Example sentences of "the [noun pl] he [verb] me " in BNC.
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1 | I therefore completed to his satisfaction all the forms he gave me , and I gave him a detailed written description of our proposal , and a revised working drawing showing greater detail , with both of which he seemed satisfied . |
2 | All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person . |
3 | I only read a little in the books he gave me , picked up what I could . |
4 | Even under Edward 's guidance it proved difficult to feel my way into the texts he gave me to read . |
5 | ‘ And the promises he made me , Father , when he asked me to marry him , ’ she complained to Father Michael . |
6 | And the names he called me turned the air blue ! |
7 | All at once I was gusted along , and really felt : a heartbeat when I saw him , a warmth when he touched me ; I smelt the flowers he bought me and the spicy perfume he put on his skin . |
8 | In the mornings he brings me my slippers and then sli pulls my dressing gown off the door . |
9 | He died in 1942 and it is my lasting regret that after I left Oxford I did not see him again ; I still have the letters he wrote me when I was in the Sudan . |