Example sentences of "he [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could give him that every night . |
| 2 | It is when she feels compassion , rather than revulsion , for the salamander and kisses him that the spell breaks . |
| 3 | Not in an evil way at all , but if you gave him half a chance he 'd hammer you into the ground and stamp on you . |
| 4 | In Fredegar 's narrative Childeric was exiled from the Franks for his sexual profligacy , but he arranged with his faithful follower , Wiomad , that he would return when the latter had sent him half a coin which they had divided between them . |
| 5 | This , with other and routine business , took him half a morning , during which Inspector Lane was out of the office on other business and the two young sergeants were in and out all the time ; they seemed to work as a unit . |
| 6 | It took him half an hour 's fast driving up the autobahn to reach the disaster point . |
| 7 | He eventually gave this one up and left them both threatening the car park attendant , but it took him half an hour to cross the street and ring the bell at No. 3 . |
| 8 | If we would give him half an hour to get over the shock of his resurrection he would quietly sit down with a piece of paper ( the back of a bigger envelope , I suppose ) and would work out the relevant design formulae . |
| 9 | She followed him half an hour later , pleased to find him already asleep when she crept into the bedroom . |
| 10 | It had taken him half an hour to get his hands and nails clean , using white spirit and a nailbrush as well as soap and water . |
| 11 | ‘ I gave him half an hour and then I went for a spin . ’ |
| 12 | Simply to contain space , ’ said the television in the poet 's voice , over a shot of him half an inch high striding over the moors . |
| 13 | In addition to the beef tea and arrowroot , as much as he will take , we 'll give him half an ounce of brandy every two hours , and twenty drops of laudanum every four . " |
| 14 | it was so erm steep and it took him half the service to get over , just , well then in the equity I am not fit , I 'm gon na lose weight and do exercise |
| 15 | It amazed him such a slip of a girl could have such passion in her , and by then he had noticed the perfect contours of her body which neither the black dress nor the prim white apron could conceal . |
| 16 | He felt some shame in digging up long-dead ghosts to torment Vologsky , and a sense of moral wrong in telling him such a bundle of blasphemous untruths . |
| 17 | All heads turned as his father gave him such a clip that he landed in the muddy , freshly dug grave behind him . |
| 18 | Ferryman had kipped down with him for a while , till one night , turning over in his sleep , Jackie had given him such a clout with the iron boot it nearly took his hip off . |
| 19 | Her lips clamped together and she stared at him in horror , unable to believe she 'd really asked him such a question . |
| 20 | And with that she turned on him herself and raising up her wings struck him such a blow with her talons that he rolled back out of control in the air , the tops of the pine trees below spinning before his eyes . |
| 21 | It was she who was the essential element in the alchemy which had absolved him and promised him such a refreshment of security and calm here . |
| 22 | Yet hath he in him such a mind of honour , |
| 23 | I feel for him such a lot . |
| 24 | The next time she saw him , she would give him such a tongue-lashing that his ears would ring for a week ! |
| 25 | From Henry James , The Pupil The poor young man hesitated and procrastinated : it cost him such an effort to broach the subject of terms , to speak of money to a person who spoke only of feelings and , as it were , of the aristocracy ( 1 ) . |
| 26 | His voice grated , but he spoke out clearly , perhaps even a little louder than was natural because it cost him such an effort to get it out at all . |
| 27 | ‘ They helped him many a time to keep his head above water or else we should have been in a poor way . ’ |
| 28 | But if any of the women folks which I 've gone out with a a bowl of soup to him many a time . |
| 29 | I do n't think he has that many visitors and I feel we should give him all the support we can . ’ |
| 30 | This gave him all the honour 's lands in Richmondshire except , it seems the castle itself , a deficiency made good in 1478 . |