Example sentences of "i [vb base] him [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He gets mad when Gary does n't sleep , he says it 's my fault , he says I make him do it — and — ’ She stopped again . |
2 | I let him do it , but he did n't do it . |
3 | so erm , oh I let him sort it all out |
4 | ‘ So , Rosie , like a fool I let him manipulate me into working twice as hard as I imagined I would . |
5 | As far as I remember , I let him finish his replies ! |
6 | I let him think it was mutual . " |
7 | I let him borrow it . |
8 | His fingertips travelled until they found my own and , with the lightest returning pressure , I let him know it was all right . |
9 | Then , ‘ after a great deal more chit-chat I let him kiss me a tender goodnight on the doorstep with the promise to phone when he could and , gathering up my ermines , swept into the great portal . |
10 | I let him see me there bright and clear ! ’ |
11 | I let him see I was being very careful not to make any mistake with the .38 . |
12 | I let him have it to get rid of him . |
13 | I let him have his pet , but in the end I went and tried to be nice to him ( because I knew I must get him to send that letter ) . |
14 | I let him pick me up at the Marski . |
15 | I help him tidy his room . |
16 | I see him draw it out to measure |
17 | I see him throw it . |
18 | But he plays that well every , cos every time I see him play he plays hell of bloody suit ! |
19 | Cos I see him cut it out . |
20 | 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 . |