Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She turned to glare at him and made an effort to resist as he made to propel her into the passenger seat . |
| 2 | This apart , he hates to pick them , preferring to drink in their beauty in the confines of his greenhouse . |
| 3 | If Rohan needed to have a private word with her , why had n't he arranged to see her at the house instead ? |
| 4 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
| 5 | ‘ What does he want to interview you for ? ! ’ |
| 6 | That is why licence powers are being used to control it and why this Bill , soon to go to Committee , will give the director general still more powers , should he want to use them . |
| 7 | ‘ Why does he want to see me ? . |
| 8 | ‘ Why does he want to see me ? ’ |
| 9 | Why does he want to see me ? |
| 10 | Why should he want to see her ? |
| 11 | Why did n't he want to remember it ? |
| 12 | Well why would he want to tell him all his failures , especially that he 's viewing Nick as an opponent . |
| 13 | Why do he want to know them things I wonder ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Two , why does he want to know them ? |
| 15 | But why did he want to keep her here ? |
| 16 | Why does he want to hurt me ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Why on earth would he want to contact you here ? ’ she wanted to know . |
| 18 | ‘ Surely , he 's not Kathleen McGuire , ’ he turns to face me . |
| 19 | He turns to face us and smiles when he sees Perry . |
| 20 | On the other hand , he had the last word whenever he cared to have it , not just on foreign or defence policy but on any aspect of policy . |
| 21 | He was tall and reasonably good-looking , with a slightly sad , very reserved look which could melt into a charming smile , so intimate that it unbalanced almost any girl he cared to direct it at . |
| 22 | And without even checking where it was he planned to take her . |
| 23 | He planned to keep them idle , like some ship 's crew becalmed miles from shore . |
| 24 | He planned to get me out of the way so he could bid for the portmanteau . |
| 25 | He planned to bring her to meet his parents before he went there a second time , with her . |
| 26 | It was due in tomorrow and he planned to write it tonight . |
| 27 | A wave of misery swept over Cassie as she wondered if the last of her little dreams was to be shattered as cruelly as these other two ; the dream in which Johnny hated and despised his wife ; the one in which he planned to divorce her and marry Cassie instead . |
| 28 | I got Bunny out of the pub just before chucking-out time and with a bit of persuasion he agreed to take me as far as Hackney , dropping me off at the end of Stuart Street . |
| 29 | He agreed to sell it to me . ’ |
| 30 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |