Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , on coming into Heriot 's , I stuck to Sarah , as I knew her , + a feud arose between me and the girl who was Sarah 's best friend at the time . |
| 2 | Tonight was no exception , as she gazed through me and he presented his broad , squat back and bald spot . |
| 3 | They never cared about me , did they ? ’ |
| 4 | He was so clever , so successful , but I never realized they cared about me , too . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ She 's the only one in the world who ever cared about me , ’ she said , but when Julia protested , Minnie sneered , ‘ It 's all right . |
| 6 | In a way , this is just what he needed to make him realise how much he cared about me . ’ |
| 7 | This became for me a serious piece of policy . |
| 8 | Similarly a Yorkshire millworker describes himself as brought up by a grandfather ‘ who cared for me as perhaps few grandchildren are cared for ; ’ when the old man died during his teens , ‘ by this death I lost a friend . ’ |
| 9 | He never cared for me nor I do n't care for him . |
| 10 | I 'd never felt he cared for me but at last we sat and talked . |
| 11 | ‘ And I spent an hour greeting my guests , making a speech and ensuring the entertainment was fully organised for the evening , while I was trying to make up my mind whether your refusal to put in an appearance was because you cared for me — or because you hated me . ’ |
| 12 | He cared for me , he loved me as I did him . |
| 13 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 14 | I remember little of my stay in the intensive care unit , but I am told they cared for me every second of the night and day . |
| 15 | He rode next to me , and his men rode between me and my friends . |
| 16 | It 's the formula that succeeded for me , I know it will do the same for you . ’ |
| 17 | You asked for me . ’ |
| 18 | Then he said , ‘ You asked for me , Jack , and here I am . |
| 19 | But you asked for me , and I do n't handle your kind any more . |
| 20 | ‘ Harry Paget asked for me , I begged Prinny 's permission , and he finally relented . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ That I was posted to your staff because you asked for me . |
| 22 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 23 | She asked for me ? ’ |
| 24 | And she rang up here when when they offered us the space , she rang up here and asked for me . |
| 25 | You never asked for me ? ’ |
| 26 | And , gulping the sweet air , I gazed about me gratefully at the clean green land where I worked and made my living . |
| 27 | They called the film they made about me Too Long a Winter , and I have to declare immediately that I do not care for winter at all , for neither mind nor body agrees with it . |
| 28 | As it was , however , no suitable opportunity arose for me to gain such information . |
| 29 | The opportunity then arose for me to be employed as a secretary to my husband — not an ideal working situation but it has been quite successful . |
| 30 | I also had two dollies , one made for me by our great family friend , Mrs Fawcett , the other stitched by my mother from an old piece of quilted petticoat . |