Example sentences of "he [verb] me [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me to hold the coffee up to his lips and I was gone . |
| 2 | He asked me to join the Party . |
| 3 | As soon as Ken Hurren mentioned the word in his office this morning , when he asked me to take the task on , I felt a secret dismay . |
| 4 | ‘ He asked me to circulate the story of his death . |
| 5 | In went the putt and he asked me to keep the ball because he wanted to take it home and get it mounted instead of throwing it to the crowd . |
| 6 | He asked me to contact the War Commission . |
| 7 | ( 15b ) He helped me to climb the stairs by cheering me on . |
| 8 | He 's not yet sure if it 's operable , but if it is he wants me to take the case . |
| 9 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 10 | If he wants me to reconsider the changes , I shall , of course , do so . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 12 | He told me to leave the track . |
| 13 | He , too , was being provocative , quite deliberately making it a clash of wills , but still smiling as he told me to get the bags into the Toyota . |
| 14 | He told me to adopt the Perry Como technique . |
| 15 | Can I further ask will he join me to congratulate the Chief Constable in an unprecedented move in which he actually formed links and created a an environment of partnership as recently highlighted in the Leicester Mercury . |
| 16 | When I showed my few pages to Shelley , he urged me to develop the story at greater length , and to underline the main idea more powerfully . |
| 17 | Why had he asked me to keep the attack a secret ? |
| 18 | After a good day 's fishing he persuaded me to spend the night at Fullcircle . |
| 19 | He likes me to play the fool . |
| 20 | He wanted me to leave the deck , that was clear , but why ? |
| 21 | Now he wanted me to return the favour . |
| 22 | So when they did say they were definitely going , he said , what he you see , he wanted me to take the Valley shop over . |
| 23 | He wanted me to put the proposition to Service in Vancouver , and this I promised to do . |
| 24 | I asked him why the hell he wanted me to stay the night when he was going out later , and he just shrugged his shoulders and said he was in a funny mood and did n't know what he was saying . ’ |
| 25 | Again silence , as if he wanted me to hear the sharpness in my own voice . |