Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] him [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the point that I heard him make in Brighton . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He looks very ragged , so I made him go to bed and get some sleep . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Then there was another scuffle and I heard him go in a falling of bits of mud . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Then he climbed out , and I heard him unlock the door . |
| 9 | And I heard him read from your notes that you were an only child , with no brothers or sisters . |
| 10 | A few minutes later he rose and I heard him say , ‘ Goodnight and thank you for giving me your interesting reminiscences . ’ |
| 11 | He did , and I heard him say , ‘ Well , at least I lived long enough to meet you , love . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | There was a pause , and I heard him take a deep breath . |
| 15 | ‘ That was because I came from the most stable period of his life and I made him feel secure . ’ |
| 16 | One big American came out to do his act and I saw him blanch , and then visibly pull himself together before proceeding . |
| 17 | Snoring louder than ever he fumbled again and I saw him insert a small blade into the side of the carriage . |
| 18 | They were in chronological order and I saw him grow older before my eyes . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And so he leaned his weight on my shoulder and I helped him walk to his horse . |
| 22 | So he did n't like it cos I made him go . |
| 23 | Cos I heard him say yes |
| 24 | And what was it he said cos I heard him say yes , yes . |
| 25 | Dad simply pushed her forward but I heard him whisper , ‘ Move along , yer 'olding up the service . ’ |
| 26 | I had my eyes closed to do this , but I heard him catch his breath . |
| 27 | Obviously I could n't follow him up to his front door , but I saw him turn into the grounds . ’ |
| 28 | I could n't hear and was crying from the pain , but I saw him put his foot sideways into Marius 's midriff . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 30 | But I made him put his coat on . |