Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 As to why he has contacted you after all this time , it could be for one of three reasons .
2 If he finds it necessary to copy , to study the work of other painters , or any way to seek for help out of himself , he may be sure that he has received nothing of that inspiration .
3 Because Mr has represented him , Mr said before that he he thought it was as duty solicitor that he , he has represented him at some stage as duty solicitor but , he is represented under legal aid though this defendant by a firm of solicitors in Birmingham and he 's anxious to be committed for trial today .
4 He , he has represented him at some stage as duty solicitor .
5 He has seen her for all of 30 seconds .
6 He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch .
7 Where politicians have challenged him , he has outmanoeuvred them until such time as he perceived his work to be done ; and then — Vienna 1964 , Berlin 1989 — he simply and quickly stepped aside to move on to fresh projects .
8 Palace chairman Ron Noades confirmed Sunderland 's move for Coppell , saying : ‘ Steve was asked two weeks ago whether he was interested in the Sunderland position and he has informed me of this approach . ’
9 Over the years , he has used it for many successful d-i-y projects .
10 Suddenly , the other evening , he starts asking me about all the new sorts of mobile phone on the market — how they work , what their range is , how much they cost .
11 No he wants to tape us on some sort of tape .
12 He refuses to commit himself at all on the dating of Abdulkerim 's Muftilik , not even naming the sultan in whose reign it occurred .
13 Mr. Kemp is entitled to his opinions but why he chooses to express them in such flippant and dismissive manner is puzzling .
14 He intends to divest you of all your power and become the caliph himself . ’
15 Patiently occupied with his household tasks and with his sketching of Willem , it amused him to notice that ‘ already he seems to oppose himself to all social institutions and conventions . ’
16 Whatever tasks a doctor performs , whether routine or unusual , he seems to measure it against this standard of ‘ the great save ’ .
17 Likewise as I pointed out in the last chapter , in dramatic playing a boy may be required to adopt the function of an Abbot of Durham Cathedral , and in so far as he continues to see himself in that role he will continue to signal to others that that is what he is doing .
18 I have often much ado to keep my countenance when I hear and see him , though really the man means well ; and Oh ! he does load one with such great , big , thumping , barefaced compliments , bestowing a pretty decent one on himself now and then . ’
19 Well , thank you very much er , Geoffrey , erm that was a very full , and I think er , and as he says , cautious account of what 's been happening , and he does remind me of all the finance officers that I 've ever known , in this thing , I 've never really seen , or rarely seen them smile .
20 Obviously a client will not discuss intimate affairs with someone whom he believes to know nothing of such matters , or whom he thinks may condemn or be shocked by his problems .
21 He 'll be sorry he 's treated me like this , Ellen ! ’
22 On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example .
23 I turn up for staff meals but I do n't really eat at them because young Pooley is so guilty about what he 's condemned me to that he keeps on having parcels of goodies delivered .
24 ‘ Since then , he 's seen me through some incredible times .
25 Somehow she felt this to be a fact , so she said , ‘ Yes — he 's trusted me with such things as letters and accounts .
26 He 's got me in such a state that I 'm as useless as he says I am . "
27 But it was for the lock from the people , you know and he , he got round like this , and this is the God 's truth as well again , he 'd come to me from America and er they , I had to make locks for certain people they called them statos , status symbols there , in their own houses , you know , where they put this lock on and anybody as he 's got one like that , you know and from America to Dick in Willenhall to make them .
28 Well he 's got one like that .
29 But once he 's , once he 's resigned himself to that , he 's then got ta look at that operation next door and he must be losing money hand over fist for the amount of space it is .
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