Example sentences of "he [vb -s] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters . |
| 2 | He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name 's sake . |
| 3 | When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll go and phone him , put ten P in the phone and he rings me at the phone box . |
| 5 | He holds me like the devil himself . |
| 6 | ‘ To the well-deserving Gaius Seius I leave and wish to be granted in addition that neither from him nor from his heirs should be claimed whatever he owes me on the basis of documents or accounts or has borrowed from me or I have guaranteed for him . ’ |
| 7 | Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ? |
| 8 | anybody then he wants me to the Thursday and I said yeah that 's alright . |
| 9 | I do n't know why he 's suddenly decided he wants me off the team … ’ |
| 10 | When he greets me at the door , he is still wearing an apron , after ‘ helping out ’ in the attached tea shop which he runs ‘ as a bit of a hobby ’ . |
| 11 | The closest we get together is when we dance and when he slaps me on the arse and that 's about it . |
| 12 | You like yams ? ’ he asks as he hurries me through the West Indian greengrocer 's and out the back . |
| 13 | He takes me into the hospitality room and pours me a drink . |
| 14 | He 's mad on polo so he takes me to the Hurlingham Club to watch him play . |
| 15 | It 'll be up to him whether he throws me to the dogs and I finish up in a debtor 's prison , or whether he turns into a guardian angel complete with halo and big fat cheque . |
| 16 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 17 | ‘ But do n't get the wrong idea , ’ he tells me on the phone . |
| 18 | Then he tells me about the clothes allowance , and then I know why Sue looks so dishy three times a week , and then I start to salivate because you get to keep them ! |
| 19 | He tells me about the day his father died of liver failure ; Crilly was only five . |
| 20 | He tells me about the men he met in prison , imitating their varied dialects with great skill . |
| 21 | He eases me to the floor . |
| 22 | He puts me in the back seat with my coat over my knees . |
| 23 | He reminds me of the average royal personage , who is one person in company and another when alone … |
| 24 | ‘ He talks me through the game . |
| 25 | He has a few years on me — maybe ten — and sometimes he treats me like the son he never had . |
| 26 | Tony finds several packets of banana custard that is hot and sweet ; it tastes bloody awful and neither Tony nor I like it , none the less he fights me for the last helping . |
| 27 | For instance , when we did Jesus He Knows Me on the newest album , he said ‘ Live , I think we 'll want a guitar solo at the end of this , and it has to be a kind of fast , frantic type of guitar solo . ’ |
| 28 | You see him , cos he 's , Nick goes can I have a poster ? no , they 're only for erm the prettiest girl in Clapton and he shook my hand and sort of giving it yeah , before he drags me behind the counter ! |