Example sentences of "he [verb] me [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters . |
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 | But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar . |
7 | 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 . ’ |
8 | He referred me to the first of several psychiatrists I was to visit for a year . |
9 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | He told me about the extensive work involved in restoring the area behind the cockpit . |
12 | He told me about the Icelandic landscapes , harsh yet wondrous , of the coloured rocks in Landmannalaugar and the emptiness . |
13 | And he told me about the increased risk of late miscarriage with amniocentesis as well . ’ |
14 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |
15 | This is what he told me about the Batty sale . |
16 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | ‘ Oh , in cash , he paid me on the same day , insisted on doing so . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | He pulled me into the tiny kitchen . |
22 | He saw me for the first time . |
23 | You will ask yourself , ‘ If I listen to my best friend within and follow the precepts , will he lead me to the same holiness as those whose life was dedicated to the light ? ’ |
24 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
25 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
26 | That 's really how he persuaded me in the first place to pretend … ’ |
27 | He reminded me of the tight-lipped heroes in war films — the name and number ploy ; more you will not get even if you carve strips off me . |
28 | " I shall never forget " , he said , " the support and help he gave me during the critical months of the revolution in 1917 . |
29 | He reminds me of the average royal personage , who is one person in company and another when alone … |
30 | He introduced me to the local shoemender , he showed me where the gypsies sometimes camped . |