Example sentences of "but he [vb past] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he greeted me by swearing at me , so I went into the hall to find somebody else . |
| 2 | It is some five years since I worked with Mr Edell in his previous incarnation as a lawyer , but he struck me as a man who would do the necessary . |
| 3 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
| 4 | But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place . |
| 5 | But he treated me like a little girl ; part of his training , I suppose . ’ |
| 6 | I went to the sergeant and told him this , but he ordered me to be on my way . |
| 7 | I pulled him away and tried to get him upstairs in case he was traumatized for life , but he kicked me in the balls . |
| 8 | Yeah , yeah was kind , it was kind of them , yes and we went all round the shops and er I thoroughly enjoyed it and in the new Co-Op as well you know , I thoroughly enjoyed it but he took me in the car so that we did n't have to hang about you see |
| 9 | Michael is a man who knows his own mind and I was relying on him for some controversial quotes , but he surprised me by agreeing on the whole with Mr Isherwood 's choices . |
| 10 | all I thought like I was passing a bit of gossip , but he paid me for it |
| 11 | But he introduced me to his friends . |
| 12 | How I thought he could help me I do n't know , but he invited me for lunch , anyway , and he was lovely . |
| 13 | I am bound to say that his personality and his voice with his Glasgow accent were a little disconcerting at first ( I felt rather as if I were being addressed by my highly educated carpenter ) , but he inspired me with such confidence as he went on that I forgot that , and of course one has to recognise that a new era in political life has dawned for England , the old aristocratic school is practically swept out of it , it is the dawn of the new " regime " . |
| 14 | He did not always understand my French , but he showed me round the school , and talked a lot , very fast . |
| 15 | I went to my doctor and ca n't remember what I said to him or what he said to me , but he put me on valium . |
| 16 | But he put me in touch with a chap who was interested in buying it . |
| 17 | When he 'd finished at the sink I came out and wound myself lovingly around his legs but he shut me in the kitchen . |