Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's something that has taken us years to do and he has to do it in five minutes . ’ |
| 2 | It will certainly seem so to the Englishman ( as I take him to be ) , who found in the ‘ Envoi ’ to Hugh Selwyn Mauberley — Pound 's most explicit farewell to England , as he prepared to leave her in 1918 — ‘ externality : an externality which , considering what Mauberley attempts , is utterly disabling ’ . |
| 3 | Mr. Kemp is entitled to his opinions but why he chooses to express them in such flippant and dismissive manner is puzzling . |
| 4 | So he began to involve them in some of the decisionmaking about how their environment might be improved , their needs met . |
| 5 | How often had he wanted to kiss her in those happy days at Talbothays ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He wanted to use me in some way . |
| 8 | It was as if he wanted to destroy her in some way . |