Example sentences of "but he [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if the soft sell chap fails to wheedle his client into buying , his partner can ring him up and say : " My colleague 's at an important meeting , but he asked me to call you about this stock . |
| 2 | ‘ But he asked me to marry him , ’ she said feebly . |
| 3 | If you want to know what that actually means see Dr but he asked me to read it out . |
| 4 | But he told me to put it on |
| 5 | yes , it was in a bloody scrap yard and this Jack come to me we had he had mentioned it before but he said we said we 're not bothered , you know , he wo n't er that was in there . |
| 6 | ‘ He could have blamed this and that but he said we deserved it . |
| 7 | It 's alright Peter used to live facing them at er Malton erm he was saying about the Charismatic how long their services go on , it 's about three hours , but he said you know they take their flasks or they just walk out and have a break if they want to and then go back in . |
| 8 | I mean , I can remember seeing an interview with er , John Geilgud and he 'd he 'd done Hamlet many years ago and er but he said he 'd it was in a totally different way you know , different |
| 9 | But he said he thought it was an Irish fellow you know and I said well where does he live ? |
| 10 | A detective-sergeant told Belfast Magistrate 's Court that when Hill was formally charged he replied ‘ no ’ to all four charges , but he said he believed he could connect the accused to the offences . |
| 11 | But he said he reckoned they probably shot a bit wide , and anyway the officers would see that they tried , and it was better to be shot by the other side rather than your own . |
| 12 | I did n't ask him but he said he required them . |
| 13 | No but he had I mean he had a screen and er |
| 14 | He was somewhat mollified to find that Armstrong was a cab and he could ride in the back and scowl at me , but he knew I thought it was a lousy idea going down to Brixton to track down Lewis Luther . |
| 15 | But he insisted she pay him anyway . |
| 16 | ‘ He not only has it but he sent them to fetch it . ’ |
| 17 | They clammed up after a bit and would n't show me everything , but he thinks I put it all in the water hoping Harry would get tangled in it . ’ |
| 18 | I know he hated it , but he wore it to please me . ’ |
| 19 | I pointed out that his voice had certainly ceased to be soprano , but he pestered me to teach him the solo for the next eisteddfod . |
| 20 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 21 | They want him to have injections every month — I do n't know if they help or not — but he says they slow him up and make his legs ache and he ca n't think straight . |
| 22 | Yes , his victory at Doral was awesome , but he admits he did it with a suspect putter , wielded by a 49-year-old puttee , and a mind that focussed on golf to block out the loss in a fire of his $2,000,000 Florida mansion . |
| 23 | Beck had a miserable round in The Players Championship last week but he confessed it helped him in his charging 65 , one off the course record . |