Example sentences of "[prep] he [verb] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He mattered to Shelley very much — as a doctor and as a person , and she could n't bear to think of him losing that precious heart to this young girl , who regarded him just as someone to pay her bills . |
| 2 | Apart from the time Gould would have spent stalking , shooting , skinning , and preparing these and a host of other birds , there would have been no possibility of him visiting all these different localities and reaching the west bend of the Murray . |
| 3 | She was followed by Rabbi Moishe , his sallow face with its rippling white beard inclining first to one side and then to the other as everyone did him honour by rising until he had passed , and just behind him came another black-garbed figure , a bespectacled priest , greying head covered by a yarmulkah . |
| 4 | ‘ Mebbe his father got worried about him driving that old jalopy — it were n't safe . |
| 5 | Mark was nervous , uptight about his role , particularly difficult for him given that this was his first big break in films . ’ |
| 6 | Ridley said that the Director of Public Prosecutions had now withdrawn his earlier objections to such a publication , but it would not be in the public interest for him to take any further action on the matter . |
| 7 | It was as if Marcus were actually waiting for him to effect some magical release or communication . |
| 8 | It 's safe for him to inhabit this familiar , friendly bundle of clichés . |
| 9 | He paused for a moment , then went on softly , ‘ Lord , Merrill , but you must have made one hell of an impact in just one evening for him to come all this way , presumably simply to see you . ’ |
| 10 | I hope André does n't see this as a welcome mat for him to make any more advances . |
| 11 | ‘ I read some of the things Jack said about me , and although it is n't exactly something I re-read every night , I suppose I must have been doing something right for him to make these kind comments . |
| 12 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 13 | As for him snogging all those top models in hot lesbo action , well , I never thought that an Airfix kit of HMS Invincible could ever be so arousing — IM |
| 14 | The regression alone will probably have raised enough points for the patient to consider during the ensuing period without him having any other work to do . |
| 15 | IT MUST be awful being in Guns N' Roses , standing next to Axl Rose and listening to him making that funny noise all the time . |
| 16 | I would n't give any odds on him keeping that right arm , either . ’ |
| 17 | Look at him working those two down there , er there |