Example sentences of "i [verb] [v-ing] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have news for him : I hate watching him box . |
| 2 | I tried getting him slimmer once as I thought it might help him to jump even better , but it did n't suit him . |
| 3 | I tried phoning him yesterday but there were no answer and then I thought oh bugger it , forget it . |
| 4 | I tried commanding him — as if I were an angel — but he only got nasty . |
| 5 | ‘ I mentioned meeting him , ’ he corrected her impatiently . |
| 6 | I decided , yesterday , yesterday I stopped fancying him , but I changed my mind again . |
| 7 | After this episode I stopped telephoning him , only to find he enjoyed the game so much that he began calling me . " |
| 8 | ‘ Just because I left him , ’ she said , ‘ it does n't mean I stopped loving him . |
| 9 | I wondered how long it would be before I stopped loving him . |
| 10 | Even when I stop idolising him , I 'd still like to be able to tell him what pleasure his lovely voice has given me all these Saturday evenings . ’ |
| 11 | I imagine killing him . |
| 12 | I hated having him as a bed-mate . |
| 13 | Thus , summoning all my courage and self-control ( easier to do on paper ) , I replied wishing him luck , and sent by surface mail the photograph he had asked for . |
| 14 | I stand facing him , one foot away , my fingers on his larynx . |
| 15 | I recall thanking him for his consideration , but quite probably I said nothing very definite for my employer went on : |
| 16 | I enjoyed teaching him and , most of all , having a friend to talk to . |
| 17 | The composer 's liveliness and wit impressed him and , not least , his enthusiasm ( unsuspected by Nietzsche ) for Schopenhauer : " You will understand how much I enjoyed hearing him speak of Schopenhauer with indescribable warmth , what he owed to him , how he is the only philosopher who has understood the essence of music . " |
| 18 | I dreaded seeing him , and thought I 'd go out for the evening , but then I realized there was no point in that , it was only putting off the inevitable . |
| 19 | ‘ I like hearing him talk , about everything , the war , the League , the future of Italy . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I like watching him draw . |
| 21 | ‘ I like having him at home , but I also need a day to myself now and again , just to be able to think my own thoughts . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I like having him in the house , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I like doing him . ’ |
| 24 | Did I stop loving him ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I remember seeing him when I was an apprentice and even then it was obvious what a good goalkeeper he 'd be . |
| 27 | I remember seeing him a couple of times . ’ |
| 28 | I know he has done some bar work , ( hardly surprising for a pisshead like Harvey ) I remember seeing him in the Three Cups at Stamford Bridge a few years back . |
| 29 | I remember meeting him at about 6 o'clock one morning in an airport in the United States . |
| 30 | I remember looking him straight in the eye at this point in order to try and fathom the motives behind his proposal . |