Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made me all wet . |
| 2 | ‘ He made it all simple , ’ said Dick . |
| 3 | He made us some fine sets of playing cards and a neat Monopoly board . |
| 4 | He had to apologise about that young girl Carly because he got it all wrong . |
| 5 | But the only noise he could hear coming from the barn was the men 's loud and regular breathing , and when he entered , he found them all asleep , including Troy . |
| 6 | After cooking supper that was more like a banquet than an ordinary meal he played us some medieval things on the organ and then some Elizabethan things on the clavichord . |
| 7 | He told them another long joke and won a laugh out of Bella that sealed the success of the evening for him . |
| 8 | ‘ He told me some extraordinary facts . |
| 9 | He told me some hair-raising stories of the casual , careless way in which bodies can be handled at the undertaker 's and in transit , the most common being losing the coffin on the way to the funeral because the doors have not been properly secured or the wrong name-plates having been attached , resulting in great distress to the relations of the deceased and confusion for the minister concerned , all of which made our dealings with Nigel seem positively reverential ! |
| 10 | He told me this foolish theory many times , but really he was just telling it to himself : the less of a woman be made me out to be , the less of a lover he would need to be . |
| 11 | He told us some harrowing stories of life on a bomber aerodrome which had ‘ main force ’ squadrons , always carrying heavy loads of high explosives and incendiaries , and impressed on us how lucky we were to be on a Pathfinder station . |
| 12 | ‘ Did he give you any other advice ? ’ |
| 13 | He drove us all crazy , says fellow ex-hostage |
| 14 | He advised me that normal meningitis , the kind that affects young kids , is much worse . |
| 15 | He come in laughing one day , look at this Paul , look at this and he shows me this big long letter that this teacher had wrote on . |
| 16 | ‘ We met and he showed me some excellent photos he had taken at the crash site . |
| 17 | He poured her some black coffee . |
| 18 | He informed us that Eskimo sexual licence goes far beyond any idea of free love or promiscuity . |
| 19 | But looking back , you know , and now , that 's what Colin does to me , he winds me bloody up , but I ca n't help it , because he gets me that wild , I should just , I should , I mean , how can you change his temperament . |
| 20 | Cos he he really does it , I do n't know how he does it really , how he gets it all level like that . |
| 21 | With the other hand as he kissed her this chaste cool kiss , he reached back and shook free something from behind his neck . |
| 22 | He hit me that whole car park on the ground . |
| 23 | He refused to eat , the stupid man , and he sent me some angry letters . |
| 24 | ‘ How could he do this to me , how could he leave me all alone to manage , he promised me he would never leave me alone to cope by myself . ’ |
| 25 | He gives me all different kinds and though I do n't know what they actually are , they all taste good and I appreciate the variety . |
| 26 | He gave her another terrible smile . |
| 27 | He gave me few specific directions , but I could pour out my hopes and fears and failures and be reassured and restored . |
| 28 | He gave me some good news . |
| 29 | A farmer friend of mine came to look the place over shortly after we bought it and he gave me some useful advice : that , whatever happened , we must enjoy doing the work . |
| 30 | For instance , when Petrarch met the Emperor Charles IV at Mantua in 1354 he gave him some Roman coins with the words , ‘ Look , Caesar , on those whom you have succeeded ; look on those you should strive to emulate . ’ |