Example sentences of "i had [verb] he [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would n't speak to me for six months , but then his natural goodness of heart , as well perhaps as his gradual realization that I might have been right , that perhaps I had saved him from a fate worse than death , made it impossible for him to keep it up . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I had seen him on a number of occasions during my childhood in Abyssinia where my father had been British Minister at Addis Ababa , but this was the first time I spoke to him . |
| 4 | I had invited him for a meal , and he left around midnight . ’ |
| 5 | And then , suddenly , I had to see him as a MAN — my husband ! |
| 6 | Then I had to take him to a big detached house divided into flats . |
| 7 | This was good news , as I had met him after a children 's charity evening and had found him shy , attractive and funny . |
| 8 | Five or ten minutes by there , and getting introduced to all the old colliers that were in the same manhole , that we called it : I started down then to follow my father ; and I had to follow him like a little dog , all the way . |
| 9 | I felt I ought to have gone in earlier ; that now I had put him in a huff . |
| 10 | I had known him for a number of years . |