Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb -s] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 2 | He only drives me , me up the wall . |
| 3 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 4 | He … he only sees me as a … a dear friend . |
| 5 | I have told him he is n't the same man I married any more and he just takes me for granted . |
| 6 | Courier had never beaten the German in five previous meetings , never looked like doing so yesterday and said : ‘ He just beats me every time we play . |
| 7 | Yeah , exactly , you know , but er he just reminds me of Robin like , you know , and he 's got this brilliant way of ducking |
| 8 | He somehow nails me , pins me , centres me in one spot like a butterfly spread for inspection , wonderful , beautiful ; he steadies me . |
| 9 | ‘ He still motivates me . |
| 10 | He still calls me up now and again . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 13 | ‘ He still gives me the creeps , ’ said Lydia . |
| 14 | That he still loves me . ’ |
| 15 | It 's obvious is n't it , that he still loves me ? ’ |
| 16 | He still treats me as though I were ten . |
| 17 | And he always tells me , he said that er he had no sleep during the night he he thought he 'd killed this man , you see , he says , I seen him drop , and I seen blood . |
| 18 | He always helps me to see . |
| 19 | He always asks me if he may stay . |
| 20 | He always intimidates me hugely . |
| 21 | ‘ He always reminds me of those marvellous cavaliers , with all that hair . ’ |
| 22 | Yeah , and he always writes me out a couple and I ai n't got the money . |
| 23 | But he says exactly what he thinks , and he always makes me think . |
| 24 | I 've asked him to let me go straight out and breathe the cellar air , but he always makes me wait till I 've had breakfast . |
| 25 | He always makes me feel cosy . " |
| 26 | I bent down to do it and he always pokes me in the eye with it . |
| 27 | For a moment , the thought raced through her head , He hardly knows me . |
| 28 | " He usually asks me for my criticism , " she said to one interviewer . |
| 29 | Which is interesting because he also tells me that his father expected him to follow him to Cambridge University . |
| 30 | He probably sees me as having mechanical skills , like a dentist 's , which higher types must occasionally employ . |