Example sentences of "[vb base] he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed .
2 I expect he hoped to have as little as possible to do with her , but when she made a dead set at him , as she did at all young married men , that was no longer possible .
3 He could have got one from the kitchen , but I expect he 'd locked up after he 'd brought the supper up . ’
4 I expect he has fallen in love .
5 ‘ I expect he has told you of the tragedy ? ’
6 He feasted for months , for years , on a small pair of my slippers that I gave him ; I expect he has burnt them by now .
7 ‘ Knowing him , I expect he wanted to get rid of anything that made him think of the separation from his family , ’ she said sympathetically .
8 ‘ I expect he 's gone home . ’
9 And I expect he 's gone away to get them printed now
10 I expect he 's had to go off the road .
11 I think that 's a silly decision by Vic but I expect he 's got the unions on his back .
12 " I expect he 's forgotten me , do n't you ? "
13 This message from his old comrade who faced the whizzbangs in the frontline trench obviously moves the birthday boy , though you sense he tries to hide any emotion .
14 and , erm what they tend to do once it 's gone in they 'll say if there 's anything you need , if you get any problems on the system or there 's anything you want he says get in touch with us , he says and if necessary we 'll get in touch with
15 Those who saw him then say he seemed to shrink into himself and lose what ever vestige he had till then retained .
16 Sa , say he got let off ?
17 Mrs Smith 's family say he 'd written a letter threatening her and he should have been detained .
18 Marius had a history of heart trouble — you say he 'd had a minor attack before you went to France in the summer .
19 Well no erm did n't he , did n't Mr say he had met ?
20 ‘ People say he used beat ye . ’
21 At the end of 1978 , when he realized the danger that Khomeini was inflicting on the Shah from France , Marenches say he tried to have him expelled from the country .
22 They say he 's gone soft , sold out .
23 If you go to , your master 's away cu say he 's gone to race meeting and it takes two day , they 're going to be up at , say Ascot , more likely he goes for the week .
24 I say he 's had half a dozen kids to each girl he 's been
25 ‘ You say he 's got to be stopped . ’
26 You say he 's got a bit of a reputation as a skinflint . ’
27 say he 's got a flat nose has n't he ?
28 You ca n't blame John , he did n't want a job , he ca n't turn round now and say he 's got the wrong degree , he did n't want a job
29 when you say he 's got erm , he 's going to Saint Paul 's as a pupil ?
30 Suddenly we come along and say he 's got to do it all over again with several stone more perched on top .
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