Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] him [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He started wearing women 's clothes , he started putting on make-up and on the last couple of times that I saw him he was pretty strange . |
| 2 | ‘ The guy tried to trip me up , so I told him what I thought . |
| 3 | He said he was a Bill Francis , so I told him we had a General Francis talking to Mum in the sitting-room , and he seemed ever so surprised ! |
| 4 | ‘ So I told him it was over . |
| 5 | I felt I had to make him happy after all the sad things which had happened to him , so I told him his English was very good . |
| 6 | Understandably , he was curious as to the reason for my enquiries , so I told him you were a distant relative , a spinster who had no other relatives and who might wish to get in touch with him . |
| 7 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 8 | I 've never been very good at rejecting people , so I told him I was frigid . |
| 9 | This was very promising indeed and Paul , the breeder , sounded like a really nice , caring sort of chap , so I told him I was very interested , and would call with a definite answer in a few days . |
| 10 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |
| 11 | Once I asked him what he thought of the French system of criminal justice and he replied that during his career he had no time left over from practising our own system to study any other ( which I think is representative of the Bar as a whole ) . |
| 12 | And I ordered him one . |
| 13 | Soon after Bogie joined us and I asked him what was going on . |
| 14 | ‘ I am not what you think I am , ’ and I asked him what he thought I believed him to be . |
| 15 | ‘ No , I saw the bruise when he came back to the shop on Tuesday evening and I asked him what he 'd done to himself . |
| 16 | the employer and I asked him what documents they produced , what report they produced we have written a letter about it , but I formally call for any report or document from and the second thing he mentioned were letters from about twelve members of parliament that they received |
| 17 | And I asked him I said , what does this reading week mean , and he went , oh , just do what you want , really . |
| 18 | ‘ He said he would buy me a hat and I told him we 'd wait until they got the new 'uns in ; but when we come to it a week or two later he would n't spend his money . |
| 19 | And I told him we might want him again this afternoon . ’ |
| 20 | And I told him what me problem was and what he ended up doing was , he put me on six Valium a day , which did no help whatsoever , y'know what I mean . |
| 21 | And I told him what had happened . |
| 22 | He ordered me to cut this lot immediately ’ — he laid heavy stress on the word , his mouth twisted in a sardonic grin — ‘ and I told him it would have to wait till this afternoon . ’ |
| 23 | Assistant manager Eddie Stein , who had taken temporary control , said : ‘ The chairman did ask me how I felt about Barry possibly coming back earlier this week and I told him I 'd welcome him with open arms . |
| 24 | I gave him the booklet and I told him I 'd been doing it … oh , yes , and he 'd put it in as one of his objectives for this year . |
| 25 | Matt said afterwards he 'd half expected the whole thing would turn out to be a wild goose chase and I told him I thought the same . |
| 26 | ‘ Jack greeted me with ‘ Whaddya want ? ’ and I told him I was interested in the story . |
| 27 | Not in a very big way , but I 've got an eye for that sort of thing and I told him I would n't split on him if he resigned and helped me choose the successor I wanted . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't know who he was , either , but he asked me where he could find you , and I told him I did n't know , and he said ‘ Are you new too ? ’ and then you arrived and … ’ |
| 29 | And I told him I want them back , do n't take them to the office . |
| 30 | and I told him he was n't |