Example sentences of "i [verb] him [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I asked him about his attitude to his cousin and he said he did n't have an attitude but that he was very upset . ’ |
| 2 | I asked him about his communication system with the engineer . |
| 3 | No wonder he clammed up whenever I asked him about his childhood . |
| 4 | I asked him about his shamanism . |
| 5 | When I asked him about his nose he actually growled at me . |
| 6 | Later , as Wemmick and I left Jaggers ' house together , I asked him about his employer 's housekeeper . |
| 7 | ‘ I showed him my brooch — the one you gave me for my birthday — and I asked him about his birthday . |
| 8 | I asked him about his party 's environmental charter but he seemed to have no answer . ’ |
| 9 | I asked him through his interpreter whether he could now make the films he wanted again . |
| 10 | When I asked him for his reaction , he sat hunched behind a table in his little palace , his head hanging down , his half-moon spectacles on the end of his nose . |
| 11 | ‘ I waylaid him on his arrival . |
| 12 | The process in this case did not reach its logical conclusion because Mr. Thorpe — I commend him on his ingenuity , a quality with which the nation knows he is amply endowed — found a way to secure the necessary care . |
| 13 | I met him on his way back here to report … ’ |
| 14 | I met him at his son 's flat in north London — a somewhat incongruous setting for a man who 's spent so much of his time in some of the wildest places in the world . |
| 15 | So , of course , he got up , I went to close the door he was there so I tried him in his pushchair , I says well you 'll have to walk , I know it 's only five minutes away . |
| 16 | I found him in his trench enjoying a mug of tea and in deep conversation with a Commando friend of his . |
| 17 | Two years later he bought my mother a new car and at just the same time I caught him in his office with his secretary . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I told him about his man Modena at 40–1 . |
| 19 | Then I told him about his man Modena at 40–1 . |
| 20 | ‘ I told him about his identity tonight , ’ he snapped . |
| 21 | But I secured him by his stump and went on . |
| 22 | cos you know he was that shattered he was falling asleep downstairs before I put him in his cot , so it was a case then of putting him to sleep in his cot |
| 23 | I joined him in his laughter . |
| 24 | I admired him for his decision then , I admired him for not thinking being world champion was worth the risk , and I admire him still for maintaining a moral stance . |
| 25 | Whilst Mrs Ledingham fumbled with the border , I confronted him with his folly . |
| 26 | I pressed him for his view and he eventually gave it : ‘ All very true and orthodox , Charlie , but completely lacking in power . ’ |
| 27 | One officer suggested behind his hand that I visit him at his home after work , and in exchange for this little attention he would write me a six-month permis de séjour . |
| 28 | I thanked him for his help , assured him that we would begin to go through the proper channels tomorrow , and said good-night . |
| 29 | When the Secretary of State made the equivalent announcement a year ago , I congratulated him on his promotion to the Cabinet . |
| 30 | I congratulated him on his home . |