Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] he [vb infin] the " in BNC.

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1 I helped him pull the two long wicker chairs from the far end of the terrace .
2 ( 38 ) I helped him address the letters .
3 I helped him put the frame back .
4 I thought I heard him bring the cows in earlier but he 's grown so deaf he did n't hear when I called him .
5 I heard him mention the Crusades and the Inquisition .
6 I heard him lock the chamber door and , a few minutes later , the mewing of his cat scratching at the wood for admittance .
7 Then he climbed out , and I heard him unlock the door .
8 I heard him question the Indian and I reached into the cat for the map which he had left on his seat .
9 I heard him greet the Radio 1 man through the door 30 minutes earlier .
10 I felt him rip the tape off my hands , but he kept my left arm in a hammer lock .
11 I saw him move the mat so it should be on a slippery bit and then sort of pretend to slip on it , and then start to shout . ’
12 If we took de Guichet himself — I saw him pass the other day , twice as thick as when I knew him , and the beard changes a man , but I knew that thwarted , ambitious face of his — if we took de Guichet himself , would Isambard give us Harry for him ?
13 I saw him work the crowd at Leeds .
14 In a sentence such as ( 30 ) , the event saw obviously can not be conceived as existing before the beginning of the crossing : ( 30 ) I saw him cross the street .
15 ‘ I could n't see his face very well because the leaves and branches were in the way , but I saw him climb the fence and steal the bulbs . ’
16 His hand wavered , and she noticed the steel discipline which made him drop the phone back in its cradle and wait while she sipped the water .
17 His first posting in 1915 took him to the Toba Batak country in Northern Sumatra in time to witness the Muslim Acehnese rising against their Christian rulers ; an event which made him appreciate the approaching crisis of Islam as a focus for nationalism , and impressed upon him the urgent need for Muslim-Christian accommodation .
18 Len Vickery finished third after carding a score of 68a round which helped him secure the past captain 's cup .
19 The 24-year-old local hero failed to find the superb form which saw him win the French Indoor Championships , as he lost his first match to Pete Sampras , 7–6 ( 7–5 ) , 7–6 ( 7–3 ) .
20 The Forbra Gold Challenge Cup Handicap Chase provides an ideal chance for Major Match to return to the form which saw him win the Charisma Gold Cup last season .
21 She helped him push the motorbike combination over the cliffs into the sea , and drop the two dead men down a deep narrow crevice where they were n't likely to be discovered .
22 The identity of the person who abandoned the Zodiac dinghy and therefore presumably planted the bombs has never been discovered but from the descriptions it seems fairly certain it was Bartelo from the Ouvéa , while the man who helped him get the dinghy into the water was Mafart .
23 She rose up in the world without lifting a finger when she married into the gentry and I daresay she let him feel the difference been them .
24 She thinks he died because she let him wear the chain .
25 he said I 'm properly on the spot , so he , so the woman volunteered , she said well can I help you , I 've got my fortnight 's rent money here , so she let him have the rent money .
26 And she let him turn the key and open the door .
27 She heard him close the front door gently behind him .
28 She heard him slam the front room door and went back into the bedroom .
29 She heard him cross the hall and go up the stairs .
30 She thought she heard him praise the tinge of blood rising in her cheek , like the breast of chaffinches , and smell her skin like peach blossom and orange together .
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