Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It cost him the land he had so longed to enter . |
| 2 | And Mr. Hollingworth Magniac , Master of the Oakley , caught it the moment he read Nora 's letter of introduction . |
| 3 | While I was there Sean told me the knife he used to slice the lemons with was stolen last Friday ! ’ |
| 4 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
| 5 | There were few pedestrians about and the dimly lit pavement afforded him the cover he needed . |
| 6 | Diggs came and told us the day he broke out . ’ |
| 7 | Whitlock telephoned them the moment he returned to the hotel but when Sabrina contacted Lausanne station she was told the only afternoon train had already departed . |
| 8 | Herr Hess showed you the letter he 's written Himmler , did n't he ? |
| 9 | He showed us the research he had begun in Pembrokeshire , and we were so amazed at what he had discovered that we encouraged him to continue all over Wales . |
| 10 | ‘ … the guy called me the minute he got back to his office and he said : ‘ Mo do you agree with me that judge was as wet as hell ? ’ and I said : ‘ If you so say but he was sure swimming in the right pool . ’ |
| 11 | My father provided Maurice with a capital sum and leased him the property he now occupies at a nominal rental . ’ |
| 12 | The wind hit him the moment he left the vehicle , a ferocious gust off the nearby sea which nearly lifted him off his feet . |
| 13 | He handled it the way he wanted to , without involving us or his own people . |
| 14 | Kenneth adores him and commandeered him the moment he arrived , allowing me to join them on a walk after yet another edible meal ( any more of this clever cooking and you 'll ruin your reputation ) . |
| 15 | Just for a moment she let her hand linger on his sleeve , then slowly withdrew it , wondering if she was glad or sorry that he had given her such an insight into what made him the man he was today . |
| 16 | It was only that now , having finally admitted that she loved him , that she 'd loved him almost from the moment they 'd met , she was able to admit that it was those very same qualities that made him the man he was . |
| 17 | And he passed her the list he had been looking at when she entered . |
| 18 | When I brought him the food he pushed it away and suddenly burst into tears all over again . |
| 19 | I thought he the way he acted and I I thought he was er a real comedian . |
| 20 | Boris Anrep , for instance , whom the Berkeleys used to encounter when they stayed with Maud Russell at Mottisfont , gave them the model he painted for the mosaics which were intended for the apse of Westminster Cathedral ( it stands on the chest of drawers in their bedroom ) and Hugh Honour and John Fleming gave them the marble hermaphrodite which reclines on the top of a bookcase in the study . |
| 21 | It was things like that gave you the feeling he had no use for white men or our ways . |
| 22 | Wendy liked him the way he was . |
| 23 | When she gave him the number he just rang off and left her staring at the phone . |
| 24 | Frank and unremorseful about his homosexuality , he never fully resolved his attitude towards it , in part because it denied him the family he would have liked to have had . |
| 25 | A small boy gave her his wooden sword and she brandished it the way he had shown her . |