Example sentences of "when he [verb] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I can remember clearly my own alarm , bordering on terror , when he told me about the Butcher 's measuring rod . |
| 2 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | The closest we get together is when we dance and when he slaps me on the arse and that 's about it . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When he greets me at the door , he is still wearing an apron , after ‘ helping out ’ in the attached tea shop which he runs ‘ as a bit of a hobby ’ . |
| 9 | Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ? |