Example sentences of "[conj] i [modal v] [verb] to he " in BNC.
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1 | I replied that I was sorry to hear it but that I might return to him later , and enclosed a copy of Pursuit . |
2 | I have just written down that I must write to him , |
3 | You and Osman , you and the Fry , though you have told me of your perfect freedom and exchange of ideas etc. were never freer than Edward and I. Sometimes I wonder that I can speak to him as I do , never before having known a boy , and having only you at times to ‘ let out , on . |
4 | So , it was like a relief that I could talk to him about being pregnant . |
5 | The letters started to arrive , the apologies , the confessions , the pleas that I should reply to him . |
6 | ‘ Sly , Sir , devilishly sly ! ’ would be my chapter heading , and egotism and idleness the principal characteristics that I should assign to him . ’ |
7 | Yeah , no I could talk to her more than I could talk to him . |
8 | and I 'll say to him , right , okay , we 'll give you the five per cent r reduction for only eight months of the year . |
9 | he 'll say , you know that nightmare I keep having , it was that one , he will he 'll say , and I 'll say to him well |
10 | And I 'll write to him to confirm , and er , if I do bump into him , I shall jog memory of that one . |
11 | And if the King leaves Windsor in the meantime , the justiciar may send me word , and I 'll come to him at Gloucester or wherever he may be . ’ |
12 | And I would say to him , look Joe , you know what to do with the Buckeyes , I say , You go across to the yard and get them ready , set them you see . |
13 | We did n't definitely know that when we had the meeting , but he is coming and I will write to him when he arrives in the country . |
14 | ‘ He might even be walking in the gardens , ’ I thought , ‘ and I could run to him , touch him ! |
15 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |
16 | I wonder if I should talk to him about it ? |
17 | Will you ask Steven if I can talk to him please ? |
18 | But I can write to him in his capacity as Robert Atkins ' Parliamentary Private Secretary . |
19 | I take my hon. Friend 's point , but I must say to him that it is not a matter for me . |
20 | I have had many pleasant discussions with him , but I must say to him and to the House in all firmness that to ask us to talk about justice as politicians is to go down a very dangerous road . |
21 | But I used to talk to him [ Reginald Maudling ] regularly , of course . |