Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] he [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following morning he told me what a wonderful night 's sleep it had given him and was fulsome in his praise of what he called his ‘ beautiful lady ’ . |
| 2 | The decision did not lie with him because a formal commission of inquiry had been set up , but the following morning he telephoned me to say that a UK observer would be welcome and , by the way , would we please send Eric Newton , then head of AIB engineering section , to the accident site to advise the commission on whether there had been a bomb or other explosive on the aircraft . |
| 3 | When I went first he took one out there and he took it out clean , but this one here , in actual fact he gave me a stitch , and when the stitch was n't in you could see the tooth protruding a bit . |
| 4 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 5 | With an air of great condescension he told me that he was ‘ prepared to give me a try-out ’ for a few hours a week . |
| 6 | What a good thing he had me ! |
| 7 | After a short chat he invited me to join him at a ‘ small Chinese gathering ’ in the hall usually used for Tong meetings on River Street West . |
| 8 | ‘ He straightened one or two things out in my action , worked on my technique a bit , but the most important thing he taught me was to concentrate on every single delivery as if it were he most important in your life . |
| 9 | ‘ Your Grace , my father is but a merchant , and to marry me into this noble family he gave me a noble dowry , eight hundred marks . |
| 10 | When I first went in for forensic medicine he used me a lot and I got a great deal of experience I would n't otherwise have had because he was never too proud to ask for a specialist opinion . |
| 11 | Looking back , there have been occasions when I might have had a bit more foresight , particularly when this chap rang me from Newcastle one day raving about this brilliant young footballer he wanted me to look after . |
| 12 | WHEN Alex Ferguson joined Manchester United as the new boss he wanted me out of Old Trafford so badly he tried to make me redundant . |
| 13 | This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere . |
| 14 | ‘ That is , of course , ’ he said , sitting up again suddenly , ‘ unless Father has come up with an entirely new factor he wants me to think about . ’ |
| 15 | However , just behind the vacant expression he offered me , I detected fear . |
| 16 | The day that battered sundial he offered me for £1,650 finds its way into my garden is the day I wo n't need to work for a living . |
| 17 | As an active Trotskyite he encouraged me to speak of the prejudice and abuse I 'd faced being the son of an Indian . |