Example sentences of "he [vb past] [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talking to him gave Jane the idea ( obvious , as most good ideas seem , once they 're thought of ) of producing a guide to the firm 's products , loose-leaf for updating , to be distributed to doctors and clinics . |
| 2 | a Scottish sailor marooned on the island of Juan Fernandez from 1704 until he was picked up by Captain Woodes Rogers 52 months later ; Woodes 's account of him gave Defoe the idea of Robinson Crusoe , and Cowper wrote a poem entitled ‘ Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk ’ , beginning ‘ I am monarch of all I survey ’ . |
| 3 | It was the Quaker ironmaster Abraham Darby ( q.v. ) who first used this method successfully here in 1709 , and in so doing , he made Coalbrookdale the cradle of the Industrial Revolution and Shropshire — for a time — the centre of the industrial world , with ideal coal deposits at hand to give the area a head start in the production of pig-iron . |
| 4 | Adam of Bremen reports that Cnut had intended Swegen to rule Norway , Harthacnut Denmark , and Harold England , and the Historia Regum attributed to Symeon of Durham that he made Harold the English king , but the Encomium says that he not only promised Emma that any son of hers should be heir , but later on oath pledged the whole kingdom subject to him to Harthacnut , who received oaths of loyalty from English nobles . |
| 5 | ‘ Parkin will say he lent Nicola the scissors and there was some accident . |
| 6 | In the end , he got Shrimpton the job , and that shoot was one of the assignments that launched her career . |
| 7 | ‘ He phoned Ursula the day Maurice 's murder was . |
| 8 | Under the bonnet he found Sparky the cat scrambling across the battery . |
| 9 | As Dickon pushed the wheelchair all round the garden , he told Colin the names of all the plants . |
| 10 | He told Beverley the whole story of the stranger in the mist . |
| 11 | He told Nicola the programme was looking tired and the job was hers for the asking ’ |
| 12 | Several months later he told Theo the full dramatic story , ending sadly : ‘ Then , not at once , but very soon , I felt that love die within me . |
| 13 | He told Tony the Open was all his . |
| 14 | He noticed Schellenberg the moment he entered , not because he recognized him , only the kind of man he was . |
| 15 | The honour of being the first Hearts player to captain Scotland since Dave Mackay in the Fifties was tarnished for Craig Levein when he gifted Germany the opening goal of the game after 19 minutes . |
| 16 | Back in the car he showed Ivy the black-and-white Polaroid photograph it contained . |
| 17 | He showed Gabriel the envelope containing the valentine . |
| 18 | More than all that , though , he showed Richard the way . |
| 19 | Here he showed Anselm the pope 's letter to the king which he had obtained after Anselm 's departure . |
| 20 | He handed Turner the production bag and indicated the prisoners . |
| 21 | ‘ She stirred herself at last and wrote , ’ he said as he handed Rose the letter . |
| 22 | As he handed Ben the bowl he almost expected to receive some kind of shock — a violent discharge of the child 's unnatural energy — through the medium of the bowl . |
| 23 | He handed Ralf the money . |
| 24 | He handed Lee the torch , which was now dud without the battery . |
| 25 | He handed Doggett the stallion 's bridle , then carried the saddle over to the spare horse . |
| 26 | He handed Dimity the flowers with a smile and a small bow . |
| 27 | ( When Leonard came to write his second novel , he paid MacLennan the finest compliment of all — and the riskiest — by imitating his theme , as we shall see . ) |
| 28 | He admired Frederick the Great , he told me , ‘ in a way , but only when he was very young . |
| 29 | So she said he 's got another one apparently he rung Charlie the other night and said this is Alex , can I speak to Brian . |
| 30 | He thrust Stevens the Kenyan dossier . |