Example sentences of "i [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking down at the pathetic little body lying so still on the table , she said , ‘ I 'd better leave him like this for Dawn to see . |
| 2 | I 'd better check him . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better see him on my own . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd better release him . ’ |
| 5 | So I did just ask him er just come to me right out of the blue when he was here one night . |
| 6 | I did not think he was capable of making a will . |
| 7 | When we met I told him that I did not think he had anything more urgent to attend to , and if he thought he had something more important , then his priorities were wrong . |
| 8 | I felt sure the iron chain belonged to my convict , but I did not think he had attacked my sister . |
| 9 | I did not think He would mind this , especially if I made the whole thing into a sort of combined barby stroke burnt sacrifice . |
| 10 | But I did not love him now . |
| 11 | I did not love him , but I cried then . |
| 12 | My obligation to Harry is sacred for his father 's sake , even if I did not love him like my own . |
| 13 | I did not press him . |
| 14 | I did not remind him that it was I who had replaced the newspaper with mended panes and the sacking with curtains . |
| 15 | ‘ Felipe is just angry that Mitch touched me and that I did not repulse him quickly . |
| 16 | I did not want him to see me . |
| 17 | I did not want him to be alone with Otto . |
| 18 | So I came out immediately , as I did not want him to pull me out . |
| 19 | I was pleased that he could come , although I did not want him to discover anything about my horrible work . |
| 20 | ‘ No , I did not want him ! |
| 21 | I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’ |
| 22 | I did not tell him that his imitation of the French was far more like what I had been seeing for the past year . |
| 23 | Since I am a mild and humane man , I did not tell him that it was utterly hopeless , but as a matter of deference to him I presented his formula to George Elvin , who declined to have anything to do with it . |
| 24 | I started by saying to Harold that I had been told about his Honours List — I did not tell him by whom — and I hoped that what I heard was mistaken . |
| 25 | I did not tell him I had actually spoken those words many miles away , at that exact moment on that night , because I could hardly understand how it happened myself . |
| 26 | I did not want to worry him in his last moments , so I did not tell him that Linton was also dying . |
| 27 | that does n't bother me , but considering it was only the second I 'd spoken to him and I did not fancy him in the least erm , it really made my skin crawl . |
| 28 | ‘ I did not suck him dry ! |
| 29 | I did not watch him all the way but looked for another target . |
| 30 | Although I rated Mr Smith quite high in terms of integrity , I did not regard him as having a superior intellect and throughout the negotiations with which I was concerned he remained blinded by a prejudiced belief that the only rule in Rhodesia which was tolerable or possible was white rule . |