Example sentences of "he [verb] me [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I 'd been bad he made me copy the notices and labels in cases . |
| 2 | Every time I visited him he made me polish the dust off the bottle , so it came as a huge relief when we were finally able to open it . |
| 3 | It 's very peculiar — he made me feel a fool . |
| 4 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |
| 5 | I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork . |
| 6 | He asked me to hold the coffee up to his lips and I was gone . |
| 7 | He asked me to join the Party . |
| 8 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 9 | He asked me to take a seat and listen to some music he would put on . |
| 10 | He asked me to take a message to the Blackpool Conference conveying to the delegates that he felt that he could not lead the Party at the General Election , and inviting those whose business it was to do so , to take soundings about the future leadership . |
| 11 | As soon as Ken Hurren mentioned the word in his office this morning , when he asked me to take the task on , I felt a secret dismay . |
| 12 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 13 | ‘ He asked me to circulate the story of his death . |
| 14 | He asked me to compile a list of suspects , however improbable . |
| 15 | In went the putt and he asked me to keep the ball because he wanted to take it home and get it mounted instead of throwing it to the crowd . |
| 16 | Anyway , we arrived back here just before five and he asked me to keep an appointment he had made with Harry Collins at The Bay View . |
| 17 | He asked me to contact the War Commission . |
| 18 | He asked me to contact the |
| 19 | ‘ When Terry was coaching Barcelona and I went over to visit him , he asked me to bring a few pounds of good old English pork sausages because he was missing his bangers and mash for tea , ’ he explained . |
| 20 | To my surprise , he invited me to give a poetry reading in Madrid . |
| 21 | Then one of the others came and he helped me rehang the curtain and move the damaged screen . ’ |
| 22 | He helped me shift the tea-chests |
| 23 | Bolinger ( 1974 : 75 ) presents the difference between ( 15a ) and ( 15b ) below as one of " immediate " vs " mediate " assistance : ( 15a ) He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder ( He climbed with me ) . |
| 24 | yes last week he helped me turn the garage out he took all the rubbish left over from the tip down to the tip . |
| 25 | ( 15b ) He helped me to climb the stairs by cheering me on . |
| 26 | This morning you mysteriously slide me a note telling me to ask you out and now you claim I 'm not really a journalist even though my credentials were thoroughly checked out by your plant manager before he let me near the place . |
| 27 | ‘ He let me become a blacksmith , which was his job too , only he never worked at it . |
| 28 | That was the first time he let me see the extent of the bitterness that was poisoning him . |
| 29 | He let me know every day that he longed to escape from Reine altogether . |
| 30 | He let me take a box of groceries ( Sainsbury 's of course ) while he unloaded a couple of suitcases from the boot . |