Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] he [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I asked him whether the person he was meeting was anything to do with him being followed , but he just laughed . ’ |
| 2 | So I asked him if the task force would be going to the Gulf ; how many people were involved ; and what experience they had . |
| 3 | I asked him if the fundamental problem is that those who have are too selfish to help . |
| 4 | The Secretary of State for Scotland will recall that , when my colleagues and I met him and the Secretary of State for the Environment during the consultation period on local government funding , we argued our case on local income tax and pursued the issue of costing . |
| 5 | I told him that the police wanted to see him . |
| 6 | I told him that the Owsla 's privileges did n't mean all that much to me in any case and that a strong rabbit could always do just as well by leaving the warren . |
| 7 | It was when we had settled down to talk in comfortable armchairs that I told him that the man for whom I had substituted at Marlborough , in the hope of replacing him altogether , now planned to return , so that once more I should be out of a job . |
| 8 | I walked back from the Meeting with Quintin who knew by then that he was Macmillan 's selection , and I told him that the idea had my support . |
| 9 | ‘ I told him that the Chester option would deliver a better service for the Army and a better deal for the taxpayer . |
| 10 | ‘ When I told him that the van was standard apart from a roll cage he found it even more difficult to accept . |
| 11 | I told him that the weather was horrendous on Tiree also , with cloud and heavy rain , and getting worse . |
| 12 | Someone told him that the way to make money was to buy when the shares were low and sell when they were high . |
| 13 | I assured him that the man concerned had as good or as bad claims as anyone on the List and that my remarks were not addressed to him . |
| 14 | Erm that we had no alternative to do what we did er that C I D officers would speak to him and I believe that he would better understand er wh why we have done what we did er and I assured him that the damage to his door will would be repaired . |
| 15 | I give him and the whole House a full assurance that in the event of the introduction of executive detention , it would be carried out by Her Majesty 's Government in line with legislation passed by this House and retained by this Government on the statute book . |
| 16 | We met in Bologna and while discussing the painting I informed him that the original had turned up at Wildenstein 's in New York , and had recently been sold to a New York private collector and that an article of mine was in proof , publishing the New York picture as the original . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , I 've only got one thing to say to you , ’ says Joe , as I wave him and the other day-trippers off : ‘ Lucky bastard ! ’ |
| 18 | So I taught him that the first week , and the second week we went back and there was still only him , so it I taught him how to rewire a plug how to do it properly and er went back a third week and he was s still the only one there , so we went through it again , see if he 'd picked it up and he had n't so . |
| 19 | Mr oh yes I remember him and the wife died but I did n't mind er |
| 20 | I tell him that the idea of investigating the life of a beautiful French anthropologist , who , in common with seventy thousand other Jews from France , was gassed ( in a crowd , indistinguishable to the SS as the laibon 's cattle are to me ) , was my starting point . |
| 21 | I warned him that the trouble would probably recur , but with a smile he said , ‘ If it does , I will go for another ride in a bullock cart ! ’ |
| 22 | However , I assure him that the resources of the Government forensic services are being increased and streamlined to meet that need . |
| 23 | I assure him that the Government will do all that they can to resist the imposition of such measures on this country . |
| 24 | I assure him that the Government 's support for LEDU , and the money with which they provide it , continue year on year to match the needs of small business . |
| 25 | I assure him that the money spent on the health reforms will lead to greater efficiencies and savings — its purpose is to improve patient care and to increase the number of patients treated — and it is extra to the maintenance programme . |
| 26 | I assure him that the highest priority will be given to developing those roads , within the budget by which we are currently constrained . |
| 27 | I besought him if the decision went against him to return to the Upper House and do his bit there . |
| 28 | I put him though the hoops because there are all sorts of people looking for a dog for the wrong reason . |
| 29 | I remind him that the applicant arrived in the United Kingdom on 23 September 1990 on a flight from Lagos , Nigeria , using a false passport , and claimed that he would be persecuted in Zaire — |
| 30 | I remind him that the applicant was interviewed three times , on 24 September , 2 December and 17 December , and was given every opportunity to present his case . |