Example sentences of "he [vb past] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd been bad he made me copy the notices and labels in cases . |
| 2 | Every time I visited him he made me polish the dust off the bottle , so it came as a huge relief when we were finally able to open it . |
| 3 | He asked me to hold the coffee up to his lips and I was gone . |
| 4 | He asked me to join the Party . |
| 5 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 6 | As soon as Ken Hurren mentioned the word in his office this morning , when he asked me to take the task on , I felt a secret dismay . |
| 7 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 8 | ‘ He asked me to circulate the story of his death . |
| 9 | In went the putt and he asked me to keep the ball because he wanted to take it home and get it mounted instead of throwing it to the crowd . |
| 10 | He asked me to contact the War Commission . |
| 11 | He asked me to contact the |
| 12 | Then one of the others came and he helped me rehang the curtain and move the damaged screen . ’ |
| 13 | He helped me shift the tea-chests |
| 14 | Bolinger ( 1974 : 75 ) presents the difference between ( 15a ) and ( 15b ) below as one of " immediate " vs " mediate " assistance : ( 15a ) He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder ( He climbed with me ) . |
| 15 | yes last week he helped me turn the garage out he took all the rubbish left over from the tip down to the tip . |
| 16 | ( 15b ) He helped me to climb the stairs by cheering me on . |
| 17 | This morning you mysteriously slide me a note telling me to ask you out and now you claim I 'm not really a journalist even though my credentials were thoroughly checked out by your plant manager before he let me near the place . |
| 18 | That was the first time he let me see the extent of the bitterness that was poisoning him . |
| 19 | Harvey looked doubtful , but he let me take the gun from him . |
| 20 | ‘ Why do you think he let me take the firm over ? |
| 21 | He caught me watching the reflection of his face |
| 22 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 23 | He told me to leave the track . |
| 24 | He , too , was being provocative , quite deliberately making it a clash of wills , but still smiling as he told me to get the bags into the Toyota . |
| 25 | He told me to adopt the Perry Como technique . |
| 26 | All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person . |
| 27 | He should not be named , but he begged me to tell the outside world of the appalling situation where the wounded are dying unnecessarily because the UN are refusing to transport the wounded out of the city . ’ |
| 28 | And the names he called me turned the air blue ! |
| 29 | He watched me do the second table in imitation of his manner . |
| 30 | When I showed my few pages to Shelley , he urged me to develop the story at greater length , and to underline the main idea more powerfully . |