Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether he wanted to be hurt and suffer , or an excuse to hit me back , I do n't know , but I 'm sure he wanted me to hit him . |
| 2 | I was glad of Ika 's presence to support me and supplement my responses : |
| 3 | Until I can persuade her to unbind me — or make contact with Mephistco and convince someone back at base to forgive me my trespasses just long enough to do an override — I am confined inside the plane of reflected light . |
| 4 | He was going to let you come to the sanatorium to see me . |
| 5 | an hour to see me . |
| 6 | But , alas , one 's head must be permitted to rule , and so I will say only this : a little house where I may be safe , with an income to enable me at least to enjoy the comforts of life , if not its luxuries . |
| 7 | ‘ Bill , dear Bill , you can not have the heart to kill me . ’ ’ |
| 8 | I picked up my briefcase , started out the door and asked the FBI agent on the case to see me downstairs to a cab because I did n't feel very safe in Chicago . |
| 9 | A temporary assistant lecturer 's post was available in my Department at U.C.L. Apparently , my Head of Department , , was happy to appoint me , but before the decision was made , he offered his new professorial colleague , , an opportunity to interview me for the job . |
| 10 | On seeing my person , he took the opportunity to inform me that he had just that moment finalized plans to return to the United States for a period of five weeks between August and September . |
| 11 | He gave others the opportunity to pass me and I was really upset . |
| 12 | I honour my company for its willingness to accept me and my idiosyncrasies . |
| 13 | He started to pour cold water over me , in part to staunch the blood , in part to revive me . |
| 14 | Well , if I did , I 'd need to sell old Blazer and buy a shire horse to carry me ! |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not on at all for a brother-in-law to treat me the way you treat me . |
| 16 | Phil , his ever-cheerful self , telling me he has stood up his girlfriend to see me through till the end . |
| 17 | Negotiations took place with the orthopaedic department to enable me to refer my own patients . |
| 18 | I was on my way to Glen Nevis with enough gear to see me through the night . |
| 19 | She had come north , summoned by a War Office telegram to see me that first time . |
| 20 | With your track record I do n't know how you have the nerve to lecture me on commitment . ’ |
| 21 | As I recall , I had conveyed a plea to Miss Kenton for assistance — via a messenger , naturally — and had left M. Dupont sitting in the billiard room awaiting his nurse , when the first footman had come hurrying down the staircase in some distress to inform me that my father had been taken ill upstairs . |
| 22 | ‘ You mean it simply did n't cross your mind to inform me yesterday that you have no insurance ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Will you have the kindness to inform me , ’ wrote Darwin to Gould 's secretary on 21 January 1839 , what generic or sub-generic name , Mr Gould has given to the Goat-Suckers of the United States . |
| 24 | In an attempt to shake me off , his elbow smashed into my face , breaking my nose and a canine tooth . |
| 25 | Mammy said it was an attempt to frighten me . |
| 26 | I 'd like a priest to bless me . ’ |
| 27 | See people did n't have cars , and if it was now , they could only help me by bringing a horse to meet me or erm or a tractor if they half way . |
| 28 | When I thought he had finished , I opened them , only to see the plane make a parabola in the sky and dive on me again , firing away furiously in an attempt to eliminate me . |
| 29 | I first discovered Emily 's dubious devotion to duty in Cannes , when a French Moroccan chap caught hold of my arm in an attempt to sell me a lurid rug . |
| 30 | A cyclist appeared over my right shoulder , struggling against the wind to reach me . |