Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 2 | If one knight became separated from the rest of his team he might find five or six opponents all bearing down on him at once , and one of them might strike him in the back . |
| 3 | Neglect of them could throw him into a searing rage ; as when he discovered that a rest camp for troops out of the line had been placed within sound of the guns . |
| 4 | The latest word from Malawi is that they may see him after Kamuzu Day , a possible flashpoint , this Thursday . |
| 5 | Every family with a young man knows they may lose him to the war , and they are as furious about it as a swarm of bees . |
| 6 | If the police wish to detain him they must place him under arrest . |
| 7 | This time they must send him to prison . |
| 8 | This would inevitably be slow-moving , but it was only seventy miles from Berwick , so that they must expect him before the town within the week . |
| 9 | He says if people think he 's not telling the truth they must tell him to his face . |
| 10 | On 5 November 1978 , four generals called Afshar saying they must see him at once . |
| 11 | That is , they must convict him of the offence which they think he probably did not commit . |
| 12 | He cared nothing for his wife and daughter and they must wipe him from their minds . |
| 13 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 14 | If the Greens ever form a government , they should use him in the commercials advocating population control . |
| 15 | ‘ But they 'll welcome him with open arms , bringing them medical aid . |
| 16 | Mm , they 'll last him for a long , long time . |
| 17 | They 'll move him to some safe house just as they did with Hess . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ In my opinion , they 'll move him to some sort of safe house . |
| 19 | My guess is they 'll move him to one of their London safe houses . ’ |
| 20 | Or they 'll keep him in London . |
| 21 | They 'll grab him for concealment of a felony or something . ’ |
| 22 | And even now , as he never has time off for spending the twenty-something quid a week they 'll dish him for the one-hundred-and-twenty-hour stint he puts in most weeks , he could just afford a wife and kid . |
| 23 | The two unattached women seemed to have been drawn together perhaps by their very unattachedness but more certainly by Rupert Stonebird 's dinner party and the idea that they might meet him in Rome . |
| 24 | Not like they were in the dreams he had had recently , where they could torment him without his being able to retaliate . |
| 25 | Magistrates said they could disqualify him from driving and asked Elsworth if he needed his licence for his job . |
| 26 | The German 's rates differed from girl to girl , and with some he had an arrangement that he received a commission rather than a rent per room ; the advantage here for the girls was that they could pay him at the end of the night , rather than each time they used the room And to ensure they did n't even think about cheating , he employed a " caretaker " whose job was to keep a tally of the girls and their customers . |
| 27 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 28 | His letter is minuted tersely in Heath 's hand : ‘ They could invite him to every meeting as consultant . |
| 29 | According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance . |
| 30 | But he realised they needed much more evidence before they could arrest him for murder . |