Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He explains his situation to a mysterious guest , who promises to return his wife to him as long as he agrees to ask her no questions about where she has been ( Eliot later located his source for this in Alcestis , although that is really only of importance to him ) . |
| 2 | Well , these days I can reach the highest shelves of the house library , and walk into Porteneil to visit the one there , so I can check up on anything my father says , and he has to tell me the truth . |
| 3 | He wants me I mean he wants to do me a favour , Paul , so he might gi he might , you know I mean he say for us , I mean for us he would |
| 4 | Because he 's got this new system , he wants to use it a bit . |
| 5 | ‘ No , but I do n't think he wants to give you a Hero of the Motherland medal . |
| 6 | Though he prefers to call it the Hospice Coast to Coast , ramblers have already nicknamed the route Clapperton 's Way . |
| 7 | And when when he gets to know us a bit better we got quite a welcome tonight . |
| 8 | But on other occasions , to use a phrase of Nietzsche , ‘ a thought comes when ‘ it ’ wants , not when I want ’ , explodes and opens out too fast in in too complex ramifications to be disciplined , takes bold analogical leaps in defiance of logical rigour ; the problem on which it centres is obscure , defining itself in the process of being solved , and as he struggles to formulate it the thought is running in another direction , yet he yields to the flow out of a vague intimation that it will circle back ; for the final effort to force the argument into a coherent and publicly testable form — the only assurance even for himself that he is illumined and not deluded — he waits until the time comes to complete it on paper . |
| 9 | He demonstrates his belief to the union that problems can be overcome , and if he fails to convince them the first time he 'll try again and again . |
| 10 | Spunk accepts a glass or two of firewater and is led to the sack , where he proceeds to give her the pasting of a lifetime . |