Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 2 | I only saw him for half an hour . |
| 3 | I scarcely see him from one working day to the next . ’ |
| 4 | Cos I had him , I just , I just had him like that first sixteen points and we could n't play properly cos no one won . |
| 5 | I just willed him with all my mind to believe me . |
| 6 | I always keep him under tight control when I 'm walking and make sure that he never goes near sheep or lambs , and on the open fell he 's usually on his best behaviour . |
| 7 | This season , with only a few weeks gone , I confidently nominate him for another award — worst piece of man-management this season ! |
| 8 | I really like him for all those synthesisers . |
| 9 | I well remember him as one of the voices in the wilderness during the Falklands affair . |
| 10 | I never saw him after that . ’ |
| 11 | I never loved him at all , Angel . |
| 12 | In view of the remarks about the hypersensitivity of a man ‘ who could be extremely shy and nervous in the company of other people ’ ( to quote Ackroyd 's paraphrase of his own words to Djuna Barnes in 1951 ) , I should like to record that , save in respect of sensitivity , I never found him like that . |