Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] i [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Mackerel , Ron ! " he whispered to me on the bridge . |
| 2 | He beamed on me like an indulgent father promising a marvellous present off the Christmas tree . |
| 3 | He winked at me with a slight shake of his head . |
| 4 | This is another of Nic Picot 's tricks which he tried on me in the pub outside the Magic Circle . |
| 5 | Yeah he mentioned to me about a month ago well I think it was at Christmas , it was probably at Christmas time |
| 6 | Then he muttered to me from the corner of his mouth . |
| 7 | He was a highly educated gentleman , a very well known Varsity athlete , but he came to me with a bad report that he was completely and utterly clueless about some of the finer points of simple take-off and landing procedures . |
| 8 | and then he came to me as a last hope |
| 9 | ‘ He came to me from a very reliable source . ’ |
| 10 | The next morning he came with me to the station , and as we waited for the train , we watched the crowds . |
| 11 | And then when I fell and was trying to get up , he came at me with a knife and that 's when you opened the door and — Oh , Mamma ! ’ |
| 12 | Cherry said : ‘ He came at me like a man possessed . |
| 13 | He turned on me like a snake . |
| 14 | He turned to me with a pair of calipers in his hand . |
| 15 | That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off . |
| 16 | He frowned at me with a long look in which I read nothing . |
| 17 | Why does he refuse to meet any groups other than farmers , as he confirmed to me in the House on 17 February ? |
| 18 | He grinned at me in the gloom , and introduced himself as if I might recognize the name . |
| 19 | ‘ Are you married ? ’ he said at once , head turned toward the din from his workmen as he stepped past me over the rubble and put a key into the lock of the , I should have thought , not yet apt to be plundered building . |
| 20 | I said yes thinking Mozart would be lovely , and not thinking any more of it until he stuck to me like a limpet |
| 21 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 22 | ‘ He called to me from a winter place . |
| 23 | He called to me from the place . |
| 24 | ‘ Mr Tunney , ’ he gasped — mistaking me for someone else ? as he reached for me with a flailing hand . |
| 25 | He knew of me at the time I was working with Betsy Cook , who used to work with Marc , and so that helped . |
| 26 | As he dismounted he looked at me over the saddle and there Was that tell-nothing expression , looking at me no different than the Way he had looked at Lamarr Dean the moment before he broke a Whisky glass against his mouth . |
| 27 | I said that to him and he looked at me over the top of his glasses like that , cos he , in his office , he sits here , the door 's there , he sits here and I , I , everybody else has had the door open , I went in and shut the door and I stood behind him , I did n't stand in front of him , stood behind him so , keep |
| 28 | He looked at me across the room . |
| 29 | He looked at me for a while , thinking . |
| 30 | He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair . |