Example sentences of "i [vb base] he [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , here we are , ’ Andy says , sitting forward and slapping his hands on his knees , then taking the J when I tap him on the elbow .
2 I kiss him on the cheek .
3 I grab him by the lapels , and as my fingers scrabble for a hold I drop my little micro-transmitter into his breast pocket .
4 I picture him in the back of his friend 's flat where he is staying .
5 I disagreed with much of what he had to say , but I welcome him to the House from this Bench and look forward to debating these issues with him on many occasions .
6 I , when , when we go down to playschool I walk but because it takes what fifteen minutes to walk into town I put him in the pushchair
7 ‘ While I show him round the shop
8 Placing a hand on each of his shoulders , I look him in the eye and ask if he is all right .
9 Whenever I meet him in the village , ’ he said bitterly , ‘ which is not very often , I 'm glad to say , he walks right past me without even raisin' his cap in respect … ’
10 I kneed him in the balls as hard as I could .
11 But I 've got a photograph of him , and I know he after the war was over he went back and married a nurse .
12 I tell the DI why ; I tell him about two more betrayals ; about the commanding officer who had let men die to cover up his own inadequacy ( or at least Andy believed he had , which was all that mattered ) , and I tell him about the locum doctor who could n't be bothered to attend a patient and then , when he eventually did pay a visit , just assumed her pain was something trivial .
13 I tell him about the whisky story and the chill-filtering and the colouring but he already seems to know it all .
14 Then , when I see there is the doubt , that when I tell him about the baby .
15 I tell him about the cramps , feeling like a child who has fallen and cut herself , demanding sympathy .
16 So I tell him about the search for her , and he sits and listens .
17 If the Minister does not know the details , I direct him to the NFU survey on the Borders .
18 I thump him in the ribs with my club .
19 I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles .
20 I collect him from the swimming pool .
21 Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country .
22 I remind him of the words of the Liberal Democrat pocket guide to Conservative party policy , published in 1991 , which stated , to its credit : ’ The Conservatives in 1979 recognised the need for change after three decades of stultifying corporatism . ’
23 Oh yes , every month I call him into the office and I say , it still is n't good enough , pull your socks up .
24 The hon. Gentleman can raise those matters when I call him in the debate , as I hope to do .
25 After breakfast at the palace all the inmates are thrown out , whatever the weather , and the only place he can take his child is outside : " Usually I take my little boy at weekends to the fair at Whitley Bay , or I take him on the metro and we sit at the front — he loves trains .
26 I take him to the yard .
27 ‘ Sure , I take him in the jungle , Jefe . ’
28 I join him in the living room , where he is bolt upright in an armchair watching a video .
29 I follow him to the kitchen and take a chair at a cream-coloured , linoleum-topped table .
30 I have him on the phone and god she was .
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