Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E 's keen on 'er , and she seemed ti be fond of 'im till 'e asked for 'er in wedlock . ’ |
| 2 | It was at Mroueh 's clinic that Waite met a group of Hezbollah members who asked him to go with them in November . |
| 3 | So if you let me take a copy , I 'll give that lease you signed to my company solicitor and get him to go through it with a magnifying glass . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , ’ she replied smilingly , and did n't need him to wait with her by the lift or to see her safely inside . |
| 5 | I could n't bear him fumbling over me after yesterday … |
| 6 | A week later the labour master was convicted ; he was fined ten shillings and costs , although the solicitor who was defending him asked for him to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment ( in which case , an appeal could have been lodged ) . |
| 7 | Across the table her younger son , Joseph , saw her cheeks burn , and she looked up to find him gazing at her in mystification . |
| 8 | The feeling of danger that he had left behind him floated round her like a fog , already darkening her life ahead . |
| 9 | Then he said , " Burgess is at home , and I 've asked him to report to you at the mortuary . |
| 10 | The Senator took his elder son by the elbow and , still talking , motioned him to stroll with him along the deck . |
| 11 | That is to say a little evidence against it will cause him agonies of doubt and self-mistrust , moderate amounts will cause some real concern and a pursing of his lips — but total and irrefutable proof of his law 's inaccuracy , its illogic , its basic and undeniable untenability , will cause him to cling to it in all its unmodified entirety with the tenacity and single-mindedness of a barnacle . |
| 12 | Got him to agree to it at last . |
| 13 | I know that the Minister may not be in a position to respond in detail to the comments made on this subject by the hon. Member for Cardiff , North and me , but I hope that he will take them on board and I ask him to write to us on these important local issues . |
| 14 | Eight years later the Comte de Lambert — one of Europe 's pioneer aeronauts — drew a crowd of 20,000 to watch him fly over it in one of France 's earliest aeroplanes . |
| 15 | Briefly she toyed with the idea of perhaps ringing Lubor Ondrus , of perhaps inviting him to dine with her at her hotel , and then asking him to approach his employer on her behalf . |
| 16 | The patient may find these activities both boring and frustrating , especially if you are constantly trying to make him concentrate on them as educational tasks . |
| 17 | Christine let him stew in it for a few moments . |
| 18 | There are several decisions about livestock I want to take while Father is here to advise me , and I must persuade him to come with me to Bodmin market on Thursday . |
| 19 | His Mum had n't taken him to work with her since last year . |
| 20 | We sat before him looking at him with respectful eyes ( that is , all but one of us , who usually went to sleep as soon as the class started ; she was not just closing her eyes , she was fast asleep ) . |
| 21 | To feel him touching her , to see him looking at her with his heart washed clean of all the old hatred . |
| 22 | God raised us up with him to rule with him in the heavenly world . |
| 23 | It was n't going to be easy , arguing with someone from her inferior position , but she 'd be damned if she 'd let him speak to her like that ! |
| 24 | As your child puts together the 50 chunky pieces , each new bit of the picture will encourage him to talk to you about what he sees — be prepared for a long conversation ! |
| 25 | Once man has habituated himself to the world of emotions which is a form of the transcendent , it is possible for him to cross into it at will . |
| 26 | ‘ I saw him look at it in the car when we were driving to the Lubianka . |
| 27 | Yet she was not surprised to find him waiting for her outside the church , apparently absorbed in the design of an iron pineapple on the railings . |
| 28 | How she managed to find a smile for Ivo when she saw him waiting for her in the foyer , she did n't know . |
| 29 | She went upstairs and slung her bikini bottoms in a bag , along with her suntan oil and a towel , and ran downstairs , to find him waiting for her by the front door . |
| 30 | In one week I listened to the English boy singing the praises of my dark colouring and frizzy hair , felt him kiss me on the cheek with obvious pleasure whenever I cooked a meal and when I came in from work , or when we sat watching television together , and found him waiting for me at the end of the road when I was late back for some reason . |