Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He promised me the ricks would be covered , and he has n't done it ! |
| 2 | He told her the others and she tried to memorize them , the positions and the titles . |
| 3 | A full member of the MRS , he told me the polls understated the influence of undecided voters and he now believes he was proved right . |
| 4 | He told us the rules of the game , just as I 've described them to you . |
| 5 | He showed me the stands of Norfolk pines which shaded the palace , and the view of the seafront , with a new sea-wall being put up by a Japanese firm . |
| 6 | He showed me the scars . |
| 7 | He showed her the cases with other small flags on pins : these he used in the autumn to mark the beginning of the vintages , and the card-index where he kept the regional weather reports year before year . |
| 8 | He showed her the stables , and one of the old mares nuzzled Isobel 's hand , with a mouth as soft as velvet . |
| 9 | The Court of Appeal held that he had appropriated the goods for the purposes of theft when he showed them the goods and invited them to buy . |
| 10 | And lastly he showed them the stars and the clouds and the moon and all the winds of heaven . |
| 11 | ‘ See , I got to thinkin' about what the chink said when he showed you the firebombs . |
| 12 | He showed us the parachutes we were to use . |
| 13 | He handed her the tablets and water , and she swallowed them obediently . |
| 14 | I struggled to a sitting position and he handed me the tabloids which had slipped from the end of the bed . |
| 15 | I 'll put them in the bin then , ’ she replied , but before she could get them off the cart he handed us the balloons . |
| 16 | When he touched it the doors swung open instantly and with a disconcerting noiselessness . |
| 17 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 18 | He taught her the words of the Angelus , the Hail Mary ; though he said that he could not quite use all the words himself literally , but he respected those who could , and he did not think there was anything in it which made Mary take the place of her Son . |
| 19 | He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby . |
| 20 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 21 | He gave me the keys of the tower . |
| 22 | He gave me the answers . ’ |
| 23 | He gave me the thumbs up sign then disappeared into his trench . |
| 24 | He gave me the thumbs up sign , half a wink and I marched head high to the door . |
| 25 | ‘ Anyway , he gave us the tickets . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He gave us the details of the phones . ’ |