Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Aah did n't know 'e 'd asked thi , ’ Annie answered in surprise . |
| 2 | I mean to say , what with him having gone twisty , like , and those freaky parasites probably still hanging around … ’ |
| 3 | I thought it was very nice of him to have made friends with me . |
| 4 | This deficiency he shared with a whole crew of leaders of third-world or so-called ‘ non-aligned ’ countries , who like him had gained power because they were against foreign rulers , not because they had any idea of what to put in place of foreign rule . |
| 5 | And with him had gone Miss Gemma Dallam 's brown Chinese satin and every shred of hope Cara had cherished for the future . |
| 6 | Something unpushable about him had made Davies hesitate , and he 'd been all right , there had been nothing to fear ; he and Davies were friends now . |
| 7 | For years he and his father before him had endured advice from well-meaning lunatics as to what he should do with the place — concreting the stones , or letting archaeologists burrow under them with their excavations , or digging a defensive moat round it — and Sir Edmund Antrobus , Bart , had had enough . |
| 8 | The encounter with him had left Maggie with an enormous lump in her throat . |
| 9 | Obviously their kiss had been a mistake and a fiasco from the start , and her own wariness about her naïve feelings for him had rung warning bells in her mind since his first mention of a ‘ private nursing job ’ . |
| 10 | Would he 've had time to take it home in between stealing it and me finding him ? |
| 11 | He got kidnapped Herbie got kidnapped |
| 12 | his father had a public house in Keighley and then , then er when he got married Jack he bought a little business in Keighley which did n't do so well , so then he went and lived in |
| 13 | He has deposited faith , his faith . |
| 14 | and he has delegated powers in fact to appoint consultants , which is what he 's actually done |
| 15 | So far he has visited Durham and he hopes to see the Lake District , Whitby and South Park , Darlington before he leaves . |
| 16 | He has visited Britain several times but he has never been even close to being caught and I am pleased about that . |
| 17 | As the right hon. Gentleman is talking about matters in which there may be joint agreement , and as he has visited Langbaurgh and Hemsworth in recent days , will he comment on the fact that both the Labour party candidates for those constituencies have invested in newly privatised industries ? |
| 18 | As Attorney-General , he has visited Belfast monthly and knows the important figures there at first hand . |
| 19 | I have had to pull up the Minister when he has visited Teesside and talked about companies in Tyneside which are of no interest to people on Teesside . |
| 20 | He has visited Vietnam several times to search for missing American soldiers , a venture that plays well in his district which is home to a lot of ex-servicemen . |
| 21 | The Secretary of State has been trying to say that he is a friend of the inspectorate , despite his proposal to cut it to a third of its current size , and he has created pandemonium . |
| 22 | Hearing the complaints of labourers and gentry in the Great Hall at Arundel he has dispensed summary justice , accepted by all , but dependant on his authority as feudal lord , not that of monarchy . |
| 23 | First , in his experimental work he has achieved performances that match existing systems . |
| 24 | Keith is known to his colleagues as a quiet man , however he has hidden talents in that he writes poems and has penned many about his time with Rentokil . |
| 25 | A solicitor who personally receives financial benefits as the director ( appointed as a result of his connection with the firm ) of a company for whom the firm has acted , or from buying property from or through the agency of a client of the firm or from investing in a business run by a client of the firm will , unless he has cleared matters ( after full disclosure ) with his co-partners , be accountable under this head . |
| 26 | But he has swopped life behind bars for the Bard . |
| 27 | The England captain is a level-headed man , and Javed Mianded , who turns 35 on June 12 , is a much matured person with the added responsibility of leading his team to England for the first time , although he has captained Pakistan in 28 previous Tests , winning 11 and losing five , the rest being drawn . |
| 28 | So if the plaintiffs can , without obtaining the bank statements and other documents held by Mr. Tully prove that he has embezzled money from Abbey and make him bankrupt , the plaintiffs can then discover the bank statements and other information they now seek . |
| 29 | He has limited ball control and is not a great passer . |
| 30 | There is no prospect of Taylor closing the door on his World Cup party , although he has limited changes this time . |