Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] me [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He escorted me to his lodgings , where he treated me with every kindness , and dried my clothes whilst I managed a few hours sleep . ’ |
2 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
3 | But a friend put some perspective into it when he told me of a recent visit to the Half Moon , a venerable pub venue in Putney : ‘ There were all these posters on the wall of bands from 20 and 25 years ago , and I thought , ‘ Cor , they must be valuable . ’ |
4 | However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
5 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
6 | Can be proved by describing the duty being performed , e.g. ‘ I said to John Brown ‘ You are being arrested for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ and was just about to hold his arm and caution him when he struck me in the face with his left fist etc . ’ |
7 | ‘ When he took me into the lead I did n't want to be there that soon — so many horses have been caught after being clear , ’ he said . |
8 | When he took me to a football match we saw Paul Gascoigne and I was allowed to go on the pitch . |
9 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
10 | ‘ And he tried to put his tongue in my mouth and when he pulled me in the doorway he — he unfastened the front of his trousers . ’ |
11 | Most of the unexpected visitors were passing girl-friends of Roger 's , so I was surprised when he informed me of the pending arrival of a very special girl-friend . |
12 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
13 | They made respectful way for him as he led me through the village to a longhouse standing apart from the others . |
14 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
15 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
16 | Seeing my stricken face the producer tried to offer some comfort and advice as he propelled me through the studio door . |
17 | ‘ I could tell he 'd been drinking as soon as he joined me on the jig . |
18 | I climbed into my paper nightie and was helped on to a narrow trolley by a second Farrah Fawcett blow-up doll ( but punctured ) , then gazed adoringly up the nose of a Greek god as he wheeled me into an open lift and down to the basement operating theatre to a waiting : ‘ Hi , I 'm Andy , your anaesthesiologist . ’ |
19 | He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit . |
20 | ‘ Very well , thank you , ’ I answered shyly as he patted me on the head . |
21 | " No , John , they 'll come up through the front , " said Fielding , his arm on my shoulder now as he steered me across the floor . |