Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | One remark he made puzzled me . |
| 2 | He planned to get me out of the way so he could bid for the portmanteau . |
| 3 | I got Bunny out of the pub just before chucking-out time and with a bit of persuasion he agreed to take me as far as Hackney , dropping me off at the end of Stuart Street . |
| 4 | He was working until the evening of the following day , but he asked to take me out again and I said it would be delightful . |
| 5 | He gave me a hard stare , which said all that I needed to know about my fate if he failed to beat me . |
| 6 | He failed to provide me with information which I had requested . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Did I tell you I 'ad to run away in the end because he got to fancy me too much ? |
| 8 | ‘ Officer , he tried to murder me ! ’ cried the other man . |
| 9 | He tried to murder me , sir ! |
| 10 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 11 | He tried to sell me a Pottz picture . |
| 12 | Er even the headmaster said , he tried to put me off . |
| 13 | He tried to touch me once — you know , down there . |
| 14 | ‘ He is a big man , a foot taller than me , and he tried to push me back and kissed me . |
| 15 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 16 | He … he tried to rape me once … ’ |
| 17 | Then he tried to force me to take the damn' thing , and I had to call attention to my delicate condition . |
| 18 | He tried to kill me . |
| 19 | ’ That he tried to kill me ? ’ |
| 20 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
| 21 | And then And never made a mistake of course , he tried to teach me but it was just a waste of time . |
| 22 | He tried to kick me . ’ |
| 23 | My rose-growing Surrey headmaster ( by now retired ) came to Banbury for a weekend , and as we drove off to the Cotswolds he tried to persuade me that the implication of all this was that secondary schools would no longer be a worthwhile place for teachers with academic interests : all the good work would hereafter be done within an inflated system of higher education . |
| 24 | He was also dubious about the interview ; he tried to persuade me to settle for interviewing Ortega 's brother , Humberto . |
| 25 | I can still see his grinning face as he tried to chase me . |
| 26 | ‘ Every time , I just see his grinning face as he tried to chase me , ’ she said . |
| 27 | After lectures , theatre openings , at private parties , I would infiltrate his circle , usually posing as a reporter or a photographer , and while he tried to snub me , I pretended to ignore his ignoring me . |
| 28 | He tried to look me in the eye , Say |
| 29 | ‘ He tried to stab me and and I felt something in my back between my shoulder blades . |
| 30 | ‘ Because the last time I did , he tried to drag me home . |