Example sentences of "he [vb past] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I left in December 1928 he succeeded me in the house as Captain of Games . |
| 2 | The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian . |
| 3 | But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me . |
| 4 | ‘ He met me at the station … ’ |
| 5 | The regular vet — a friend of mine — has gone to live in Australia and he recommended me to the zoo as his replacement . |
| 6 | He clapped me on the shoulder , proclaiming I was a great fellow , before sweeping away to join the dancers . |
| 7 | He clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 8 | And so saying , he led me over the fields to his childhood home . |
| 9 | When I said that I did , he led me up the narrow street to the church and unlocked the ancient door . |
| 10 | He led me through the narrow alleys of the Old City until we came to a lane barely two feet wide . |
| 11 | They made respectful way for him as he led me through the village to a longhouse standing apart from the others . |
| 12 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 13 | And he led me towards the hills |
| 14 | He led me into the hut he had just come out of |
| 15 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
| 16 | He was pulling him , trying to get him off me — he threw him — he just threw him at the bed — I knew he was all right , he were screaming but I could n't — they were both screaming , Cathy and Gary both , and he got me by the throat . |
| 17 | Seeing my stricken face the producer tried to offer some comfort and advice as he propelled me through the studio door . |
| 18 | He propelled me off the terrace and through the shuttered dining-room . |
| 19 | He prodded me through the door . |
| 20 | He invited me onto the guest room , its walls decorated with pictures of Shiah Moslem saints , flanked by two pictures of Saddam Hussein in military uniform . |
| 21 | And on one occasion in the gymnasium , I turned round to look at a boy behind me and the master was there and he smacked me with the flat of his hand as hard as he could . |
| 22 | He helped me with the goats and with the work in the cornfields , and soon we were good friends . |
| 23 | He drew me into the family circle , laughing , telling his mother of my struggles , of the broken door , but when I started to take my veil off he would n't have it and insisted that I keep it on . |
| 24 | But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar . |
| 25 | He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor . |
| 26 | ‘ He cast me in the role of a sort of footballing Dick Whittington , and took down the vases from the mantelpiece to represent my stepping-stones to fame , ’ Bastin recalls . |
| 27 | He grasped me by the shoulder . |
| 28 | He approached me across the marbled swirl of shag carpet , looking like a prelate pumped up with helium , and solemnly intoned , ‘ Now , lad , cup your hands , here comes the anti-chocolate . ’ |
| 29 | He approached me in the Limes Club in Sheffield and said if I signed with him , he would fill my book and raise my fee — a promise which he fulfilled . |
| 30 | He referred me to the first of several psychiatrists I was to visit for a year . |