Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 2 | well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up |
| 3 | I could swear that he told me he did n't know ! |
| 4 | When my cousin , who was to be in the locality ( one did not ask why at that time , and it was only after we were both freed of our vows of secrecy more than thirty years later that he told me he had been at Bletchley Park itself ) suggested coming to visit me , Mrs Sugden had no doubt but that this was my ‘ gentleman friend ’ . |
| 5 | I 'm ready to believe yowl admit of their recommendations all I presume to say of him is that he writes me he shall be really dilligent and the enclosed specimens he has grown which I hope yowl puruse make it look as if he would prove so . |
| 6 | Once he told me he likes me cos I do n't ask questions . |
| 7 | T : I 've got a lot more respect for them now because I met one of them at a party once and he told me they 're going to be bigger than The Beatles — in all seriousness . |
| 8 | It 's his first film for five years and he told me it 's been creating quite a stir , because of its subject matter . |
| 9 | But I got talking to one of them and he told me he 'd just come out of prison where he 'd done time for soliciting . |
| 10 | He then accepted this and he told me he was going to pay me the other £2,500 in Turkey in Turkish money . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ And he told me he did for Mr Bishop . |
| 12 | His habit of electioneering from a white Rolls Royce sometimes attracted comment and he told me he had a silver-tipped cane with which to tap at doors of council flats in Fulham , though I was never sure whether to believe him . |
| 13 | ‘ But Bill knew you existed , ’ she said , ‘ and he told me he did n't recognize you face to face . ’ |
| 14 | He 's an American guitarist from Washington and he told me he thinks he has your ES295 . |
| 15 | I must have been chatting to him for about 20 minutes and he told me he 'd needed an urgent lift . |
| 16 | ‘ I accused him of that , ’ I said , proud of having anticipated Ellen 's diagnosis , ‘ and he told me he 'd rather lose the election than lose his children . ’ |
| 17 | I 've talked with one of dad 's friends , and he told me he thought the stories were accurate . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I did put my arm around his shoulders at the end and he told me he did not mean anything malicious . |
| 19 | I spoke to Peter Chapple-Hyam this morning and he told me he had n't decided what to do . |
| 20 | Shocked granny Vera said last night : ‘ I was washing up cups at the time and he told me he did n't agree with what I was doing . |
| 21 | All the time , I was shouting at him saying he was telling lies , I was trying to give him signs that I did n't mean it , and he told me he saw that . ’ |
| 22 | We spoke a week ago on the telephone and he told me he was desperate . |
| 23 | I had to go to the doctor in the end and he told me I was suffering from malnutrition . |
| 24 | Well I 'd already spoken to the man who was running the course , the lecturer and he told me I could go on it , but his secretary said it was booked . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's a Scottish guy in this bakery I go to and he tells me they love me in Scotland . |
| 26 | He has his independence and he tells me he has never been happier in his life . |
| 27 | I love him dearly and he tells me he feels the same , and we have talked of marriage . |
| 28 | And he tells me it 's quite easy his little boy of three can pronounce it quite easily . |
| 29 | So in other words he comes round and he says I I do n't want that there I want a little bit put there |
| 30 | ‘ I asked Arthur whether we were quite safe having our ball tonight , and he assured me we are . |