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 he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof .
4 When I said that I did , he led me up the narrow street to the church and unlocked the ancient door .
5 He led me through the narrow alleys of the Old City until we came to a lane barely two feet wide .
6 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 . ’
7 He led me to a long , low building .
8 Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth .
9 He led me to a large , upright scallop of rock .
10 He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count .
11 I think he caught me at a vulnerable moment , when I was more worried about myself than I am now .
12 But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar .
13 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 . ’
14 He referred me to the first of several psychiatrists I was to visit for a year .
15 He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two .
16 He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street .
17 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 .
18 He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit .
19 He told me about the Icelandic landscapes , harsh yet wondrous , of the coloured rocks in Landmannalaugar and the emptiness .
20 And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’
21 I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted .
22 This is what he told me about the Batty sale .
23 But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place .
24 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 . ’
25 In that case , he told me with a grim expression , there was something he had to warn me about .
26 He told me in a general way that he was American .
27 ‘ I 'll definitely stick to wearing them in the future , ’ he told me in an exclusive interview .
28 Just then he noticed me for the first time .
29 He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north .
30 He acknowledged me with a flat palm upraised .
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