Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must not be surprised if 'e choose to ignore you , choupette , ’ said Madame when Ellie next visited her . |
| 2 | In 1986 , it was provided that an applicant should not be treated as having accommodation unless it was such that it would be reasonable for him to continue to occupy it . |
| 3 | The feel of her body close to his in the carriage made him want to hold her , and he was tempted to cover her attractive though work-worn hand with his . |
| 4 | What had Julius seen in the nineteen-year-old girl she had been five years ago that had made him want to grab her and marry her , without even really knowing her ? |
| 5 | ‘ He 's done more , seen more , to make him want to toss it all in than almost anybody his age . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all . |
| 7 | Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’ |
| 8 | It made him laugh to see her standing there , shaking her fist at the departing van . |
| 9 | If a balance were left over , it would be reasonable for him to try to use it to repay those who have set the trend . |
| 10 | Even Brando became so concerned over Clift 's drinking that he went to see him to try to persuade him to join AA . |
| 11 | Also I do n't want him to try to have it off with someone else . |
| 12 | The warmth from him seemed to envelop her , like the comforting heat of the sun . |
| 13 | Make him send to find them . ’ |
| 14 | Unfortunately , Gail had n't realised that it was only because Mr Elder had only been in Hospital for so long , that he was overjoyed to see her and him wanting to kiss her was completely innocent . |
| 15 | It had had nothing to do with the past and everything to do with him wanting to oust her from her home . |
| 16 | Well , it 's because it 's a waste of time stopping him going to see them , if that does n't work you do n't keep doing it do you ? |
| 17 | The doors juddered open to reveal him waiting to greet us . |
| 18 | Well , I had this one bought at Christmas and I 've only just got him persuaded to let me bring the board down to do it downstairs cos you , where are we going to put it ? |
| 19 | ‘ Stop it ! ’ she hissed as she felt him begin to pull her towards him . |
| 20 | And he used to put them into the oven while it was still hot to bake for him used to pick them up on our way home from school . |
| 21 | He cried out then , in some species of unutterable agony , and she felt him move to cover her , while his hands signalled his purpose to her eager limbs . |
| 22 | And as she fell she sensed him plunge to meet her like a meteor on fire , heard the sound he made against her sundered throat . |
| 23 | Mary-Claude was in Lebanon with Sarah having too good a time with her family for him to wish to cut it short . |
| 24 | Whoever was attacking Sabine was wild , I heard him threatening to kill her . |
| 25 | It 's typical of him to forget to tell me he 's entertaining . |
| 26 | He carried an axe in order to be able to smash down illegal obstacles , but there is no mention of him having to use it in 1983 . |
| 27 | She says he must have been released early , and she 's dreading him coming to see her and demanding his parents ’ address . |
| 28 | In the last week of September the newspapers were full of reports of the recent battle and rumours of his current whereabouts , but none of the patrols sent in search of him managed to find him until , on 1 October 1779 , the Morning Post commented despairingly : ‘ Paul Jones resembles a Jack o ’ Lantern , to mislead our mariners and terrify our coasts . |
| 29 | Even though she scared him , a part of him had to admit it . |
| 30 | Part of him longed to tell her the true tale , though , sending up the dour moralistic headmaster and the schoolgirl 's screams at the sight of a perfectly natural part of his body . |