Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] he the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surtees was a good choice , but I never got to know him the way I did Graham Hill , Jackie Stewart and Pedro Rodriguez . |
| 2 | As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded . |
| 3 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 4 | But they 'd seen him the moment he saw them , so he kept on walking towards them . |
| 5 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 6 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 7 | If they did report a rape and they 'd told him the woman opposite , at the top last night er , next week come back . |
| 8 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 9 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 10 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |
| 11 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 12 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 13 | George did , and yearned to tell him the Army had thought of it , that Maxim had mentioned how they worked under codenames , then wondered if the Army should tell Moscow that , too- and realised that he was after a list , as well . |
| 14 | Papers which fought to win him the election have , like so many of his back-benchers and supporters , turned against him . |
| 15 | In the end she agreed to give him the money for " Jack 's " fare . |
| 16 | On his way home to Brest , sailing north-about round Ireland , Jones confirmed his reputation as a maritime Robin Hood by releasing , with a new sail and money in their pockets , some Irish fishermen he had captured , but his arrival back in port , on 8 May 1778 , proved a disappointment , for the French failed to give him the hero 's welcome he had expected . |
| 17 | Finally , it should be noted , that even if the plaintiff manages to overcome the hurdle of proving a duty existed to give him the information , he must still establish causation . |
| 18 | One day , to escape heavy rain he wandered into a tavern called the ‘ Spotted Dog ’ which was kept by Joe Parrish , a veteran fighter , who became impressed with the young lad — then aged 16 — and began to teach him the science of the ring . |
| 19 | I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday . |
| 20 | So when Lewis turned up I decided to show him the money straight away . |
| 21 | Leila settled to tell him the story of Nathan 's condition and all that had happened at the farm , with certain omissions . |
| 22 | , I remember right from when he was a baby as I went to see him the day his mum brought him home . |
| 23 | But once his novelty value had worn off among the blasé Viennese , his audiences declined , while jealousy and court intrigue combined to deny him the court appointments and lucrative commissions he so desperately needed . |
| 24 | But to find her meant giving him the slip , and she had n't been too successful at that the last time . |
| 25 | ‘ You did lend him the money , did n't you ? ’ |
| 26 | Most Kingsmarkham faces were familiar to Wexford and Burden remembered seeing him the night before arm-in-arm with the dead man , singing and disturbing decent citizens . |
| 27 | He was right , of course ; she did owe him the courtesy of an apology , even though he would very likely throw it back in her face . |
| 28 | The Intelligence Corps instructor who had taught him the trade would have had such a lock open with one twist but Maxim was out of practice and the lock was old and arthritic . |
| 29 | Sean had been bought a replacement knife by Wainfleet and had forgiven him the theft of the first . |
| 30 | It was his mother , Yevdoxia , who without meaning to had given him the idea . |