Example sentences of "i [verb] him go " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we sat down for our sandwiches , I made him go away with the grisly thing , but we could still hear him crunching away behind a rock — first a crunch then a cough as he swallowed a feather , then another crunch then more coughs until he realised there was no future in it and came round for a sandwich . |
| 2 | He looks very ragged , so I made him go to bed and get some sleep . ’ |
| 3 | So he did n't like it cos I made him go . |
| 4 | I seen him go past about nine an' I hardly knew him ! |
| 5 | I let him go . |
| 6 | But that rotten yellow-gutted two-timing little toad " — I let him go on like that a while , to get it out of his system . |
| 7 | This body of mine in which I had taken no pleasure or pride , he was honouring , saying to it , ‘ I love you , I love you , I love you , ’ believing me to be asleep , and I let him go on believing . |
| 8 | and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks |
| 9 | Usually I let him go on the . |
| 10 | and it was in quite a big space , I could off got in behind him and then changed if I 'd reversed in but when I saw this other chap sat in his car and then he indicated he wanted to pull out , so I let him go |
| 11 | no one , two , three , four , five , once I caught a fish alive , six , seven , eight , nine , ten , then I let him go again |
| 12 | I waited till I heard him go into the bathroom , grabbed all my gear and tiptoed out of the house . |
| 13 | Then there was another scuffle and I heard him go in a falling of bits of mud . |
| 14 | I heard him go . ’ |
| 15 | Later on I heard him go with them to the dorm . |
| 16 | And then I thought oh that 's Clayton coming in as well and then I thought no it is n't , he 's going out and I heard him go out . |
| 17 | I felt him go off for a few seconds . |
| 18 | ‘ I saw him go , ’ she said . |
| 19 | I saw him go up to the house- ’ |
| 20 | In a red cloak I saw him go , His back was bent , his step was slow , And as he laboured through the cold He seemed a hundred winters old . |
| 21 | I saw him go through the gate into the woods … ’ |
| 22 | I 've had one of your chaps round already , asking whether I saw him go by that evening . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I saw him go in there . ’ |
| 24 | For example I 'd like to swim ( infinitive with to ) : I saw him go ( infinitive without to ) : : To have continued would have been a mistake ( perfect infinitive ) ; He wants to be told ( passive infinitive ) . |
| 25 | I saw him go into the room where the telephone is . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I think I saw him go in Mr Kimberley 's room , sir . ’ |
| 27 | I recall vividly one member of the aristocracy who was in such a state about being interviewed on TV that he insisted that I help him go through a half bottle of whisky first . |
| 28 | Did you honestly expect me to let him go out there and die alone ? |