Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A note from Bartram in 1745 seems to imply a slight difference of opinion as his account of some American pines had been questioned : ‘ But as I have great opinion of Miller 's learning and judgement , I am engaged in duty and friendship to inform him the best I can . ’ |
| 2 | Finally he 'll decide to go and tinker with his terminal to tell him the tally to date . |
| 3 | ‘ My husband is n't well , ’ I said , having no mind to hand him the truth at that moment . |
| 4 | Daisy said , ‘ He told Sister he 'd like our Charlie to stay in the Hall to give him the chance to get his nerve back in easy stages . |
| 5 | He had been angered by her obvious , if unspoken , suspicion that he had persuaded the old lady to leave him the half share of the house . |
| 6 | Kathleen Claar , custodian of the Last Indian Raid Museum in Oberlin , Kansas , took him to a small cemetery to show him the grave of her husband and of Rick Read , the last man lynched in the state . |
| 7 | Scott 's first letter had been an appalling error , and it would seem sufficient reason why Donaldson should suggest reversing the decision to award him the Gold Medal , but Scott , when drafting his Recollections in later years , looked for further motives behind Donaldson 's action as he could not ‘ reconcile it with the character and generosity which Donaldson has usually evinced ’ . |
| 8 | Duncan had been asleep when the policeman burst into the room to give him the news that Leeming had been found . |
| 9 | Bowes must have taken Nedham into God 's Gift to show him the place where the accident happened . |
| 10 | Made no move to show him the glass . |
| 11 | Upset and infuriated by such cavalier treatment , made miserable and guilty by her failure to tell him the truth , she gritted her teeth and stayed still and mute , trying not to blink as the angry tears welled up . |
| 12 | Strangely then , at the thought of the heartless female he made her sound , Leith felt an almost overwhelming compulsion to tell him the truth . |
| 13 | She was unsure now why she had decided to let him go on believing that , and she felt torn by a sudden desire to tell him the truth . |
| 14 | Charles II managed to induce the Barbados assembly to grant him the revenue forever from a tax of 4½ per cent of the value of all sugar exported from the island , and the Leeward Islands settled on the same terms and were briefly united under the same governor as Barbados . |
| 15 | The Labour Party finally conceded defeat on April 25 after Moda'i confirmed on television that he would definitely support Likud , despite Peres 's offer to give him the deputy premiership and the finance portfolio . |
| 16 | The lessee was protected , not by a real action , but by a personal action against his lessor , in which he could recover , not the land itself , but only damages to the breach of his landlord 's contract to allow him the use of the land . |
| 17 | You 'll have to take a good swim to find him the night , over to Holland , I 'd say . |
| 18 | ALEX FERGUSON revealed yesterday how he tried to sign Mick Harford just before the transfer deadline to win him the title last season . |
| 19 | ‘ I sha n't wait till Adam returns , ’ Lewis said in that manner that had once led his daughter to call him the Frog Footman , |
| 20 | a mirror to show him the road ahead . |
| 21 | Bergsson said : ‘ He was in a hurry to take the throw but I was in not such a hurry to give him the ball . |
| 22 | Mr. Pantry informed Mr. Small , for the defence , of the discrepancy between the 12 January statement and Matadial 's evidence about the telephone call after the shooting , but did not consider it his duty to show him the statement . |
| 23 | Until early in the eighteenth century , moreover , foreign diplomats when given audience by the sultan were expected to wear a Turkish-style robe over their normal clothing in order to spare him the repellent sight of European dress . |
| 24 | The Leasehold Reform Act 1967 for the first time introduces leasehold enfranchisement , whereby a lessee is entitled to compel his lessor to sell him the freehold upon payment of compensation on a scale fixed by the Act . |
| 25 | Of course ! she could see it all now : Luke had suggested this date to give him the opportunity to warn her off Rob ! |
| 26 | Blanche waited for his shaking to give him the momentum to carry on . |
| 27 | More environmentally sensitive areas could be on the way — if agriculture minister John Gummer can persuade the Treasury to give him the cash |
| 28 | If asked to ‘ zip me up ’ by a drysuit diver , why is it a good idea to offer him the loop of the closed zip afterwards ? |
| 29 | His visit will give us an opportunity to show him the problems in getting sponsorship from businesses in an area like the east end of London . |
| 30 | How on earth had Gesner persuaded the Volksoper to sell him the costumes ? |