Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 2 | Her hands flew to his shoulders , but whether to fend him off or make him stay she could not have said . |
| 3 | Student prejudice kept the KGB off the list , which made Trent mad or made him laugh , depending on the day of the week . |
| 4 | ’ Let him go , let him tarry , let him sink , or let him swim |
| 5 | I certainly do n't have to let him take advantage of it or let him bludgeon me into a marriage that would be power-based and intolerable . |
| 6 | But you do n't tell him Condor is a DIA operation or let him think you 're with DIA HUMINT . |
| 7 | At the same time they should know how to order the right meal and whether , when work is done , they should take their client to the opera or a night club or let him go home . |
| 8 | Or let him damn himself with his own words ? |
| 9 | Or let him acknowledge that while it is rational doubt for him as a liberal humanist to criticize the Buddhist , the Marxist or the Christian , it might equally be a rational doubt for the Marxist to criticize him as a humanist . |
| 10 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |
| 11 | But instead of setting about matters in a straightforward way and asking Marko if he would sell him the ram , or let him have it as a gift-which Marko might well have done , for he was a good-natured young man-the king asked the advice of his prime minister Milosu , who was Marko 's uncle . |
| 12 | She had n't seen or heard him approach . |
| 13 | However much , privately , she may have hated seeing her husband drink , or hearing him swear , she would never rebuke him in front of others . |
| 14 | Or did he go to his death in the anguished conviction that he was responsible for his master 's ? |
| 15 | Was Cullam a complete clod or did he realise how macabre his words had been ? |
| 16 | Or did he think Rich owed him money ? |
| 17 | Or did he think Or did he think it was pneumonia ? |
| 18 | Or did he think Or did he think it was pneumonia ? |
| 19 | Or did he carry a length of picture cord in his pocket ? |
| 20 | Has he lost it , or did he make it up ? |
| 21 | ‘ Or did he want a couple with the same number of children as he had ? |
| 22 | Maybe JTR helped pick up the pieces or did he watch the poor man 's agony from afar ? |
| 23 | What , McLeish wondered acerbically , did he imagine his wife and surviving daughter were thinking about — or did he assume they had taken the death of a daughter and a sister in their stride ? |
| 24 | Did he mean that he was on holiday because it was Sunday , or did he mean that he was on holiday in the area ? |
| 25 | Or did he leave the court without speaking ? ’ |
| 26 | Are his keys with him or did he hand them in before he went ? ’ |
| 27 | Or did he see it as a force for change ? |
| 28 | Or did he know it already ? |
| 29 | Or did he know what my inclination was ? |
| 30 | And did he have any men working for him or did he work on his own ? |