Example sentences of "he [vb infin] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He kept two in the house , one equipped with a bell so that he could ring should he want anything in the grave !
2 But what so i it does he think something from the ga cos it keep coming on and off ?
3 Will he reassure me about the future of those patients who , until now , have been in the rheumatology unit of Ruchill hospital ?
4 What gets me about this guy Alderson is that he served in the country area of Cornwall , and he makes all these proposals about inner-city policing ; now how the hell would he know anything about the inner city ?
5 I mean , frankly , does he know anything about the inner workings of central heating ? ’
6 But why could n't he rid himself of the eerie sensation that it had already happened , that everyone knew except him , that he was being deliberately kept in the dark ?
7 How does he recruit them to the cause of the critique of reference in language ?
8 But how far , even as an occasional visitor , could he isolate himself from the community , from their private tragedies no less than their dinner parties ?
9 Any fool can go out , ring a bell , shout his head off , and get some new customers , but will he keep them in the future ?
10 ‘ Johnny rang me and he said my photograph was awfully good and could he use it for the front cover of Backward Glances , ’ Mr Winner tells me .
11 Only if he really craned his neck sideways could he see anything of the front bedroom windows and then not enough to make the effort worthwhile .
12 How could he see it in the dark ?
13 ‘ If he is so keen on these ideas why does n't he apply them to the Cabinet ?
14 And he said to her did n't he take it to the tri erm
15 Not only does he take us to the site but he drives straight through the crowd , lights blazing , to the backstage area .
16 Did he intend everyone in the castle to know he did not want the wife he had married in such a hurry ?
17 Mr. Davies : When the Secretary of State next meets the chairman , will he tell him of the deep anger and resentment in west Wales that British Coal is walking away from the anthracite coalfield , with its enormous reserves of high quality and saleable coal ?
18 did he tell him about the hole in the wing then ?
19 Will he tell us about the relationship between his Department and Scottish Enterprise because , in the defence industry , we need a skills audit , which he could finance ?
20 Recognising the difficulty that arises in the countries of central and eastern Europe , can he commit himself to the urgent introduction of EFTA applications , recognising the special bridges that they have with those countries and the Baltic states ?
21 But how can he reach it with the collar on ?
22 You will ask yourself , ‘ If I listen to my best friend within and follow the precepts , will he lead me to the same holiness as those whose life was dedicated to the light ? ’
23 Only when it became totally apparent that she would never reform and was bent on self-destruction for both of them did he leave her for the younger and more stable Lauren Bacall .
24 " Did he leave you on the boat ? "
25 At some future time might he blame her for the loss of his dream ?
26 As he stands , I say , ‘ When I die , will He put me in the oven ? ’
27 Did he put them in the microwave ?
28 I thought to myself well why the devil does n't he put it over the other side .
29 Did he put it in the toothpaste tube ? ’
30 ‘ They will confront the Duke — ‘ Will he let them up the drive ?
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