Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] me [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Once he told me he likes me cos I do n't ask questions . |
| 4 | Until he beats me he will always be in my shadow . ’ |
| 5 | If he asked me I would turn him down . ’ |
| 6 | Perhaps , thought Juliet , her heart thudding against her ribs , perhaps if he helps me he thinks he might fall in love with me too . |
| 7 | I 'll do my best out there — but if he hurts me I 'm going down . ’ |
| 8 | When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince . |
| 9 | Lord Home ordered his agents in Scotland to seize Brown as soon as he landed and to impress upon him ‘ what is very trew that if he oppose me he will dissoblige Prince Waldeck and all his officers ’ , and thus presumably ruin any chance which he might have of advancement . |
| 10 | But I mean it sounds really crap but it 's just I swear if he chooses me I 'm gon na fucking slap him . |
| 11 | If he sees me I 'll stick with him . |
| 12 | I 'm calling his home because he told me he was rarely in his office . ’ |
| 13 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 14 | And if anybody says you should be calling him Uncle Adam you can say no I do n't need to because he told me I did n't alright ? |
| 15 | I had reckoned that an accusation of fear would sting the Maggot , and even before he interrupted me he had banked the plane westwards . |
| 16 | When he saw me he smiled and said ‘ Why , what 's the matter ! ’ not unkindly . |
| 17 | His hair came right down over his face but his eyes gleamed through it , and when he saw me he grinned a wide toothy grin , like one of those gibbons Vern was so neurotic about at the zoo . |
| 18 | When he saw me he asked me who I was , then demanded to know where my father was . |
| 19 | And when he passed me , I think Charlie feels guilty cos when he passed me he said alright I just did n't say anything . |
| 20 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 21 | Then , when he told me you were coming to Lisboa — You reckoned Simon was envious . |
| 22 | When he told me you were pregnant by him , it was as though he 'd thrown a hand-grenade which blew me apart . |
| 23 | ‘ When he told me he was panning for gold , I simply did n't believe it . |
| 24 | He never said another word until the end when he told me he would be going out at 8 AM with the same four-ball and he would see me then . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought he was sincere when he told me he wanted to stay in France . |
| 26 | ‘ Campo has not mentioned retirement since we won the World Cup , ’ said Dwyer , ‘ when he told me he was retiring ! |
| 27 | ‘ So when he told me he had to go back home to Fyn to meet someone , but that I could go with him if I wanted , I gave him an ultimatum . ’ |
| 28 | Well , he said when he left me he was going to have a talk with you . |
| 29 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
| 30 | When he sees me he pointedly turns away and tries to talk to someone else . |