Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I kissed the rose , and that night , in bed , I placed it where he desired me to . |
| 2 | ‘ He escorted me to his lodgings , where he treated me with every kindness , and dried my clothes whilst I managed a few hours sleep . ’ |
| 3 | He 'd like the power and he 'd like knowing he had me where he wanted me . |
| 4 | He took me in his arms and carried me downstairs to the library , where he put me in front of the fire , and gave me a glass of wine . |
| 5 | Finding Alec Davidson was much easier than I thought although he surprised me by what he had become . |
| 6 | The police came within half an hour and the officer was sympathetic although he advised me not to expect the thieves to be caught . |
| 7 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 8 | well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up |
| 9 | I retained a friendship for George Brown , although he regarded me with rather dubious approval because of my omission to drink anything at any dinner party . |
| 10 | Immediately he lent me his support , his judgement and helped me find a publisher , putting me in touch with Jan Martens and the Fonds Mercator which publish admirable art books . |
| 11 | The other is that he heard me following , and staged the attack on himself , with the help of some accomplice unknown — for it could n't have been done alone , could it ? — to put himself in the clear , and immobilise me long enough for the other person to get away , and the body to be well downstream . |
| 12 | I could swear that he told me he did n't know ! |
| 13 | When my cousin , who was to be in the locality ( one did not ask why at that time , and it was only after we were both freed of our vows of secrecy more than thirty years later that he told me he had been at Bletchley Park itself ) suggested coming to visit me , Mrs Sugden had no doubt but that this was my ‘ gentleman friend ’ . |
| 14 | It was only much later , in 1981 , that he told me what had happened . |
| 15 | He spoke in a voice that he told me was his Courtroom voice . |
| 16 | I know , I do n't suppose that he does n't know I know , that he told me , not , no he actually did n't tell me , but |
| 17 | Finally he got so used to me calling that he asked me to come down and give them a hand fixing it up . |
| 18 | He told me that he meant me no harm , but was a magician , who had made the music play around me , and wished to have my hand in marriage and live in my castle , with me and my brother , in peace hereafter . |
| 19 | I saw that Mrs Fairfax approved of my correct behaviour , and I knew that he respected me for it . |
| 20 | That he wished me to feel . |
| 21 | ‘ The less you respond to him the more he tries to get to you — I know I can be a bit intense so it 's really good that he taught me to have fun at work and loosen up . ’ |
| 22 | He kissed me ; it was intended to be a sealing sort of kiss to show me that he believed me and that things were going to start being all right , but the kiss altered in the middle and suddenly he pulled himself away . |
| 23 | When he picked me up and put my head in his mouth , I shouted so loudly that he dropped me . |
| 24 | He puts himself in good light by adding that he gripped me tightly round the shoulders in reassurance , that he gave me brandy , that we talked long after the starlings had ceased their chatter , that we walked down into the street and discussed in jogging stride what guilt or shame or desire could do to the human soul . |
| 25 | I have been thinking about my nearly twenty years friendship with him and especially what it was that he gave me in terms of belief and understanding of the job . |
| 26 | The word book in The book that he gave me is the antecedent of that . |
| 27 | erm no what happened was that he gave me some bones that were far too big for the dogs . |
| 28 | Des transmits that he found me , and I say that I 'm going over to the flats to see what 's happening , but both Des and the radio warn me off . |
| 29 | He had now grown accustomed to me , and , as he was too ill for any kind of polite act , had left me in no doubt that he liked me . |
| 30 | You knew perfectly well that he held me responsible for Eddie 's death as well as other things ! ’ |