Example sentences of "he [vb past] me [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your comment about him finding it difficult to live with the idea of someone being better than him forced me into a complete rethink . |
| 2 | The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian . |
| 3 | When I said that I did , he led me up the narrow street to the church and unlocked the ancient door . |
| 4 | He led me through the narrow alleys of the Old City until we came to a lane barely two feet wide . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | He led me to a long , low building . |
| 7 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 8 | He led me to a large , upright scallop of rock . |
| 9 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
| 10 | I think he caught me at a vulnerable moment , when I was more worried about myself than I am now . |
| 11 | But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar . |
| 12 | He approached me across the marbled swirl of shag carpet , looking like a prelate pumped up with helium , and solemnly intoned , ‘ Now , lad , cup your hands , here comes the anti-chocolate . ’ |
| 13 | He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street . |
| 14 | He told me about the sheer quantity of submissions that the Review received and regretfully had to reject , and spoke admiringly of much of the material that does come to him . |
| 15 | He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit . |
| 16 | He told me about the Icelandic landscapes , harsh yet wondrous , of the coloured rocks in Landmannalaugar and the emptiness . |
| 17 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
| 18 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 19 | This is what he told me about the Batty sale . |
| 20 | But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about . |
| 23 | ‘ He told me in a general way that he was American . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll definitely stick to wearing them in the future , ’ he told me in an exclusive interview . |
| 25 | He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north . |
| 26 | He acknowledged me with a flat palm upraised . |
| 27 | He threw me across the front seat , and the choir applauded — whether this was for my benefit or to register approval for Quigley 's strong right arm was not clear . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | We shall travel the world together as poor beggarly men carrying our message to the planet , and everywhere we shall be spurned and everywhere we shall be glorified , and a light shall shine about him like to the light which shone upon the day when he raised me from the dead . |
| 30 | He pulled me into the tiny kitchen . |