Example sentences of "him [that] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to tell him that I did n't blame him for deflowering me but he was n't listening . |
| 2 | I answered him with lies , happy that he was so interested after I 'd been certain that he 'd never say a word to me : I told him that I grew it myself , my family grew it , and it was everywhere like green grass and empty milk bottles in London ; it was really amazing hashish. wherever I threw its seeds it sprang up like flames leaping into the air . |
| 3 | Last but not least , Keith is an historian who has frequently visited Mexico and it does n't faze him that I , as a Mexican , should come to his country to write about its artists . |
| 4 | I ask Tor , who has come across to see how I am coping , if this is normal , a guarded , off-the-cuff way of informing him that I am shit-scared and would like the weather to change . |
| 5 | But I told him that I had lost a lot of money but had gained a lot of things . |
| 6 | ‘ I told him that I wanted £5,000 from him . |
| 7 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 8 | When I inform him that I read recently how the estimable gentleman had found the Lord and was living in a Salvation Army hostel in Grimsby , he wonders aloud whether the vodka and orange was not partly to blame . |
| 9 | Eventually I convinced him that I did not want anything . |
| 10 | I pressed my father 's hand and told him that I would protect his grave with my life . |
| 11 | ‘ So I suddenly told him that I wished I had a son . |
| 12 | I learnt more from him that I can ever acknowledge . |
| 13 | And I suggested to him that I sedate him , essentially put him under general anaesthesia with morphine , and let nature take its course . |
| 14 | Maybe I had meant to raise Alec 's image of himself , show him that I was effectively placing myself in his power , giving him the responsibility that friendship demanded . |
| 15 | ‘ You … you could tell him that I … |
| 16 | I wanted to shout after him that I had made a mistake and that I had really understood him very well . |
| 17 | But it must have been clear to him that I was not a professional escaper . |
| 18 | I had promised him that I would look her up , convey his admiring regards , and perhaps even bring him back a signed photograph of Miss Dragonette . |
| 19 | On his Saturday evening visit , while he was canvassing for Communion , I had to tell him that I was n't confirmed . |
| 20 | I told him that I did n't really see the point in him talking to Frank and me separately . |
| 21 | For the time being , find the Prior and tell him that I am back and arrange for some hot water to be brought here . ’ |
| 22 | I told him that I could do |
| 23 | However , I would also like to remind him that I wrote in response to a report which I assumed to be factual . |
| 24 | I told him that I had heard he was involved in a recording project with Mo Foster . |
| 25 | I told him that I had the one that was n't — but had no symptoms at all and even felt ‘ high ’ . |
| 26 | It 's for him that I am accepting this honour . |
| 27 | ‘ I know you did n't want me to come here tonight , but there is an enchanted magician in that box and I promised him that I would get him to you so that you could change him back . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ And when you see Bellybutton , tell him that I know where his brother is , and I 'll pick the bastard up whenever I choose and then feed him head first into a cane-shredder . ’ |
| 30 | The other day , I ‘ phoned Robert at college to tell him that I had photographed his favourite aircraft that morning . |