Example sentences of "him [that] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laughed back when I told him that I came from a poor barrio in Britain and that we were no longer referred to as people either . |
| 2 | You did n't tell him that I got my |
| 3 | But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things . |
| 4 | I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well . |
| 5 | I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster . |
| 6 | I told him that I had the one that was n't — but had no symptoms at all and even felt ‘ high ’ . |
| 7 | The other day , I ‘ phoned Robert at college to tell him that I had photographed his favourite aircraft that morning . |
| 8 | I told him that I had heard a great deal about his sister . |
| 9 | I had told him that I had met Fairfax . |
| 10 | I had some difficulty in persuading him that I had not even seen , let alone read , the book , either in manuscript or in print . |
| 11 | When I saw his blue eyes open wide in surprise , I felt very sorry I had lied , and that evening , as soon as I found Joe alone for a moment , I confessed to him that I had lied about my visit to Miss Havisham . |
| 12 | Back down here I told him that I had to get the sex business cleared up . |
| 13 | I told him that I had watched cows being milked — that was all — but I liked the look of it . |
| 14 | It was no good telling him that I had seen five prolapsed uteri in pigs in my limited experience and had failed in every case . |
| 15 | " Some dogs do get over it , Wes. i did n't tell him that I had seen it happen only once . |
| 16 | I had hinted to him that I had been engaged on a paper to be called ‘ Enslavement by Capital ’ , a title adapted from one employed by Ezra Pound in a Criterion article called more characteristically , ‘ Murder by Capital ’ . |
| 17 | I had told him that I had a brother and sister and that my mother was a widow . |
| 18 | Why did n't I tell him that I had an absolutely unbreakable date ? |
| 19 | ‘ My father then received a letter from my Troop Officer telling him that I had managed to shoot down two Junker 52 's and helped to sink a landing craft ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ I try to keep the grey cells working , ’ I shouted back , more to reassure him that I had n't done a runner out of the kitchen window . |
| 21 | I felt tempted to tell him that I had begun to glimpse some of the mystery behind Selkirk 's verses but my anger kept me silent . |
| 22 | That did the trick — ‘ Of course , ’ recalls the director , ‘ I did n't show him that I had cut my hand in the process . ’ |
| 23 | I told him that I had another shop in Westmead which has been approved by the Ministry of Environment and the RSPCA and that this one will be run in the same way . |
| 24 | When I reminded him that I had given expert advice and spent time and petrol on his call , he agreed reluctantly that I had a case . |
| 25 | And because he was sad , I put my hand on his shoulder , told him that I 'd known Billy to be a good little man ; funny , brave . |
| 26 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 27 | It was largely due to him that I managed to negotiate successfully with government officials and tribal chiefs during the months that followed . |
| 28 | I enthused about my imaginary prowess in the language , telling him that I hoped to visit Africa that summer . |
| 29 | However , I would also like to remind him that I wrote in response to a report which I assumed to be factual . |
| 30 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |