Example sentences of "me [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cherry berets dragged the bewildered old montagnard away with a brusqueness which inspired no confidence in me for his future prospects . |
| 2 | Each of them seeks to use me for his own ends . ’ |
| 3 | Even if he 'd already identified me as his deadly rival , at that point it did n't have much relevance . ’ |
| 4 | One of my more cynical film critic friends uses me as his personal ‘ shriekometer ’ to gauge how freaked out Joe Public is going to be by some of the grizzlier horror movies we have to sit through . |
| 5 | Of course , I had my dreams , like all young girls , of a tall , dark and handsome man coming striding over the fell one day to claim me as his own . |
| 6 | Two things may protect us : first , the Lord Cardinal treats me as his favourite nephew and that will afford us some protection ; secondly , our investigations safeguard us . |
| 7 | Crowninshield stared at me through his obscuring lenses . |
| 8 | DIRECTOR Terence Young has been telling me about his new film project — a suspense movie , Metal Tree , starring close friend Brooke Shields . |
| 9 | JOHN Mortimer has been telling me about his first ever speaking role in Rumpole of the Bailey , his popular television series . |
| 10 | In the music room , which has its walls lined with framed gold records and death threats from fundamentalist religious groups , Ice-T tells me about his future plans . |
| 11 | Butch hit a decent shot down the first , and then turned round to ask me about his second shot . |
| 12 | As he lit a cigarette , ( he rolls his own from a tobacco mix in a tin ) he told me about his early life . |
| 13 | ‘ I had reason to ask [ the defendant ] to come and see me because of reports made by Paulette to me of his violent treatment to her . |
| 14 | At the meeting , the Prime Minister told me of his personal knowledge of the suffering of cancer victims and of their families and friends . |
| 15 | IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES , a black cop sat in his office above the Criminal Courts and told me of his seven years with the Hardcore Gang Unit of the District Attorney 's office : ‘ I have n't worked on anything but a murder since I started here . ’ |
| 16 | Whatever it was , he 'd served me with his final invoice and I 'd paid it in full . |
| 17 | Ian Jack , my guide for the next part of the trip , was waiting for me with his new vehicle . |
| 18 | But X. Ray stood his ground , regarding me with his usual grave and steady expression . |
| 19 | The pilot of the Stuka had plenty of courage and pulled up his nose to have a crack at me with his forward firing guns . |
| 20 | The stranger looked at me with his good eye . |
| 21 | He tried to hit me , kept pummelling me with his podgy fists , but he could n't summon up the necessary enthusiasm . |
| 22 | On our return the Agent had gone and the women were calm , unlike Bustos , that foolish puppy , spinning at my feet and fixing me with his heartbroken eyes . |
| 23 | He 'll infect me with his madness like he 's infected me with his bloody dreams . |
| 24 | ‘ He was certainly an inspiration to me with his left-wing views . |
| 25 | Someone leaned down in front of me with his cupped palms outstretched . |
| 26 | If every minion came running to me with his little scrap of information , I would never get any work done . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ he spread his hands and looked at me with his well-known youthful enquiry , ‘ what can I do for you ? ’ |
| 28 | Stewpid reaches for another choc , remembers me , and shoves the box towards me with his free hand . |
| 29 | Soon after he had taken me under his ample wing he had remarked , ‘ Think of me as the Brahmin of the Banal ! |
| 30 | He had taken me under his featherless wing to this extent , giving me lifts and sharing with me some of his unusual theories . |