Example sentences of "he [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The poor ole bleeder 's one of us. 'E got a Blighty ticket early on an' 'e ai n't bin right since . |
| 2 | But 'e made a bit o' Welsh rarebit after some coaxing. 'E 's not as incapable as 'e looks , I 've come to 't conclusion . " |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know what you said to 'im last evenin' , but 'e 'ad a bloke call later and done a bit of a business deal with 'im that earned a fiver , would yer believe . |
| 4 | ‘ Ca n't say much about 'is looks , 'e 'ad a scarf wrapped around 'is neck an' face ; you could only see 'is hooter an' mince pies . |
| 5 | 'E said 'e needs a lot o' money ter get it started an' that 's what 's worryin' me. 'E could be up to anyfink . ’ |
| 6 | Anyway , I did n't get no trouble from the bloke , 'e plonked a couple of quid into me mitt just before 'e said cheerio . ’ |
| 7 | Keef always laughs at that , an' then 'e wheezes a bit an' , like gasps for breath an' falls over . |
| 8 | ‘ Aah could wish 'e looked a bit stronger . ’ |
| 9 | And I could see 'e thought a lot of you . |
| 10 | ‘ Don 's a good bloke an' 'e brings a lot o' trade in 'ere . |
| 11 | In Britain Eddie Owen is committed to the idea and is trying to raise , or have underwritten , the £500,000 which will allow him to confirm an order . |
| 12 | A CONVICTED arsonist set fire to a top security hospital after staff allowed him to carry a lighter . |
| 13 | He was arrested , charged with possession of cocaine and only just missed serving a jail sentence when the court ordered him to attend a drugs rehabilitation centre . |
| 14 | Someone — he ca n't remember who — had dared him to attend a service . |
| 15 | The man who 'd taken a photograph of the bus asked if he might photograph the old people also , and the bus-driver told him to wait a minute . |
| 16 | and through him became a founder member of the Fitzroy Street Group , a small society of artists centred on the Soho area who were aware of post-Impressionist developments in France . |
| 17 | Modigliani helped him with the language and , with surprising patience , taught him to wield a knife and fork , to use a pocket handkerchief and to mix in society . |
| 18 | Searching for fossils on Fitzwilliam 's estates at Castor in 1821 , he discovered a large tessellated Roman pavement ; this encouraged him to conduct a series of excavations , unusually systematic for their time , which continued until 1827 . |
| 19 | He prepares to do so , and only when it is clear that he will obey the divine command does God at the last moment spare his son and tell him to kill a sheep instead . |
| 20 | He had fled to London in 1828 after the Catholic emancipation bill had been passed , forced to leave his beloved Ireland because his Catholic fervour had led him to kill a Protestant in an argument during the celebrations . |
| 21 | Would any man who was obviously a pathological criminal be allowed his freedom so soon to enable him to continue a career of sexual violence ? |
| 22 | His mordant humour appealed to students , and it was by no means unusual for him to continue a lecture for half an hour in informal discussion with them . |
| 23 | In post-race interviews Dickinson emphasized the difficulties of getting a horse fit and ready for the Gold Cup , let alone winning it , and he confided that the stress and tension of training the five had caused him to lose a stone in weight since Christmas . |
| 24 | They had already tried to get him to mount a rescue mission using his ship . |
| 25 | Mr Brown who 's from Bampton in Oxfordshire was arrested by police who planted cannabis on him to extort a bribe . |
| 26 | He was arrested by police , who he said , planted cannabis on him to extort a bribe . |
| 27 | Rafsanjani told a press conference in Khartoum on Dec. 16 that his visit had allowed him to see a country " advancing towards Islamicization " . |
| 28 | One night she brought him to see a horror film about the Living Dead , and he was so frightened by the zombies that he fled into the foyer in a panic . |
| 29 | The Chief , the Medical Officer , who ever it was , it was a doctor who had said go and see your own doctor , and his own doctor sent him to see a specialist . |
| 30 | He was charged with trespassing , and Palm Beach County Judge William Bollinger ordered him to see a psychiatrist . |