Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible .
2 ‘ I could tell he 'd been drinking as soon as he joined me on the jig .
3 I laughed at his coat once and he pushed me off a bar stool . ’
4 " No , John , they 'll come up through the front , " said Fielding , his arm on my shoulder now as he steered me across the floor .
5 He was laughing and wincing even as he threw me across the room into his drum-kit .
6 Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum .
7 Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ?
8 And on one occasion in the gymnasium , I turned round to look at a boy behind me and the master was there and he smacked me with the flat of his hand as hard as he could .
9 ‘ The last time I saw him he 'd been drinking pretty heavily and he pushed me about a bit .
10 ‘ Very well , thank you , ’ I answered shyly as he patted me on the head .
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