Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] me [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us .
2 He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’
3 " What if he asks me a direct question ? "
4 I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy .
5 He even put his arm around my shoulders when he wished me a merry Christmas .
6 So I wrapped up the conversation as rudely as someone on Newsnight trying to silence a politician , just as he dealt me a social body blow .
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