Example sentences of "i [vb past] him [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 2 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 3 | A few weeks later I met him in a wild part of Laggan . |
| 4 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 5 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 6 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 7 | But I am glad that I provoked him into an unqualified withdrawal of his disgraceful unjustified comments . |
| 8 | I followed him into a small room beside the kitchen . |
| 9 | I followed him into a small room . |
| 10 | Gareth took a step or two after them and I called him in an explosive croak , ‘ Gareth , ’ and he stopped and turned immediately and came back , bending down . |
| 11 | ‘ I knew him as a hard-working , modest , and honest politician , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't believe he drugged me because I saw him as a caring person , he had got me into his confidence . |
| 14 | In that too I saw him as an obvious heir to the boys of the old Paris suburbs ’ ( p. 143 ) . |
| 15 | I took him to a nearby café . |
| 16 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 17 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 18 | This piece of information I gave him with a triumphant smile . |
| 19 | We could find no cause for this when I regressed him to an earlier period in this life and so I went on to regress him to what appeared to be a previous life . |
| 20 | There I had him as a charming , affectionate colleague of mature judgment . |
| 21 | I greeted him in a confused manner , unable to believe my eyes . |
| 22 | I chivvied him into a quick shower . |
| 23 | Handing him a cigarette I left him with a final warning . |
| 24 | So I said OK , and I gave him a real fancy one — it was like topiary , and I left him with a rude word on the back of his head . |