Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] me [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch . |
| 2 | Palace chairman Ron Noades confirmed Sunderland 's move for Coppell , saying : ‘ Steve was asked two weeks ago whether he was interested in the Sunderland position and he has informed me of this approach . ’ |
| 3 | Suddenly , the other evening , he starts asking me about all the new sorts of mobile phone on the market — how they work , what their range is , how much they cost . |
| 4 | But why should he have considered me at all ? |
| 5 | You must have given the driver some bribe , Edward , I do n't know how he managed to help me at all , he was terrified of being caught . ’ |
| 6 | He would later swear that he had cautioned me about this the previous night . |
| 7 | He had taken me for some kind of refugee from the Napoleonic Wars ! |
| 8 | I said , coldly and pompously — he had put me in such a strong , moral position by hitting me — that if he really felt I was such an awful wife , if would be better if we got a divorce . |
| 9 | He made me feel as if he had rescued me from some intellectual gutter , some abyss of boredom . |
| 10 | I knew what he was getting at , of course , and I was so hurt that he should think he had to approach me in such a roundabout fashion — as if I was a terrible , uncharitable woman who had to be coaxed into a simple act of kindness — that I suggested it myself at once , though it was really the last thing I wanted . |
| 11 | Well , thank you very much er , Geoffrey , erm that was a very full , and I think er , and as he says , cautious account of what 's been happening , and he does remind me of all the finance officers that I 've ever known , in this thing , I 've never really seen , or rarely seen them smile . |
| 12 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 13 | He wanted to use me in some way . |
| 14 | What I still could n't understand was why he wanted to see me at all . |
| 15 | ‘ He wanted to marry me before any of this happened , ’ Ruth said . |
| 16 | He 'll be sorry he 's treated me like this , Ellen ! ’ |
| 17 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
| 18 | I turn up for staff meals but I do n't really eat at them because young Pooley is so guilty about what he 's condemned me to that he keeps on having parcels of goodies delivered . |
| 19 | ‘ Since then , he 's seen me through some incredible times . |
| 20 | Somehow she felt this to be a fact , so she said , ‘ Yes — he 's trusted me with such things as letters and accounts . |
| 21 | He 's got me in such a state that I 'm as useless as he says I am . " |