Example sentences of "he [vb past] i [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me to hold the coffee up to his lips and I was gone . |
| 2 | He asked me to join the Party . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 6 | ‘ He asked me to circulate the story of his death . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He asked me to contact the War Commission . |
| 9 | He asked me to contact the |
| 10 | ( 15b ) He helped me to climb the stairs by cheering me on . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 12 | He told me to leave the track . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He told me to adopt the Perry Como technique . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | After a good day 's fishing he persuaded me to spend the night at Fullcircle . |
| 18 | He wanted me to leave the deck , that was clear , but why ? |
| 19 | Now he wanted me to return the favour . |
| 20 | So when they did say they were definitely going , he said , what he you see , he wanted me to take the Valley shop over . |
| 21 | He wanted me to put the proposition to Service in Vancouver , and this I promised to do . |
| 22 | I asked him why the hell he wanted me to stay the night when he was going out later , and he just shrugged his shoulders and said he was in a funny mood and did n't know what he was saying . ’ |
| 23 | Again silence , as if he wanted me to hear the sharpness in my own voice . |