Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] he [vb base] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him put the bleeding crumpets in the bloody toaster again . |
| 2 | This happened on the Sunday in question , and as I watched him climb the stairs , dragging himself up by the banister , I saw that he was sweating heavily . |
| 3 | He did n't look back and I watched him cross the road , climb a wall and trail away across the fields towards the river . |
| 4 | In all the cases examined with full verbs , the bare infinitive has evoked what could be termed a coincident actualization , and its event is not represented as beginning to exist in time before that of the main verb , as depicted by this diagram of I watched him cross the street : This does not exhaust the expressive capacity of the bare infinitive , however , as we are going to see that it can also express what we will call coincident potentiality . |
| 5 | I suggested he pass the bags to his two lady friends sitting next to him . |
| 6 | Other people were near the table with the drinks and nobody noticed him slide the knife into the water . |
| 7 | Helplessly she watched him remove the key from her nerveless fingers and insert it into the lock where it turned easily , clicking the door open . |
| 8 | She gritted her teeth as she watched him swing the flexible whip between her legs . |
| 9 | She watched him get the pony ready , learning all the time so that she would be able to harness it herself in future when she wanted to drive out in Nahum 's absence . |
| 10 | It leapt in the air as it shot over the ramp , making Rachel gasp as she watched him slam the brakes on , flinging her forward to make the seatbelt dig into her . |
| 11 | She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey . |
| 12 | She watched him leave the kitchen , sighed furiously and then stared blankly into space . |
| 13 | When they were both soaked in the greasy oil , she watched him pour the remainder of the bottle over the rubber sheet . |
| 14 | She watched him hug the child to him , then straighten up , and now he stood glaring at her for a moment . |
| 15 | Go and see the reaction of the people who witnessed him cure the blind man Blind Bartiamaus or Bethsiedum Go and check out what the woman who with a haemorrhage had to say about him . |
| 16 | We watched him consult the programme , turning each page and examining our faces and the oblong patch of biography beneath the photographs . |