Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] me [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
| 2 | Another thing that cut me off from the other kids was going to the grammar school — and having to wear a bright green blazer every day . |
| 3 | But then there was a sound that sent me swiftly to the door . |
| 4 | One of the things that bothered me most in the villages of the Delta was the treatment given to women in childbirth . |
| 5 | The thing that struck me most about the room was its symmetry . |
| 6 | ‘ The breaches that concern me most at the moment are off the ball incidents , dangerously high tackles and illegal use of the elbow , ’ he added . |
| 7 | The zoo-man at the turnstile 'd come rushing out and Vern 'd get scared and drag me away to the place where he 'd hidden my … |
| 8 | He put my felonious body in the stocks of his arm and led me off in the direction of what passed for a garden at Sussex , a series of brick-edged parallelograms that could n't have looked more artificial if they had been planted with cathode-ray tubes , instead of hardy perennials . |
| 9 | He came and put his arm round my shoulders then and led me gently towards the door . |
| 10 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 11 | They 're erm , I erm , said goodbye come and pick me up by the school . |
| 12 | I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way . |
| 13 | Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin . |
| 14 | Nigel invited them all in for food and drink and listened spellbound to feats of derring-do , asking endless questions and reminding me slightly of the painting The Boyhood of Raleigh . |
| 15 | He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew . |
| 16 | ‘ Perhaps you could give me one of these coins and send me away with a beating ? |
| 17 | His master closed his book and invited me politely to the table . |
| 18 | I took a firmer grip , squeezed tightly and immediately a cloven foot shot out like a whip lash and smacked me solidly on the knee . |
| 19 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
| 20 | Stubbly paused for a moment , then rocked forward on his heels and prodded me gently in the chest with a forefinger . |
| 21 | So then I began to be really pretty busy with running the office and then keeping my home , but I 'd got a husband who was very , very , handy and helped me out in the home you know . |
| 22 | The old gentleman who was the owner of the shop encouraged me and helped me along into the business . |
| 23 | McLaren 's conviction that Branson wanted revenge , to find a way to seize control of the Pistols for good , ‘ and cut me off at the pass ’ , now became an obsession . |
| 24 | He asked if I was in trouble and drove me back to the car park , where he produced a tow-rope . |
| 25 | He rattled a huge ring of keys and let me out of the cell . |
| 26 | He ate it in two bites , like a dog , and put me back on the gravestone . |
| 27 | The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks . |
| 28 | Another time , the dwarf picked me up and dropped me quickly into a bowl of milk on the table . |
| 29 | I remember she crouched down and lifted me on to the table . |
| 30 | But then her smile twisted as her hand reached out to grasp the form of my costume — and lifted me smoothly into the air , at arms length above her head . |