Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] him [prep] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's a sign of the new maturity he says he possesses and I respect him for it . ’ |
| 2 | And I told him about it , and he said oh yes , the pilot light has gone out and he relit it . |
| 3 | His movement is steady and I admire him for it . |
| 4 | and I snogged him for it . |
| 5 | Reynes was an acquaintance of the diarist Samuel Pepys , who referred to him as ‘ a willing man , ready to co-operate in plans for the Navy ’ , and ‘ one who understands and loves a play as well as I , and I love him for it ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course , he did not say that and he would deny it if I accused him of it , but … my father … your brother the Earl . ’ |
| 7 | But I beat him to it . |
| 8 | ‘ Because I asked him about it this morning , when we were both up here , sitting on that bank . |
| 9 | In Oxford , the voice of the gnomic Professor Sammy Finer , a declared political agnostic , rose a full octave when I asked him about it : ‘ It simply is n't true any longer that merit will out . |
| 10 | ‘ When I asked him about it he told me : ‘ Leave me alone — I 'm working . ’ |
| 11 | Lord Wilson found nothing untoward about the quality of that Chequers discussion when I reminded him of it in conversation more than ten years later . |