Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the point that I heard him make in Brighton . |
| 2 | I recall vividly one member of the aristocracy who was in such a state about being interviewed on TV that he insisted that I help him go through a half bottle of whisky first . |
| 3 | Although Korda was now more of a financier than an active producer , it was his suggestion that led Graham Greene to visit Austria to see if he could find the background in the four-power occupation of Vienna which would inspire him to extend his one-line story : ‘ I had paid my last farewell to Harry less than a week ago , when his coffin was lowered in the frozen February ground , so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pass by , without a sign of recognition , among the host of strangers in the Strand . ’ |
| 4 | Terry , whose gentleness of heart so melted my own that I helped him sell his newspapers outside factories , on picket lines and outside East End tube stations at seven-thirty in the morning , was encouraging . |
| 5 | He looks very ragged , so I made him go to bed and get some sleep . ’ |
| 6 | Once I heard him speak at a church service in Morton , and although he was an excellent speaker , there was a certain bitterness and disappointment in his words . |
| 7 | Then there was another scuffle and I heard him go in a falling of bits of mud . |
| 8 | And then I thought oh that 's Clayton coming in as well and then I thought no it is n't , he 's going out and I heard him go out . |
| 9 | Then he climbed out , and I heard him unlock the door . |
| 10 | And I heard him read from your notes that you were an only child , with no brothers or sisters . |
| 11 | A few minutes later he rose and I heard him say , ‘ Goodnight and thank you for giving me your interesting reminiscences . ’ |
| 12 | He did , and I heard him say , ‘ Well , at least I lived long enough to meet you , love . ’ |
| 13 | I says yeah and then I heard , I did n't hear what she said and I heard him say look if you want me to have him it 's got to be legal . |
| 14 | After a while he went out into the hall and I heard him pick up the thing that makes noises and which he talks into when there 's no-one here . |
| 15 | There was a pause , and I heard him take a deep breath . |
| 16 | ‘ That was because I came from the most stable period of his life and I made him feel secure . ’ |
| 17 | This body of mine in which I had taken no pleasure or pride , he was honouring , saying to it , ‘ I love you , I love you , I love you , ’ believing me to be asleep , and I let him go on believing . |
| 18 | and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks |
| 19 | This he had turned into what looked like a camera shop and I let him get well ahead before starting my take-off . |
| 20 | Dad and Mum were out , and I let him come up with me while I changed and then , well , there I was in my bra , and we kissed . |
| 21 | Only once do I allow a man to stay the night , and I make him sleep upstairs . |
| 22 | And I make him work like a dog ! |
| 23 | One big American came out to do his act and I saw him blanch , and then visibly pull himself together before proceeding . |
| 24 | Snoring louder than ever he fumbled again and I saw him insert a small blade into the side of the carriage . |
| 25 | They were in chronological order and I saw him grow older before my eyes . |
| 26 | He ignored the mop , just staring at me , and I saw him take a breath ready to defy me so I spoke before he could . |
| 27 | There was a young American photographer with me and I saw him get caught up in it and I pulled him aside and said ‘ Do n't even take it because that 's the picture that Newsweek is going to publish . |
| 28 | And so he leaned his weight on my shoulder and I helped him walk to his horse . |
| 29 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 30 | Cos I let him play with it . |