Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] he [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | I just willed him with all my mind to believe me . |
| 5 | I never saw him after that . ’ |
| 6 | I never loved him at all , Angel . |
| 7 | 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 . |