Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In so doing , he has enabled me to tell you of the matter — in the fervent hope that you will discover a means of informing the queen my mother of our case . ’ |
| 2 | In the first place he has desired me to say he would write but for his constant occupation . |
| 3 | He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the |
| 4 | The spirit of the Lord God is upon me Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good tidings to the afflicted ; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , To proclaim liberty to the captives And the opening of prison to those who are bound ; To proclaim the year of the Lord 's favour … |
| 5 | He has taught me to relax and put adult inhibitions to one side . |
| 6 | He has made me look at the world again , made me see things I had never seen before , and see familiar things in a new light . |
| 7 | ‘ He has asked me to apologise to the family of the deceased for his part in the distress that they have been caused , ’ said the lawyer . |
| 8 | Your cousin Henry has set off for Alma Ata in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan , hoping to finance himself by selling articles to The Spectator , where he has asked me to use my influence . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , he has asked me to make it clear that he strongly supports the case that I seek to make . |
| 10 | I shall ensure that the message that he has asked me to convey is conveyed tomorrow , when I go to Barrow to mark the roll-out of the first Vanguard submarine . |
| 11 | He has asked me to send you to his lodging . |
| 12 | because he has chosen me to bring |
| 13 | And the prophecy of Isaiah 61 : 1 , ‘ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me , for he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor … ’ stands in Luke 's Gospel ( 4:18 ) , as a beacon shedding light over the whole of his ministry . |
| 14 | As I got out I caught the enigmatic Mr Goodson sneaking in through the front door , but if he 'd seen me pull up , he did n't wait to say Hello . |
| 15 | Moore 's start in athletics came relatively late when he was 14 : ‘ One of the PE teachers at school had a son at Birchfield and , after he 'd seen me jumping well at school , he said , ‘ Why do n't you come down ? ’ |
| 16 | He 'd seen me working only once . |
| 17 | He 'd seen me read . |
| 18 | Well , I do n't reckon he 'd heard me coming . |
| 19 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 20 | He 'd asked me to go and see him in the evening to continue the interview . |
| 21 | By midnight , he 'd asked me to marry him . ’ |
| 22 | The school he 'd wanted me to go to so that I could be as clever as he had once been and go to Oxford the way he 'd done and not waste it as he had been foolish enough to do . |
| 23 | The sod would probably breathalyze me after he 'd made me drive him home . |
| 24 | He 'd caught me talking to or |
| 25 | Then there was a strange silence , as if we 'd come to a full stop , as if he 'd expected me to react in some other way . |
| 26 | For the first term I felt guilty I 'd abandoned him even though he 'd told me to come and could stand on his own two feet . |
| 27 | Thought he 'd got me weighed up — eating out of his hand . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , Tilly , it was a foolish thing … supposing he had seen me standing outside his house ? ’ |
| 29 | And he had seen me walking from my hotel apartment with Dana — Americano , he said disdainfully . |
| 30 | And my magic wrought true — for it was into your time I came , to Starr Hills , where I had walked four hundred years before ; and coming to meet me was a man who asked me simply if I were a mermaid , for he had seen me walking out of the sea . ’ |