Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | William was just five months 11 days old at the start ; he had already sailed over 1,500 miles , was the contented centre of attention and was still fresh from triumph in the fancy dress competition , where he earned himself the prize of a furry whale for his appearance as a white mouse . |
| 2 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 3 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 4 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 5 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 6 | If he did tell me anything it would be a pack of lies , because obviously the secret would n't be a secret any more if he told me the truth , and he can feel , as I do , that with my increasing maturity he needs all the holds over me he can get ; I 'm not a child any more . |
| 7 | If he told her the fence would be best in barbed wire she 'd believe him . |
| 8 | Sport , erm , I remember when I learned badminton , that the teacher would show us the high smash shot down , until we saw it being done properly , if he told us the theory of it without showing us what it looked like when it was done properly , we would n't have known what we were aiming at . |
| 9 | A large fish on his or my line was always an occasion for excitement for Edwy and he would jump into the water with his gaff if he thought it the only way to land it . |
| 10 | If he offered her the use of one of his typewriters , she was done for . |
| 11 | As they passed through the hall , she saw him glance at the picture that was hanging there , and asked him on an impulse if he knew who the original was . |
| 12 | ‘ Good Lord , he wrote books too : Foreign Debt : A Paupr 's Promise , not exactly a snappy title but it sounds as if he saw something the New York banks did n't and The Credit of Faith . ’ |
| 13 | He was n't sure if he liked what the Headmaster had in store for the Bookman and they had started arguing about it . |
| 14 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 15 | Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it . |
| 16 | Just tell him what we want him to give us , you know if he gave us the advance nod on something then we could either you know deal it exclusive or we 'll put it all round , you know , whichever they prefer . |
| 17 | If he showed them the latest Washington telegram which he had seen before his departure [ KPs 66 and 85 ] , they would have been made aware that although they had to exercise the utmost restraint for the time being , a new and firmer policy might soon be adopted . |
| 18 | Be having another now cos he read them the other day . |
| 19 | I suspect that he is doing so because he believed what the Home Secretary said when he intervened . |
| 20 | Over the next few months Endill began to hate his schoolwork more and more ; not because it was difficult and boring but because he thought what the teachers taught him was of no use . |
| 21 | As a very small child , I 'd sit and listen while he read me the comic . |
| 22 | At least she would n't have far to go home if the evening turned into an unmitigated disaster , with him weeping drunken tears and slobbering all over her shoes while he told her the sad story of his life . |
| 23 | You wrote to her father when we were in Normandy with Stephen in ‘ 37 , after he granted you the barony , and got a letter back saying she was already betrothed , about to be wed . ’ |
| 24 | That was before he told you the news ? ’ |
| 25 | Murder : he remembered the first chilling thrill of the word in the school playground , when it was still something to be excited about and before he knew who the victim was , or the chief suspect . |
| 26 | ‘ OK , ’ he said , taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket . |
| 27 | That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me . |
| 28 | Yet when he saw her the next day and attempted to speak to her she told him to leave her alone and ran off into the prop-room . |
| 29 | He wondered whether he dared ring Victoria or Emma , but when he saw what the time was , he knew he could not . |
| 30 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |