Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made to have another look at the distant diner . |
| 2 | Iago has led Othello to where he had predicted , caused the people he hates to destroy each other . |
| 3 | Was this the end or would he want to dance some more ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why does he want to do that ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why on earth would he want to do that ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Whatever would he want to do that for ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ And why would he want to do that ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Why would he want to do that ? ’ he asked , clearly puzzled . |
| 9 | He did not want any services and did not see counselling help as a service a social worker might offer , nor did he want to share any grieving for his wife . |
| 10 | He turns to explain all this mess . |
| 11 | He 'd danced here on the same legs that now lay dead beneath him , while Sartori had told him how he planned to take this wretched Dominion , and build in its midst a city that would shame Babylon ; danced for sheer exuberance , knowing his Maestro was a great man , and had it in his power to change the world . |
| 12 | I asked John how he planned to do this shot and he said , ‘ Simple . |
| 13 | With the help of his mother and sister , he agreed to continue this work at home which would be set by the school and assessment centre jointly . |
| 14 | At the same time , communicating with Yeltsin behind Yazov 's back , he agreed to send some tanks to the White House . |
| 15 | Bishops Hall doing it nicely under Brad and it 's good to see him in the saddle today because he was offered the ride on Morley Street but he 'd already said yes and he 's a man of his word and he agreed to ride this horse . |
| 16 | He looked around him , as if he expected to see another presence there . |
| 17 | All the week the receipts had been unusually high , but this evening he expected to break all records . |
| 18 | I had written to Joe Ackerley about Dana , and how we were writing poems together , and he asked to see some examples of this unusual collaboration . |
| 19 | He had centre front stage , his voice projected forward over Therese 's , and he ceased to make any attempt to act out the plotted movements with her . |
| 20 | At one point he grew so angry he failed to blow any kind of a note on his horn ; he dashed it to the ground in a fury of petulance . |
| 21 | He failed to do all he could for the Jews and socialised with the Nazis too easily for the Poles ' liking . |
| 22 | He failed to do this and a thief ( third party ) entered the house and stole property belonging to the plaintiff . |
| 23 | Guardian reader Peter John , who has holdings in Dumenil 's Swiss , French and Spanish funds , claims he failed to receive any dividends in June and November as he expected . |
| 24 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
| 25 | When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit . |
| 26 | Sadly , during his attempt to secure a direct line or three from Ms Sigourney Weaver he failed to grasp some obvious points . |
| 27 | When he failed to muster enough backing for a secret ballot Pawar announced his support for Rao who was then unanimously elected as leader on June 20. nation |
| 28 | Where he was intellectually confused was that he failed to see any close connection between the economic stance of his Government and its industrial problems . |
| 29 | Your dear brother left quite a few problems behind when he failed to take that corner . |
| 30 | There Tyndale wrote to urge him to avoid any discussion of the Sacraments , but he failed to take this advice and was convicted as a heretic precisely on this question and was burned . |