Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Woodcock , 47 , of Holgate , York , grabbed the weapon with one hand and it went off , blasting a wall with pellets , but he hung on , dragging the raider into the car park outside the restaurant , where he pinned him to the ground until armed police arrived . |
| 2 | On learning of this , Achym pursued his steward for three miles to Bury Down , where he did him to death at a place known as Slew Gate . |
| 3 | Faced with the defenceless young man asking for mercy , the blacksmith could not kill him , so he relieved him of his sword and took him prisoner . |
| 4 | Mr Gergen will best serve his new boss if he reminds him of the strengths of one of his old ones . |
| 5 | The scene of crime officer kept looking at him , as if he found him in the way but did not know how to say so . |
| 6 | The GP is the one who is very likely to know his patient well and if he finds him with chest pain of at least 15 or 30 minutes duration in the classic distribution , with no previous complaints , and obviously not a malingerer , that individual should have thrombolysis as rapidly as possible . |
| 7 | BOWLER Vic Macey joked he 'd break a pal 's leg if he hit him for four at a Paignton cricket match — then DID accidentally after the game . |
| 8 | No I know Chris told me cos he saw him on the morning at the garage then he . |
| 9 | Because Nick is ju erm is young and because he associates him with all these dangerous ideas , in genetic engineering and so on , he feels threatened by him . |
| 10 | AN ARMED robber ‘ executed ’ a security guard because he recognised him as a former schoolmate , a court was told yesterday . |
| 11 | " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks . |
| 12 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified the mysterious Libyan who bought the clothes in Malta to wrap around the bomb , based on a photofit picture produced by the FBI from the shopkeeper 's phenomenally detailed description of his customer ten months after he saw him for the first and only time . |
| 13 | And Mr Redwood clashed with MPs when he refused to lift the capping charge , imposed by David Hunt before he replaced him as Welsh Secretary . |
| 14 | When he sold him to Villa for £450,000 in 1988 , Ferguson made no secret of the fact that he was delighted to see him go . |
| 15 | Charlie , is on his last legs , has been for years and , might as well have him put down , as that Nick keep saying , I think I 'll have to have him put down he , when he takes him for a walk he collapses . |
| 16 | Hilbert leant towards Lewis when he told him about the will and gave him a pat on the knee . |
| 17 | He had noticed the same man several times during the day , culminating about 5.40pm when he noticed him on the corner of Cross Street and Friar Street . |
| 18 | When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness . |
| 19 | Chapman 's accurate assessment of Male 's qualities was shown too when he switched him from wing-half to full-back . |
| 20 | But when he called him into his office he did n't mention this as a reason for the change . |
| 21 | A vet who checked family records discovered he was 17 to 18 years old when he examined him at the Halewood RSPCA shelter yesterday evening . |
| 22 | Hudson , who had played the most fluently for his 30 from 54 balls , was caught behind trying to cut Harper , who was also rewarded with the wicket of Rushmere when he beat him in the flight . |
| 23 | The florist had removed his big green apron but the Brigadier had to force him to take off his trilby as he brought him in the door , muttering under his breath , ‘ This is a State office , you know very well … ’ |
| 24 | Angry Brian Reatus , 44 , allegedly foamed at the mouth as he pinned him to the wall . |
| 25 | Later , as he rode home in the cool night air , a vision of old Bert 's delighted face as he presented him with the larger fish invaded his mind 's eye , and filled him with contentment . |
| 26 | In a violent struggle , the policeman found it necessary to unscrew the man 's wooden leg as he wrestled him to the ground , striking him across the head with his truncheon . |
| 27 | Judge Anthony Hart described 28-year-old George Scott , who denied punching and kicking the male and female officers , as an ‘ arrogant thug ’ as he sentenced him to two years in prison . |
| 28 | He was glad to see him , for he knew him for a tough , sturdy fellow , who was considered certain to get into the Owsla as soon as he reached full weight . |
| 29 | Though he reassured him about the boy 's future , his calling Isaac his ‘ only son ’ when he commands him to go to the land of Moriah might well suggest those assurances were empty and meant nothing . |