Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I left him in no doubts about my opinion of his behaviour over the past few weeks , I was n't quite as brutal with him as I might have been . |
| 2 | I fundamentally disagree with his proposition , although I congratulate him on the stand that he has taken for his principles . |
| 3 | I 've been lucky : Scathach has returned only four years older than I expected him to be . ’ |
| 4 | Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room . |
| 5 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'd never taken a woman on any of his expeditions before , so I nagged him for about a week and used all my female charm . |
| 7 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 8 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 9 | I could not find a reason for leaving him , so I accompanied him in silence . |
| 10 | That means he thought Maureen was his mother , so I gave him to her . |
| 11 | Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 13 | If I contacted him on the same number that I contacted you |
| 14 | I would n't have known him if I met him in the street . |
| 15 | Sudden thought — if I follow him to whatever rat-hole he lives in and he rapes me , in court they 'll say ‘ You did what , Miss Marquis ? |
| 16 | I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for . |
| 17 | Thereafter , if I passed him in the corridor or on the staircase , those eyes registered no recognition . |
| 18 | If I kicked him on the shin I bet he 'd limp away and not even glance to see who 'd done it . |
| 19 | ‘ If I tell him about Tim at least he 'll have a sensible line of enquiry . ’ |
| 20 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 21 | At the back of my mind I must have hoped that if I telephoned him in advance , Helmut would help in this way . |
| 22 | ‘ Think he would give me one if I mentioned him in my article ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Of course , he did not say that and he would deny it if I accused him of it , but … my father … your brother the Earl . ’ |
| 24 | If I enter him for the race will you wager ten pounds for me ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Until I met him in the flesh . |
| 27 | In point of fact the reverse ruled : I was constantly having chits thrust at me giving me a blow-by-blow account of " Charlie 's " state of health , but I was never made aware of the seriousness of Eddie 's wound , and somehow I did not know until I visited him in hospital later that morning . |
| 28 | I rang up , just to check that he 'd taken it straight along there , like I told him to , and they said I had to fill in all these forms . |
| 29 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 30 | Just cos I beat him in a race . |