Example sentences of "but he [vb past] me [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wickenden , as purchasing director , is naturally reticent about details , but he led me to believe that smuggling nuts out of Turkey was an important activity , and that everyone except presumably the government , was satisfied with this arrangement . |
| 2 | For example , if the soft sell chap fails to wheedle his client into buying , his partner can ring him up and say : " My colleague 's at an important meeting , but he asked me to call you about this stock . |
| 3 | ‘ But he asked me to marry him , ’ she said feebly . |
| 4 | If you want to know what that actually means see Dr but he asked me to read it out . |
| 5 | But he told me to put it on |
| 6 | ‘ We checked his clothes for bloodstains … there were n't many but he told me to wash his shirt and handkerchief while he had a shower . |
| 7 | But he told me to think upon it and he would come back for an answer . ’ |
| 8 | I pointed out that his voice had certainly ceased to be soprano , but he pestered me to teach him the solo for the next eisteddfod . |
| 9 | He should not be named , but he begged me to tell the outside world of the appalling situation where the wounded are dying unnecessarily because the UN are refusing to transport the wounded out of the city . ’ |
| 10 | I normally catch quarter-past-five bus and I get in about ten-past-six , but he wanted me to work late and I says , well how late ? |