Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sculptor is encouraged to deepen the relief to make the figures stand out better ; and this in turn , making them more like statues , encourages him to treat them in the convention of free sculpture rather than that of drawing . |
| 2 | ‘ But why did you ask him to meet you in the garden instead of in the house ? ’ |
| 3 | Examine a scene from the play where one boy creeps up on another and then springs on him stabbing him in the back with his knife . |
| 4 | She would have to have a word with her father about this man and find out what on earth had inspired him to hire him in the first place . |
| 5 | She allowed him to corner her in the pantry . |
| 6 | She let him drown her in the deep water , too weak even to raise her hands to cling to him . |
| 7 | She had been surprised to find that he did n't feel it beneath him to help her in the house . |
| 8 | The most upsetting thing was that it made her realise just how much she had been allowing him to guide her in the decision , putting her desire to leave the nurses ' home and her pleasure at Dr Entwistle 's recommendation very much in second place . |
| 9 | Jack of course er er I I know I 've known him know him in the United States , but er Jack jumped ship in Baltimore . |
| 10 | Give Durkin all the facts and let him publish them in the Eye-Witness . ’ |
| 11 | So an important strategy for helping the learner is occasionally to list , at the end of the piece or work you are marking , all the errors the pupil has made , writing them correctly and clearly , and to ask him to study them in the way the Basic spelling strategy " B " suggests ( page 11 ) . |
| 12 | I do n't know when he , when he was looking for that old chap , I think one of the girls threw something at him hit him in the eye . |
| 13 | Miserably she allowed him to settle her in the taxi . |
| 14 | Well as he said well he did n't say but I mean it 's just a question of him putting them in the post . |
| 15 | I was the one who mucked up his texts worse than any of the others , that 's what made him notice me in the first place . ’ |
| 16 | I caught him watching me in the third . |
| 17 | Tell him to join us in the admiral 's cabin at once . ’ |
| 18 | I was impressed , then I noticed him clocking her in the mirror behind the bar . |
| 19 | When I left in December 1928 he succeeded me in the house as Captain of Games . |
| 20 | George knelt on gravel , and taking the knife more firmly in his hand he stabbed her in the stomach . |
| 21 | Mr Denny said : ‘ He then told her to put her clothes back on but out of the blue he stabbed her in the neck . |
| 22 | He collared her in the staff-room at eleven-thirty . |
| 23 | And said , so it 's completely anonymous and all that and he said oh I ca n't be bothered to send that in , so he chucked it in the bin and they phoned him up and said why have n't you sent your form in ? |
| 24 | ‘ Donald is desperately ill ! ’ was the first thing she said , as he met her in the hall . |
| 25 | He met her in the doorway . |
| 26 | When he met him in the office , or on the stairs , his habitually offensive glance seemed to have a new dimension of thoughtfulness . |
| 27 | He met us in the hacienda courtyard dressed in white shirt , white jodhpurs and black riding boots . |
| 28 | He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name 's sake . |
| 29 | And he gets the spade and hits her on the head with it and he goes , I never want to talk to you again and he kicks her in the head . |
| 30 | Unfortunately he phoned him in the middle of the night . |