ‘ He talked to you on the phone and you told him to come in . |
| 16 | He talked to us about the new country , about snow , about the huge city , and we all wanted to know more , to see what it was like . |
| 17 | He took to it like the proverbial fish to water . |
| 18 | let's assume that Mr is right in the suggestion he put to you about the building on the left , that it 's a golf course and we can see for ourselves without any evidence there 's a man fishing on the lake at the bottom there , were you trying to suggest that as part of the deal at a lake would be provided or a golf club ? |
| 19 | On one occasion he complained to them of the insubordination of two of the officers . |
| 20 | ‘ But instead of being delighted with the result he complained to us about the beer . |
| 21 | He spoke to her outside the social services and pleaded with her to come home . |
| 22 | He said to me on the phone he did n't know a great deal cos he was just getting it all together . |
| 23 | he said to me on the train to Richmond |
| 24 | ‘ Num quid vis ? ’ he said to them in the taxi . |
| 25 | On 10 October , having arranged a meeting , he wrote to me about the earlier essay for which he had already arranged generous advanced payment : |