Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] [pron] [art] " 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 | When the rebels formed a provisional National Defence Junta a week after the start of the rising , Franco was not a member , although he became one a few weeks later . |
| 3 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 4 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 8 | Once he sent me a paperweight , the very paperweight which had sat on his desk . |
| 9 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 10 | But I intended to follow the same course of action as I had over the earlier incident : to say nothing until he gave me an opening . |
| 11 | He kissed me again and went out of the room , saying he thought it would be a good idea if he got us a drink . |
| 12 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If he told her the fence would be best in barbed wire she 'd believe him . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You know , she 's sworn to me she would n't have a Russian if he offered her a thousand quid . |
| 18 | If he offered her the use of one of his typewriters , she was done for . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 21 | He was n't sure if he liked what the Headmaster had in store for the Bookman and they had started arguing about it . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | If he gave me a shagging I tried my best to get me heel of my boot down on the stair , something of that kind . |
| 24 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 25 | The local policeman took it in hand , and nobody grumbled , if he gave them a good clout . |
| 26 | Erm this has been prepared by Mr erm and perhaps it would be helpful if he gave you the flavour of it . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Nails spun the mini through the traffic , heading out of town , flicking up and down through the gears as if he did it every day . |
| 30 | ‘ Grant took it on as if he did it every week and showed a wise old head on young shoulders . |