Example sentences of "she [vb past] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 2 | The house we sat in was still in chaos , so she led me to the sunny kitchen , where we talked and drank coffee , surrounded by boxes and plants and the smell of paint . |
| 3 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
| 4 | She led me into the kind of large room that Americans call studios . |
| 5 | She led me into the front room where , defensively , she picked up the baby . |
| 6 | She led me through the throng . |
| 7 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 8 | only your mother was n't sure she asked me on the phone |
| 9 | And she asked me for the fifty P . |
| 10 | I had no money , and she helped me over the worst times . |
| 11 | So I told them what I would do , but once again I 've never been in the situation but this is what I 'll do , said as if they were me own parents make them as comfortable as I could while I 'll cleaned up and give them a bed bath or if they could shower , shower them and erm and get everything back to normal as quick as possible , fine , that were all fine she , and then as , as I got up from it they all said thanks a lot Joy it has been great you really have been great you 've made it easy , we 've got an easy day in front thanks to you , you know you 're bubbly and all this and then when she phoned me on the Sunday she said hello Joy it 's Sue here and I , I said will you let me know one way or the another cos I said I hate being left up in the air |
| 12 | I payed with my Vista card and although she was a hockey player , when she invited me to the opera I igried to go . |
| 13 | She grasped me by the hand . |
| 14 | She drew me into the kitchen and stretched out her arms , leaning backward a bit , and said , ‘ How I love people who say ‘ Yes ’ to life . ’ |
| 15 | It was then that she told me about the hysterectomy . ’ |
| 16 | She was interested to find out that I liked British history ; she told me about the Medieval Circle . |
| 17 | She told me about the Sheikhas of Al Ain , which were good and which were not truly hospitable or kind . |
| 18 | Now when I spoke to Mrs on the telephone last night she told me about the work you 've been doing on and I have looked at it and I 'm going to go over it again with you this afternoon because she thought it was very very good work . |
| 19 | No , she to she told me on the phone . |
| 20 | ‘ He 's so repressed , Eddie , ’ she told me after the first time . |
| 21 | Well if she gets here at quarter past seven and three hours is quarter past ten , and she 's supposed to be at the Penny Farthing at nine o'clock , so you know , I , I do n't feel as though we are you know getting erm our money 's worth from her at the moment , erm also erm she told me in the beginning that this was only go on was going on for about six weeks , well it has now been going on for over eight weeks and she now says that erm she does n't know how longer it 's going on for and I think she is just erm stalling us . |
| 22 | As she hauled me up the stairs I braced myself for ‘ What the blazes , Bina ? |
| 23 | I was painting the back of the house one Saturday , when she shook me off the ladder , I got a compound fracture on me left leg . |
| 24 | Actually , she telephoned me at the Lab just before two . |
| 25 | She thanked me for the information — and then she left . ’ |
| 26 | She left her second cup of tea , and she followed me to the front door . |
| 27 | The Fernies got rid of her when I left and she walked me to the front gate . |
| 28 | But then she scratched me between the ears and I started purring despite myself . |
| 29 | She kissed me on the nose , but then , as though rejecting her idea of adopting a good man , stood up briskly . |
| 30 | Good night ; ’ She kissed me on the cheek , and followed the three out to the street . |