Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] me [prep] " 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 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 .
4 ‘ Your comment about him finding it difficult to live with the idea of someone being better than him forced me into a complete rethink .
5 Finding Alec Davidson was much easier than I thought although he surprised me by what he had become .
6 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 .
7 I saw that Mrs Fairfax approved of my correct behaviour , and I knew that he respected me for it .
8 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 .
9 ‘ But I thank God that He spared me for this ! ’
10 Last week , the hon. Gentleman was trying to be a lawyer and attempting to make me read out on the floor of the House a document that he wanted me to table .
11 ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan .
12 He 's mad on polo so he takes me to the Hurlingham Club to watch him play .
13 ‘ When I was a kid , my Dad was into Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin , so he tainted me with all that , then I got into the punk thing when that was going down .
14 I had been poorly for a while and could n't eat and the doctor thought it may be appendicitis so he sent me to Darlington Hospital .
15 OK , so he paid me for my taxi .
16 Once he congratulated me on my gang .
17 ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight .
18 ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight .
19 And he irritates me by repeating things over and over again . ’
20 And he hates me for giving in to them , and for seeing how he 's shrunk .
21 The regular vet — a friend of mine — has gone to live in Australia and he recommended me to the zoo as his replacement .
22 Well I erm , I was , I was burgled about a year ago and I 'm am ex er , I 'm a retired criminal lawyer , and , but I , I felt that if I lived in the States and trained in the States and I carried a gun then and I felt very vulnerable in not having a gun because he , I was in my own home and he fist me with a knife
23 ‘ I immediately offered him a cup of tea or coffee and he followed me into the kitchen , ’ says Lynsey .
24 I gently pushed him aside and walked in and he followed me around reading with great enthusiasm while I poured the contents of my shoes down the sink , removed my coat and made us both a hot drink , interjecting now and again with , ‘ Fancy that ! ’
25 However , I insisted and he ushered me into the Captain 's sea cabin .
26 And he treated me like a lady , too , not a shop-girl .
27 yesterday right in the park and he hugged me for about ten years .
28 ‘ I saw Doctor Rossitter this morning , ’ she said abruptly , ‘ and he told me about you both , and your — dilemma .
29 I told him the story of my adventures and about life in England , and he told me about his country and his people .
30 I knew him as well , of course , so I contacted him and he told me about the trip . ’
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