Example sentences of "he [verb] me [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He directed me to a main road on the edge of Jaffa and to a small lane that ran off it to the north . |
| 32 | He acknowledged me with a flat palm upraised . |
| 33 | He threw me across the front seat , and the choir applauded — whether this was for my benefit or to register approval for Quigley 's strong right arm was not clear . |
| 34 | Most of the unexpected visitors were passing girl-friends of Roger 's , so I was surprised when he informed me of the pending arrival of a very special girl-friend . |
| 35 | ‘ Oh , in cash , he paid me on the same day , insisted on doing so . |
| 36 | We shall travel the world together as poor beggarly men carrying our message to the planet , and everywhere we shall be spurned and everywhere we shall be glorified , and a light shall shine about him like to the light which shone upon the day when he raised me from the dead . |
| 37 | And he takes me to an Italian restaurant in Mitcham . |
| 38 | He pulled me into the tiny kitchen . |
| 39 | He rewarded me with a puzzled smile , as if he wanted to show he did not quite believe me , then with a kiss from sun-blistered lips , dry and firm . |
| 40 | On the second evening of my visit he took me to a literary party given by the Chicago Tribune in honour of Carl Sandberg in the sumptuous lounge of a club called ‘ The 333 ’ ( at 333 Michigan Boulevard ) . |
| 41 | ‘ He took me to a few parties but I was uneasy about him . |
| 42 | He took me to a waiting Jaguar equipped with air conditioning , stereo system , and a very pretty girl : ‘ at my disposal for the rest of my stay ’ . |
| 43 | But he treated me like a little girl ; part of his training , I suppose . ’ |
| 44 | He sent me to a Jesuit boarding school . |
| 45 | He saw me for the first time . |
| 46 | He clutched me like a terrified child waking from a nightmare . |
| 47 | You will ask yourself , ‘ If I listen to my best friend within and follow the precepts , will he lead me to the same holiness as those whose life was dedicated to the light ? ’ |
| 48 | He tells me of a great battle his ancestors fought near Lake Victoria . |
| 49 | He tells me of the only time he has seen his mother drink ; her infant grandchild vomited on her coat , and she spouted a fine , volatile performance , screaming Christ Almighty the cross a woman has to bear , taking the Lord 's name in vain for the very first time . |
| 50 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
| 51 | That 's really how he persuaded me in the first place to pretend … ’ |
| 52 | He welcomes me with a weak grin and a feeble cough . |
| 53 | With his long face and straw-coloured hair pulled back in a half-hearted ponytail , he reminded me of a youthful Donald Sutherland ; the same doomy seriousness suddenly lightened by a wry humour . |
| 54 | Dad was also being magnanimous today ; he reminded me of a smooth politician visiting a shabby constituency , smiling , kissing babies , shaking hands with relish — and departing as soon as he decently could . |
| 55 | He reminded me of the tight-lipped heroes in war films — the name and number ploy ; more you will not get even if you carve strips off me . |
| 56 | ‘ I travelled down to Kent to stay with Donald , and he presented me with a cardboard box which contained this tiny puppy . |
| 57 | " I shall never forget " , he said , " the support and help he gave me during the critical months of the revolution in 1917 . |
| 58 | I climbed into my paper nightie and was helped on to a narrow trolley by a second Farrah Fawcett blow-up doll ( but punctured ) , then gazed adoringly up the nose of a Greek god as he wheeled me into an open lift and down to the basement operating theatre to a waiting : ‘ Hi , I 'm Andy , your anaesthesiologist . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ Huh , with those blue eyes , the tan and the toothpaste smile , he reminds me of a game-show host . ’ |
| 60 | He reminds me of the average royal personage , who is one person in company and another when alone … |