Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He goes you smell gorgeous is that California Poppy I goes merr like California syrup of Figs sumdy 's let aff , definately . |
| 2 | He drives her to work next day , humming unconcernedly into her silence . |
| 3 | Despite the firm figures in the community care plan ( see table ) , and social services managers ' confidence that they know the level of need in the city , he thinks they know little . |
| 4 | He thinks they show great promise . |
| 5 | Well , he keeps calling me Mr Robbie , because , for some reason , he thinks I resemble this silly character . |
| 6 | ‘ My dad is very tall and he puts lots of gel on his hair sometimes because he thinks it looks nice . |
| 7 | ‘ He thinks he saw all sorts of things , including Terry Waite . |
| 8 | I had my trumpet case on my knee and half a carriage to myself , so I pulled out a paperback of Gore Vidal 's latest Essays and read the one where he thinks he gets confused with Anthony Burgess . |
| 9 | He does sometimes get into a ‘ delayed ’ mood where he thinks he has more time than he does … the reason for the square/back passes I reckon is noone moves into space for him or looks for it up front . |
| 10 | He is thin really cos he looks , he looks he looks twenty years older than me . |
| 11 | Next time he rings you withhold this type of reward . |
| 12 | So he has me do that and on other songs he has me play bass . |
| 13 | that up of a night and he has it going all night |
| 14 | So erm amongst the business property that he has he has this warehouse with |
| 15 | He wants me to have some tinned pears which have come in from South Africa . |
| 16 | He says he wants me to meet some of his friends . |
| 17 | You were his victim ; he wants it to stay that way . |
| 18 | He wants that , yo , he wants you to put some water in that for a test , some of your water in that |
| 19 | In fact , he wants you to ride all his horses . ’ |
| 20 | Is he a baby really , a stupid kid who hides your toys because he wants you to get mad and spend lots of time trying to find them because otherwise nobody 'll take any notice of him ? |
| 21 | He is nervous , Preston thought , he wants us to like each other . |
| 22 | I found it hard to find Mill 's arguments for this , although he seems to be , he seems to be arguing the point over several pages , but erm we get pretty much rhetorical claims and evidence and so he wants us to consider those states which have been ruled by despots with those contemporary states which have been democracies England versus Spain say and he thinks it 's obvious which type of system we ought to prefer . |
| 23 | ‘ It does n't mean a damn thing when he says we have low interest rates . |
| 24 | He says we have strict rules and regulations and the flying safety committee make sure they 're administered . |
| 25 | He says we have more to fear from the posters . |
| 26 | He says they cause more |
| 27 | He says they taste bitter if they are relit . ’ |
| 28 | He says they caused considerable damage to property , hedgerows were burned out , buildings affected , farmers ' own equipment set on fire and their own crops . |
| 29 | He says they 've other towns to look at . |
| 30 | He says they got some men in a van and tried to burn them . |