Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She told the jury : ‘ I said to him , ‘ You are a married man , ’ but he tried to get on top of me . |
| 32 | When he moved to stand in front of her , barring her path , she looked down , terrified that he would read her fear on her face . |
| 33 | Beyond that he has to rely on hand tools — planes , chisels , reamers , scrapers and the odd bicycle inner tube ( ‘ great for holding a psaltery in shape while working on the joints ’ ) . |
| 34 | Gandhi acknowledged this and what he has to say about brahmacārya has to be taken as applying in the main to those who are able to accept the discipline involved in resolving to enter the third stage of life . |
| 35 | As a jailbird he knows he is no different to the cons he has to live with night and day — reputations mean nothing here . |
| 36 | Sadly , until his behaviour becomes more reliable he has to remain at arm 's length . |
| 37 | Some pay an additional disturbance payment to compensate the expatriate when he has to readjust to life in Britain on his return . |
| 38 | He has to turn to poetry . |
| 39 | And just think of the calculations involved when a fielder runs to catch a cricket ball — he does n't necessarily realise he is doing it but he has to work out how high the ball is , how fast it is travelling , its precise direction and how quickly he has to run in order to catch it . |
| 40 | A reader from a common law background is often puzzled by this , because it looks like the single concept of ‘ service ’ with which he is familiar ; he has to keep in mind the civil law distinction between more and less solemn modes . |
| 41 | When a manager is faced with no financial resources he has to look for youth or experience to fill out his squad . |
| 42 | This is the sum which the Lord Chancellor has indicated he has to find by way of savings in the legal aid scheme to meet Treasury targets in 1993/4 . |
| 43 | Agnew knows that he has to prove to manager Kenny Dalglish not only that he can make a comeback but also that he can do his stuff at the highest level . |
| 44 | And now there was a chap on the phone last night he want to go to Valley and I was trying to tell the bloke who who he between doing pickets and trying to keep count and er . |
| 45 | In other words he needs to go to launderette . |
| 46 | I wonder if he could tell us whether he is prepared to amend the legislation in this fashion , and perhaps tell the House exactly what other amendments he needs to make in order to take account of changing circumstances . |
| 47 | In a sibilant , fluttering voice he read his reply from the throne in Annamese , but his delivery , unlike the Frenchman 's , was hesitant and nervous and once or twice he stopped to swallow in mid-sentence . |
| 48 | A county member in 1625 , he proposed to break with precedent by granting the new king tunnage and poundage for one year only . |
| 49 | In concluding he promised to go to prison rather than pay his fine . |
| 50 | He promised to keep in touch , to send monthly payments if he possibly could . |
| 51 | His life becomes even more complicated though when he starts to fall in love with his best friend 's lover and learns that his ex-wife is about to publish an expose of their marriage . |
| 52 | Mr Lamont , who will be sipping at the despatch box from Highland Spring water and Highland Park whisky , has broken the traditional Treasury silence in the run-up to the Budget to fight for his political survival by stating publicly he wants to remain as Chancellor . |
| 53 | ‘ He wants to seem at ease and be friendly . ’ |
| 54 | So as soon as they start to fight Mercy starts trying to forgive Cruelty and Cruelty easily wins , whereas he wants to say of course that Cruelty , in this God-governed universe , is going to be defeated by Mercy . |
| 55 | Almost all of Bailey 's time now is spent with commercials , and he wants to move into feature films . |
| 56 | It 's just that he wants to let off steam , and you 're the only person he can lose his temper with . |
| 57 | He wants to go to university , turns up to listen to Einstein , studies hard ; but his father wo n't have it , and at the age of 14 he becomes a soap boy in a barber 's and then a presser in a garment shop . |
| 58 | Cos that 's what no leave him , I think he wants to go to sleep . |
| 59 | Is this what he wants to hear on Radio 3 ? |
| 60 | ‘ He means he wants to stay in bed with Mary . ’ |