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Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] me [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	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 .
2	She knows what I 've got yet she is convinced that if she looks after me I 'll get better .
3	One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . "
4	‘ It just occurred to me you might like to … ’ ;
5	‘ It never occurred to me you 'd want anything else — or at least , ’ she amended with a sheepish smile , ‘ I never dared hope you would want anything else .
6	It never occurred to me you could think that .
7	Whatever my father asked of me I should have said no .
8	Oh right , I 'll and then she 's moaning at him cos she wants to go and post it and you were mucking about with your C D thing or something and you were saying wait for me I 'll do this then I 'll miss the post .
9	If it came from me she would believe it .
10	‘ My life 's insured by the department , ’ he explains to Felicity , ‘ so that if anything happens to me you 'd get both a lump sum and a regular income .
11	out , he says to me you 'll kill yourself , you always want to do something , but to be honest it 's worse for me to sit there and watch that , it 's more tiring because by the end of the night I 'm not tired or I 've been asleep all evening I , I 'm better to go out , I know it sounds awful but I do n't like being trapped , I do n't like being in because somebody seems to think I should be in
12	As He says to me you can choose yir freends but you canny choose yir flock !
13	If John 's moral life came to me I would say :
14	It seemed to me you could have no other name .
15	Er , it 's certainly what happened to me I must admit in fact it 's certainly been the pattern of my life and er I 'm not surprised what thought , Freud thought was a kind of typical er typical pattern .
16	Mr Gillis continued writing and when Alec turned to me I could see the strain on his face .
17	You know the sort of thing : There once was a would be MP Who said if you do n't vote for me I 'll scream and I 'll shout Might knock myself out And probably fall into the sea .
18	And if he wants to get rid of me he 'll have to throw me out . ’
19	She thought , I do n't doubt , that if she got rid of me he would turn to her , but she 's too fat .
20	Say , everybody was saying to me we could break in there .
21	what we 're likely to be short of it seems to me we could end up being twenty four thousand pounds short at the end of the year .
22	‘ Well , it seems to me you 'll have to talk it over with her , ’ she said , determined to be non-partisan .
23	Seems to me you could grab him and save the dough . ’
24	… and in the short space of time allocated to me I would like you to know that this is an occasion at which I am indeed proud — extremely proud — to be present .
25	‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’
26	Well , you know , if you had n't been quick and run into me he could have caught up with you .
27	I said ‘ If you point at me I can point at you . ’
28	‘ Simon reckoned that after Sintra if he spoke about me you 'd get tense — though you did n't realise he noticed .
29	‘ Well , if you wo n't come with me I shall ask Nigger when he comes home .
30	Geoffrey 's only qualm is Indipau , he says if Indipau I 'll come with me I 'll go , I says well do n't worry about Indipau , Indipau can look after himself , he says yeah but I like Indipau , I says yeah , but lets face of all the other kids in your class who you gon na be sorry to leave , he said none of them , I said well there you are then .