Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 2 | So he agreed to call it a day . |
| 3 | He explains his situation to a mysterious guest , who promises to return his wife to him as long as he agrees to ask her no questions about where she has been ( Eliot later located his source for this in Alcestis , although that is really only of importance to him ) . |
| 4 | When he got to know her a bit better , he was further excited by her strength of will , her independence , her commitment to the Irish nationalist cause , and — best of all , he reckoned — her utterly straight-faced enthusiasm for his explorations of the Celtic spirit-world . |
| 5 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 6 | He tried to sell him a picture . |
| 7 | He tried to sell me a Pottz picture . |
| 8 | He tried to remember what the weather had been like in the last week and realized he had no idea ; like many city-dwellers he had moved from flat to car to office without registering any variation . |
| 9 | Changez , being at heart a traditional Muslim , explained the teachings of the Koran on this subject to her , and then , when words were not sufficient to convince her , he tried to give her a whack . |
| 10 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 11 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 12 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 13 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 14 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 15 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 16 | Tonight he tried to imagine what the Corsican looked like in a rage . |
| 17 | He tried to imagine what the inside of the Conference Room would look like now , and found he all too easily could . |
| 18 | He tried to imagine what the woman with short hair would look like with it long . |
| 19 | Indenbaum knew how badly Modigliani needed money so he tried to offer him a sum within his means for the beautiful oil , but Modigliani was offended and obliged Indenbaum to accept the portrait as a present . |
| 20 | He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong . |
| 21 | It 's a good sign if he has loved someone a lot , it shows that he has a capacity for love . ’ |
| 22 | It does not have to be that he has conceived what the French are calling the coup de force for Miss Jonathan . ’ |
| 23 | He has sent me a copy of Tax Bulletin No 1 , which covers the Revenue 's official line for treating such expenditure . |
| 24 | Appropriately , he has sent us a letter about a piece he saw in last Thursday 's Diary . |
| 25 | I am sure that he has recorded what the hon. Gentleman said . |
| 26 | ‘ He has taught me a great deal about the business , ’ Alice proffered , ‘ and I know he is totally loyal to the Maison de Verveine . |
| 27 | It seems , then , that not only may an entrepreneur-producer be a monopolist because he happens at the same time to be a monopolist resource owner , he may be a monopolist because he has made himself a monopolist resource owner in the course of his entrepreneurial activities . |
| 28 | The parties have to accept the expert 's decision , unless he has asked himself the wrong question of law : Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 . |
| 29 | No , no ; that sounded too much like the Bible , so she plumped for the simple way and finished , ‘ He has given her a baby . ’ |
| 30 | God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority . |