Example sentences of "[vb infin] me of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I never play again , no one can rob me of the memory , ’ he says . |
| 2 | Whilst Henry II was in Normandy , he learned of Thomas 's continued intransigence and that caused Henry II to utter the words , ‘ Will no-one rid me of this troublesome person ? ’ , which prompted four knights of his household to cross to England and assassinate Thomas Becket in his Cathedral , on 29th . |
| 3 | ‘ Who will rid me of this turbulent priest ? ’ asked Henry II . |
| 4 | ‘ Who will rid me of this troublesome boat ? ’ he asked . |
| 5 | Whether Reagan actually said : ‘ Who will rid me of this turbulent problem ? ’ is irrelevant . |
| 6 | He had pictures in his office that he would show me of well-equipped armed bands that he said were taken down in the middle of Nicaragua . |
| 7 | ‘ How dare you accuse me of neglecting my son . ’ |
| 8 | You will be angry I know and accuse me of all manner of evil things but one thing you can not accuse me of Lily is not caring for your son upon whose life I swear I love him truly and want only what is best for him . |
| 9 | So that I can go through my designs and make quite certain that there is not one collar , not one cuff detail , not the slightest influence that they could accuse me of copying from them . |
| 10 | ‘ No-one could accuse me of being a half-b-b-bottle man , ’ said Ricky . |
| 11 | No doubt you will merely accuse me of being an old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun . |
| 12 | But I 'm afraid they may accuse me of lying . ’ |
| 13 | My mother , quite properly , did not believe me , but as I was now clearly an adult , even if an unsatisfactory one , she could not directly accuse me of lying . |
| 14 | ‘ So you ca n't accuse me of hiding anything . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 16 | ‘ So why did you accuse me of starting the fire at the factory ? |
| 17 | I 've had women accuse me of that before now . ’ |
| 18 | No one could accuse me of delaying consideration of allegations of miscarriage of justice when they have been presented to me . |
| 19 | I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will not accuse me of ranting and raving as I am always the sweet face of reason . |
| 20 | Do n't accuse me of burning fucking dogs , you little bastard ! |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't dare accuse me of wanting him for his money again ! ’ she shouted , suddenly losing control . |
| 22 | ‘ It almost broke me to hear you accuse me of going to bed with you to get a story . |
| 23 | ‘ You did n't accuse me of having an affair with him then , so why now ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ How could you ever accuse me of something so totally … impossible ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Many people may accuse me of naivety , yet I believe they are wrong … |
| 26 | ‘ You may accuse me of anything you like , ’ he answered stiffly , ‘ but not of complacency . |
| 27 | He ca n't see me of course but it makes me feel funny . |
| 28 | Not letting her see me of course . |
| 29 | It 's still not gon na relive me of my vocal duties , though . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We have both learnt our dialectic in the academic arena where knocks that would frighten the London literary coteries are given and taken in good part ; and even where you think me sometimes too pert you will not suspect me of malice . |