Example sentences of "[verb] i his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 2 | Tremayne lent me his Volvo to go to the boatyard in the morning , reminding me before I set off that it was the day of the awards dinner at which he was to be honoured . |
| 3 | ‘ One of the bosses lent me his Jaguar Sovereign XJ6 for a week when my car broke down , ’ said Pete . |
| 4 | ‘ And he lent me his boat for a family outing . |
| 5 | Finally I saw shapes of valleys , hills , crags , the white flash of waterfalls and then after Bill Robins lent me his binoculars , even houses , mostly thatched with palms or with roofs of red corrugated iron , the trademark of Polynesia , with the occasional roof of startling white . |
| 6 | He sat beside me and lent me his shoulder as a back-rest . |
| 7 | Immediately he lent me his support , his judgement and helped me find a publisher , putting me in touch with Jan Martens and the Fonds Mercator which publish admirable art books . |
| 8 | I taught for a term at a crammer half a mile from my home , and instead of passing lazy days with charming children whose actively hatted mothers would smile , condescend and yet flirt during some endless pollen-spattered sports day , I spent my time with the son of the local bookmaker ( he lent me his bike : I crashed it ) and the daughter of the suburb 's solicitor . |
| 9 | Anyway , he 's alright by me cos he lent me his Porsche . |
| 10 | In Primary Three I fell in love with another boy because he lent me his ‘ Lo-lo Ball ’ and I thought this meant love ! |
| 11 | And er of course as I tell you , I finished when I was thirteen years old and I was on this er bottle washing stunt and o one chap as lived next door to us , back at er at Road he got me his this job on the farm . |
| 12 | And if I 'm friendly towards you in future , you 'll remind yourself , ‘ That man nearly made me his mistress — I must be ice-cold to him , ’ and ice-cold is what you 'll be . ’ |
| 13 | There was a lot to do , and Mr. Andrew made me his secretary . |
| 14 | He 's given me his home number . ’ |
| 15 | Also , he had given me his number in Rio . |
| 16 | ‘ Surprisingly enough , Old Red has not given me his reasons . |
| 17 | I 'll tell you give him a ring , tell him that you 've given me his , the telephone number and he should expect that I 'll give him a call in the next week |
| 18 | So Emma 's given me his present to drop round , ha |
| 19 | Twice he passed me his pipe to cut the ends of my suture and on one occasion I found myself trying in the dim light to thread the silk through his reaming tool . |
| 20 | Waaagh ! ’ — Jack leaned forward and passed me his handkerchief . |
| 21 | Smith had lent me his very able stenographer and we worked until dawn , when the memorandum was typed and ready for me to take to Smith first thing in the morning . |
| 22 | ‘ The friend who 's lent me his flat likes his privacy . ’ |
| 23 | Take me to the sea-king 's palace and show me his throne of silver , and his trumpets of pearl , and his coral candles burning beneath the waves ! " |
| 24 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 25 | Watched by an Italianate studio owner , Tony Verrechia , he told me his story . |
| 26 | We relaxed into another large bottle of Cusqueño beer as Barry told me his story . |
| 27 | During the course of that regression he told me his name , his trade ( he was a cloth merchant ) and the fact that he lived and worked in the Bristol area . |
| 28 | He was not a bad looker , I thought , and shook hands as he told me his name was Freddy . |
| 29 | The expenditure of public money on this , yet another television service , has been criticized in some quarters , but the Governor told me his decision was based on the fact , as he saw it , of NTV 's pro-Federal bias . |
| 30 | When I first met Richard , he told me his grandfather had been ‘ a parson ’ . |