Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every little thing concerning Jacob turned into a private battle between Rachel and I. When I gave birth to Reuben , I believed that my husband must love me for giving him a son . |
| 2 | I am sure you will join me in wishing him every success through this period of transition and the challenges that lie ahead . |
| 3 | In the last few months he had consciously ingratiated himself with Joe , flattered him , let Joe think that he was grateful to him for giving him the breaker 's job . |
| 4 | Leonard talked him into giving him a lesson . |
| 5 | I begin to pronounce the sequence of words and numbers that will prevent her from giving him a piece of her mind . |
| 6 | As Professor Housman used to say , ‘ Stand on a barrel in the streets of Baghdad and say twice two are four and ginger is hot in the mouth and therefore Mohammed is the prophet of God , and it is unlikely that anyone would question your reasoning ; but if he should be bold enough to do so , you could easily silence him by calling him a Christian dog . ’ |
| 7 | Stanley can see through Blanche 's lies and deception but what annoys him is the pretence that Blanche puts on pretending to be better than him and taunting him by calling him a ‘ Polak ’ . |
| 8 | The father , for his part , must make sure that these privileges are properly passed on to him by giving him a death-bed blessing . |