Example sentences of "that i [vb past] [verb] him " in BNC.

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1 I did n't know what to say : I could n't believe that I 'd heard him correctly .
2 I always wish now that I 'd met him .
3 As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’
4 Through the years that I 'd known him , I 'd watched him grow in mind and body and now felt a twinge of pride that he had grown so well .
5 Combined with my relief that a resting-place had finally been found was satisfaction that I 'd had him with me for those first few hours and that he had not been whisked from his bed by complete strangers and reappeared , repackaged , at the crematorium a week later .
6 Andrew Stavanger was compelled to turn to the bank for help after the dock strikes , and it was then that I got to know him .
7 Though the voice was larded with the tones owed to ‘ land in the family ’ , the man himself was decent , polite , unpretentious , and unpatronising throughout the half hour or so that I spent photographing him .
8 My driver was under the impression that I had instructed him to break the world land-speed record .
9 Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever .
10 A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure .
11 I asked Toby to do me a favour and tell the Fleet Street ‘ dirty mac brigade ’ , who covered crime and other seedy activities , that I had given him an exclusive .
12 It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love .
13 And then he was very er well now I 'm sorry after he 'd put all the hard work with me , he was very very annoyed and disappointed that I had let him down so .
14 He was aware that I had disliked him the day before and seemed anxious to make me change my opinion .
15 I was happy in that I felt that I had paid him back a little for the thousands of hours he had spent at West London Stadium , stopwatch in hand , urging us all on to greater things .
16 Of course , my real reason was that I hoped to get him back , but it has n't worked . ’
17 The next morning , although he felt better , his hands were shaking so much that I refused to let him shave with a safety razor and told him that a friend was bringing his own electric shaver to lend him .
18 So that I wanted to defend him from the beginning .
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