Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he agreed to call it a day . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He tried to sell him a picture . |
| 4 | He tried to sell me a Pottz picture . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He tried to find himself a new girl to take his mind off it : some new girl , because Peg had gone wrong . |
| 11 | It 's a good sign if he has loved someone a lot , it shows that he has a capacity for love . ’ |
| 12 | He has sent me a copy of Tax Bulletin No 1 , which covers the Revenue 's official line for treating such expenditure . |
| 13 | Appropriately , he has sent us a letter about a piece he saw in last Thursday 's Diary . |
| 14 | ‘ He has taught me a great deal about the business , ’ Alice proffered , ‘ and I know he is totally loyal to the Maison de Verveine . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | No , no ; that sounded too much like the Bible , so she plumped for the simple way and finished , ‘ He has given her a baby . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend . |
| 18 | A civil servant by day he has given himself a mission : to show the rest of the world just what can be done in a glider . |
| 19 | He repeats it in 4:13 , ‘ This is how we know that we remain in him , and he in us , because he has given us a portion of his Spirit . ’ |
| 20 | He has given you a cost breakdown as follows : |
| 21 | ‘ He has brought you a present , Chamanji , ’ continued Zakir . |
| 22 | He has angered us a few times , Sheridan , Vinny , Eric , Batty all gone but we 're still up there , second in the league . |
| 23 | ‘ He has left you a cottage in Devonshire , and he said : ‘ Tell her it 's not because she saved my life , but because she gave me a fourpenny cigar . ' ’ |
| 24 | He has bought himself a couple of Hunters and he plans to do some show jumping of all things . |
| 25 | There are players now valued in the £2m bracket who ca n't hold a candle to Ian in terms of ability and George Graham must be thinking he has bought himself a star on the cheap . |
| 26 | He has bought me a drink . |
| 27 | He has driven himself a long way in a short time ( abandoning , for example , the naïve ) ; he will drive on , and we shall have to see how he uses this hardness , emphasis , energy and comprehensiveness , how much more power he has of development . ’ |
| 28 | Yes , he says , he has known it a little worse , but not much . |
| 29 | He needs to know what a ghastly little prick the boy was . |
| 30 | He needs to get himself a proper economics team independent of the accident-prone Treasury establishment . |