Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looks very ragged , so I made him go to bed and get some sleep . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Cos I let him play with it . |
| 5 | So he did n't like it cos I made him go . |
| 6 | Cos I heard him say yes |
| 7 | And what was it he said cos I heard him say yes , yes . |
| 8 | Cos I see him know with this big pallets of that stuff all over the place and |
| 9 | Cos I see him cut it out . |
| 10 | er , because I saw him play actually in the nineteen sixty two final against Burnley . |
| 11 | I waited till I heard him go into the bathroom , grabbed all my gear and tiptoed out of the house . |
| 12 | I 've had one of your chaps round already , asking whether I saw him go by that evening . ’ |
| 13 | I was about to break from sheltering rock and follow when I saw him stop aghast and raise one arm involuntarily in a gesture of self-protection . |
| 14 | His body was hairy , muscled , well-shaped , and when I saw him strip for bed he reminded me of a gorilla about to pounce upon its prey . |
| 15 | I went to Southport and was waiting at the hotel for Lee when I saw him roll up . |
| 16 | When I heard him speak , he had a lot to say about this . |
| 17 | When I heard him say that , I thought he meant I was going to die . |
| 18 | My heart sank when I heard him say he was in full support of the government 's policy . |
| 19 | My friend was about 50 feet above me and almost out of sight in the fog , when I heard him yell at me to ‘ come and see this ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ What am I going to say to him when I see him face to face ? |
| 21 | ‘ He is not in the least like any of Henrietta 's children , but when I see him laugh and run he makes me think of them , being nearer the little one 's age than my Penini . |
| 22 | My heart sank ( again , not literally ! ) as I heard him say , ‘ Right then , I 'm sure you 'll work with Brian today , wo n't you David ? ’ |
| 23 | Everything became bitingly clear to me as soon as I saw him turn round sharply and stare at me . |