Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
| 2 | However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
| 3 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 4 | Can be proved by describing the duty being performed , e.g. ‘ I said to John Brown ‘ You are being arrested for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ and was just about to hold his arm and caution him when he struck me in the face with his left fist etc . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ When he took me into the lead I did n't want to be there that soon — so many horses have been caught after being clear , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ And he tried to put his tongue in my mouth and when he pulled me in the doorway he — he unfastened the front of his trousers . ’ |
| 7 | Most of the unexpected visitors were passing girl-friends of Roger 's , so I was surprised when he informed me of the pending arrival of a very special girl-friend . |
| 8 | They made respectful way for him as he led me through the village to a longhouse standing apart from the others . |
| 9 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 10 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 11 | Seeing my stricken face the producer tried to offer some comfort and advice as he propelled me through the studio door . |
| 12 | ‘ I could tell he 'd been drinking as soon as he joined me on the jig . |
| 13 | He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit . |
| 14 | ‘ Very well , thank you , ’ I answered shyly as he patted me on the head . |
| 15 | " No , John , they 'll come up through the front , " said Fielding , his arm on my shoulder now as he steered me across the floor . |