Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] they [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you have a — ? ’ good trip , Leith might have said , but as if thinking he 'd given them enough time to sort themselves out , Naylor was butting in , and positively flabbergasting her by what he chose to interrupt with ! |
| 2 | It thrilled her that he 'd called them that . |
| 3 | He got there at four o'clock he had four fish he could catch I think out of the ten for the week cos he caught the others and he 'd caught them all by half past four . |
| 4 | Even after bidding a fond farewell to Ben and Carole Meadows , there still had n't been the opportunity to have anything other than a few brief casual words with Ross as he 'd driven them all back to New York . |
| 5 | ‘ The next minute he 'd picked them both up and thrown them out of the window . ’ |
| 6 | And er , then he would carry all your goods in , in , I used to think it was wonderful how he managed to pick them all up in his arms and he 'd walk round to the next counter where your other , you had your other dry goods you see , your tea and sugar and your fruit and er then it would all be totted up together . |
| 7 | He had supported them all their lives and what had they ever done for him except wait for him to die ? |
| 8 | He had seen them all before . |
| 9 | His instructions were clear ; he had repeated them many times . |
| 10 | He had known them all his life , of course . |
| 11 | He had known them all , two whole generations , Wordsworth , Coleridge , de Quincey , Lamb ; Mme de Stael , Goethe , Schiller ; Carlyle , G. H. Lewes , Tennyson , Clough , Bagehot . |
| 12 | He had told them many a fairy story and when they checked , they returned more furious than before , dragging him out of his dirty , fetid pit back into the great vaulted torture chamber to be questioned once again . |
| 13 | Next day , McMartin 's parents had noticed that he was taking a great interest in news of the murder and he had told them some things about the incident . |
| 14 | so he 's killing himself laughing I I 've got to tell you Ron , I 've been taping he said I do n't give a monkeys you tape what , he said let them all hear , they 'll all be able to pass it round ! |