Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You Americans always go for the corny ones , ’ he says , but he plays it just the same , and he delivers a good strong solo at that . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 3 | He asked me where a ladder like that could be found , and I took him round to the one that hangs on the side of the potting shed . |
| 4 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
| 5 | He led her down a row , then came to a halt . |
| 6 | When he returned with her case , she was ready and he led her down the hall , through the emergency exit , past the sleeping night porter in his little room and into the car-park . |
| 7 | He led her along a cold flagged corridor now , where the walls gleamed faintly with phosphorescence , and where , although wall sconces flared bravely , the light was greenish and lack-lustre , so that it was rather like walking under water . |
| 8 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
| 9 | He led me down the hallway and into the communal kitchen . |
| 10 | and then he got it up the back that far |
| 11 | In the contrasting situation , when there is no convention but only agreement in conviction , everyone follows the same rule but principally because he thinks it independently the best rule to follow . |
| 12 | He invited you up the pitch to meet him on the drive . |
| 13 | ‘ But to my surprise , he phoned me back a few days later , and offered to help me . |
| 14 | He helped her up the veranda steps and , taking a large key from his pocket , opened the arched door and stood aside for her to precede him . |
| 15 | Nothing particular follows from the fact that he visits them once a month , except perhaps we infer that he has a close relationship with them . |
| 16 | He lured me there a couple of years ago to talk to his sixth form group about the Irish problem . |
| 17 | His Elizabethan master had needed money intermittently , but he needs it nearly every day , certainly every week of the year . |
| 18 | He used it almost every day , often spending a whole afternoon on it . |
| 19 | ‘ He stopped me down the village . ’ |
| 20 | He wants it twice a week . |
| 21 | ‘ He wants you up the flange-plates , ’ said Tam as they sat down . |
| 22 | That sketch was written by Harold Pinter and he played it straight the way Pinter wrote it , with the nuances that Pinter intended , the pauses in the right place . |
| 23 | On that first visit he told her quite a bit about himself . |
| 24 | He personalised it , he told him exactly the benefit of escalating premiums , and he could n't say anything other than yes , because it was what he wanted . |
| 25 | Then I said that most of the money would come to me after his death , anyway — I mean , that 's what he told me when the will was read — and it would be too late then . |
| 26 | He told me quite a lot about his experiences during our stay in hospital together . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've been involved in a few of these things but I 've never seen anyone bring it up to the level he did — he turned it up a few notches . ’ |
| 28 | He introduced me to the local shoemender , he showed me where the gypsies sometimes camped . |
| 29 | He showed me where the little oil level was . |
| 30 | One room he showed me only a glimpse of , a lumber-room . |