Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] he " in BNC.
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1 | Er one case I know he , he 's so well known amongst the old lads er he used to give you so many sums to do each day and I think it was four or five long division . |
2 | ‘ In that case I think he just made a pass at your wife . ’ |
3 | ‘ But I will always stand by him , whether he is right or wrong — in this case I think he was tucked up just a bit . ’ |
4 | ‘ But in this case I think he 'll see sense . ’ |
5 | In defence of that same honesty I think he could be shrewd enough , and ruthless enough , too . |
6 | No telling us where I do n't know this one come but being a foreign driver I mean he he could have from anywhere in the country and he could have been on the road a long time . |
7 | In my heart I knew he was dead , but I wanted to hear what she would say … |
8 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
9 | Of course I knew he saw Otto , but not what those visits implied , and Helmut — whether from loyalty to his friend or on account of some sort of inhibition in relation to me — never hinted at anything improper . |
10 | Of course I knew he was a genius . |
11 | Yes , of course I thought he was an interfering shit . |
12 | Of course I did he was my cousin . |
13 | ‘ All that money I thought he was spending on you , he was spending on drugs . |
14 | I saw him play on Sunday and to be perfectly honest had he sat down in the middle of the field I reckon he 'd have had a bigger influence on the game . |
15 | If he were not a mere creature of my mind I imagine he would by now have fallen into a dangerous sleep of despair and exhaustion , frozen in a little car outside a small cottage he is too fearful to enter . |
16 | Barry knows that 's where I 'll be , and if he 's half the sprout I know he is , he 'll meet up with me again . ’ |
17 | When I saw him in the doorway I thought he 'd come to settle that score . |
18 | Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants . |
19 | But the other figure I think he 's , he 'll have to recheck is his figure on highways structural maintenance , because in fact two and a half million 's in the base budget and one and a half million 's in the approved list of thirty-seven bids at at er , priority number two . |
20 | No I think it was down the side I think he said . |
21 | But despite his hard work I thought he lacked true happiness and peace of mind . |
22 | He is using middleweight and light-heavyweight sparring partners in an attempt to make Cooney work faster , but in the session I watched he was not quick enough . |
23 | He is using middleweight and light-heavyweight sparring partners in an attempt to make Cooney work faster , but in the session I watched he was not quick enough . |
24 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
25 | Er the erm the environmental health check I think he did discuss it at fantastic length , the question of our public lavatories an an and the savings that can be made and the judgement it came to in the end was a , was a very one I think on the outlook against of what you can reasonably do , erm nevertheless I do gather that erm erm it is no longer necessary under standing orders , for erm amendments to the budget to be self financing because you can move amendments to simply increase the budget and er the amendment that I reserve I suppose , it 's not very much . |
26 | To avoid any more personal suffering I say he should contemplate going now to give his successor the chance to build a proper team to qualify for the World Cup finals . |
27 | For a moment I thought he had come across the bottle of wine given to me by the couple at Benouville bridge café . |
28 | Forget it , I said , For a moment I thought he was going to tell me to sling my hook . |
29 | For an awful moment I thought he was going to drive over the edge , but he stopped abruptly and we all got out . |
30 | For a moment I thought he was joking . |