Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of his inexperience and the firing of the two previous directors , he asked to do it under another name , not wanting to take the rap for a flop . |
| 2 | He began jocularly by saying that he rose to address them with some apprehension , reminded of a piece of graffiti he had seen on a Whitehall notice board which had read , ‘ I used to be indecisive … but now I 'm not so sure , , which brought a few chuckles from the floor . |
| 3 | No he wants to tape us on some sort of tape . |
| 4 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today . |
| 5 | He seemed to resent them on that occasion and will not wear them today |
| 6 | Mr. Kemp is entitled to his opinions but why he chooses to express them in such flippant and dismissive manner is puzzling . |
| 7 | He intends to divest you of all your power and become the caliph himself . ’ |
| 8 | So he began to involve them in some of the decisionmaking about how their environment might be improved , their needs met . |
| 9 | Did he have to fix her with that piercing scrutiny ? |
| 10 | Whatever tasks a doctor performs , whether routine or unusual , he seems to measure it against this standard of ‘ the great save ’ . |
| 11 | He decided to smack her for this . |
| 12 | He managed to grab it with both hands as the force of the water , aided by his frantic struggles , propelled him into the yawning mouth of the tunnel . |
| 13 | You must have given the driver some bribe , Edward , I do n't know how he managed to help me at all , he was terrified of being caught . ’ |
| 14 | How often had he wanted to kiss her in those happy days at Talbothays ! |
| 15 | Only when forced into it by Nutty , by the fear of losing Firelight , had he come to accept it as such in his own mind . |
| 16 | They refused point blank and he had to take it to another garage . |
| 17 | He had to explain it to this man . |
| 18 | Yeah , he had to sing it like that and then , then there 's , there 's only two of them , you know and erm , the , er , other , the other one , he 's a black man yeah , and he goes who 's that big gorilla in the back and he 's pointing to me . |
| 19 | But he had to keep us on that . |
| 20 | I knew what he was getting at , of course , and I was so hurt that he should think he had to approach me in such a roundabout fashion — as if I was a terrible , uncharitable woman who had to be coaxed into a simple act of kindness — that I suggested it myself at once , though it was really the last thing I wanted . |
| 21 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 22 | He wanted to use me in some way . |
| 23 | What I still could n't understand was why he wanted to see me at all . |
| 24 | It was as if he wanted to destroy her in some way . |
| 25 | ‘ He wanted to marry me before any of this happened , ’ Ruth said . |