Example sentences of "i [vb past] him in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once when we were both contributing to The Year 's Work in English Studies ( he on Renaissance drama ) , I met him in the library and expressed anxiety about the deadline . |
| 2 | Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’ |
| 3 | These things I gathered from what Dorothy 's husband Leo told me when I met him in the chemist 's shop one day . |
| 4 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 5 | " I met him in the toilet at the bus station . " |
| 6 | ‘ Until I met him in the flesh . |
| 7 | I would n't have known him if I met him in the street . |
| 8 | I met him in the hall — ’ she explained , and was going on to warn Rob to tone down his exuberance when she saw Luke coming towards them . |
| 9 | But it explained the 100-franc note I 'd seen at Ma Scamp 's and , come to think of it , the wad of francs I 'd spotted in Bill Stubbly 's wallet when I met him in the bank . |
| 10 | Aye , right , I met him in the , in the , what 's the name of that sweet shop , Martin and somebody |
| 11 | Thereafter , if I passed him in the corridor or on the staircase , those eyes registered no recognition . |
| 12 | I found him in the Grange garden , where he had been waiting for news all night . |
| 13 | ‘ Twenty-four years old he was when I found him in the provost 's prison in Paris , and paid his fine to get him for my own , him and that foster-brother of his whom you know well . ’ |
| 14 | Chairman , ye , yes it is a recurring theme of the district auditor an , and I told him in the past , that erm , where this council has a policy that they would support village schools and keep them open wherever possible , erm , that that , that , that decision had been discussed , and er , I , I have to remind that I did remind the district auditor that he does n't have to get elected every four years , as some of us do , and er , those in rural areas know very well that that is the way not to get elected , to be talking about shutting village schools . |
| 15 | I advised him in the meantime to send for the leaders of the other two parties & have them report position from their points of view . |
| 16 | I advised him in the meantime to send for the leaders of the other two parties and have them report position from their points of view . |
| 17 | I paid him in the end , yeah . |
| 18 | As my husband was then a consultant there , and involved in research in rheumatology , it was only natural that I joined him in the research field . |
| 19 | Sometimes I joined him in the school room . |
| 20 | Later I heard him in the bathroom . ’ |
| 21 | I was afraid long ago , when I hit him in the mouth with that heavy glove , that I might kill him one day . |
| 22 | ‘ I knew him in the army , ’ he said simply . |
| 23 | He travelled as a seaman to Sydney where he won the Australian heavyweight title before transferring to San Francisco where he was persuaded by the Earl of Lonsdale to operate in England , a move which enhanced his status greatly , as a contemporary noted : ‘ I knew him in the days of his greatness when sitting on top of the pugilistic world , fêted and lionized , he might well have been excused some slight vanity ’ ( quoted by Henderson , 1949 , pp.20–1 ) . |
| 24 | On Lord Tebbit he said : ‘ I saw him in the members lobby trying to persuade new members to vote against the Government , and that is appalling . |
| 25 | I thought the plan had failed when , looking back on the hill there , I saw him in the valley . |
| 26 | I saw him in the driving mirror . |
| 27 | When I saw him in the doorway I thought he 'd come to settle that score . |
| 28 | One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton ! |
| 29 | I saw him in the forest a couple of days ago . |
| 30 | I saw him in the staffroom this afternoon but he hardly spoke to me . ’ |