Example sentences of "[vb past] i [verb] him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He asked me to let him have his way with me . |
| 2 | ‘ And the reason the boy wonder suddenly rang and invited me to watch him go through his paces was because he wanted to show off something rotten , ’ she teased , intent on bringing him back down to earth . |
| 3 | Downstairs he let me watch him make tea ( in the outer cellar ) , and something ridiculous he said made me laugh — or want to laugh . |
| 4 | Well that 's where you told me to tell him to put it , behind the shed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I thought I heard him say that there was some discretion in this matter , if the French do n't go ahead there is some discretion on the part of the British government , I thought it was automatic that if the French do n't ratify then we wo n't be able to ratify . |
| 7 | There was silence then and I thought I saw him shake his head . |
| 8 | Did I implore him to stay ? ’ |
| 9 | Did I want him to bring me anything ? |
| 10 | At this stage I could n't expect him to be on the bit , but nor did I want him slopping along . |
| 11 | Why did I let him persuade me to do this ? |
| 12 | Did I ask him to come back ? |
| 13 | I said I wanted him to go to an outside hospital , so they took him . |
| 14 | Well he was dashing out when I when I called him erm his wife answered the phone and she said you just him he 's going out at the door so he came rushing back and I said I wanted him to judge champion of champions and the and I said there 'll be two and he said , hang on , and he 's write it down said I 'll just stick it all at one and see to it when I come back , oh I got ta go and he went . |
| 15 | I said I wanted him to meet my Somerville friend , who , with a fellow-student , was by pre-arrangement sitting on an inner windowsill , from which with an air of spontaneity I was able to summon them down . |