Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [prep] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone must pay for the Privilege of having me spend valuable time in directing the operations of bone-headed policemen like you ! |
| 2 | We intend shifting our locality tomorrow morning ; we are going into South port 15 miles distance from this , ( nearer home ) this move is principally on my account for the purpose of affording me a new locality for my rambles . |
| 3 | The last example ( fig 5 ) is similar to the start of the second chorus of the solo from Tell Me . |
| 4 | It occurred to me that the minions Kruger had entrusted with the task of feeding me to Heckle and Jeckle had been careless . |
| 5 | The two Officers shook hands , then they both went into the caravan after informing me that they would be attending a meeting for the next two hours . |
| 6 | Each week he would sit me on his knee and , under the pretence of asking me about the things I 'd been doing at school , he would squeeze my thighs and waist . |
| 7 | I can thank the lovely lady from the nightclub for putting me wise to that one ! ’ |
| 8 | With the $10,000 she received from the sale of Let Me Speak , her harrowing account of life and political struggle at Siglo XX , she has been able to buy a two-roomed house in the poor neighbourhood of Hayrakasa . |
| 9 | Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results . |
| 10 | You might say it as a boast — perhaps in the hope of rendering me envious or jealous . |
| 11 | My own tears , hot noisy gulping that burns and blotches , that neither you nor any of the women in the group is going to offer to staunch , tears of anger for myself and all of us , anger with the women in the group for making me face up to what I 'm doing to you , for making me want to take out those dusty bundles of old stories from where they 've lain for my lifetime tied up with pink ribbon and reread them and throw them away . |
| 12 | Oh that 's just a thank you because the person in the car behind let me through so I just said thank you . |
| 13 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |
| 14 | Mr Broadhurst was by now in the habit of picking me up from Varndean Grammar on Wednesday afternoons , accompanying me to Pool Valley , and then on home by bus . |
| 15 | You 'll probably want to talk about it without the embarrassment of having me here to listen . |
| 16 | I 've got I , I as I say , I feel very grateful to the society for giving me the chance . |
| 17 | Mr Gresty , whose business has been broken into several times , said : ‘ I am extremely grateful to the Army for getting me out of a very sticky situation . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why did you go to the trouble of hiring me if what you wanted were the same drab old styles of before ? ’ |
| 19 | " He could have given me a ticking off , considering that he 'd gone to the trouble of telling me that you were coming . |
| 20 | I offered my thanks to the interviewer for seeing me and shook his/her hand at the end . |
| 21 | What I found amazing , to the extent of keeping me occupied combating fluoridation during the past 20 years on a more-than full-time basis , was that the sales promotion experts employed to build the fluoridation bandwagon have been able for so long to lull most scientists and politicians into accepting this method of diluting and dumping waste fluorides at public expense . |
| 22 | When she came to get me , she looked really pleased at the idea of having me working for her . |
| 23 | The bastard tried to pay me for it , the only way he could get excited was by the thought of buying me . |
| 24 | I knew that they would be criticized by the Fontanellatesi for allowing me to go away and live in a distant city among thousands of Allied soldiers . |