Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] me [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next time you might not find me in such a good temper . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , if it 's true that I 'm getting younger it 'll probably suit me in that case . ’ |
| 3 | My imagination could not take me to such depths of anger , so I implored her to tell me what was happening before Kareem ( my husband ) paid his afternoon visit . |
| 4 | But you could not save me from those who want to harm me . |
| 5 | Julie could n't forgive me for that . |
| 6 | I wanted to continue my studies as a postgraduate at U.C.L. I was now interested in modern linguistic research , but knew very little about it , since linguistics had so far made little impact in the U.K. , and there was no teacher in the Department who could adequately supervise me in that area . |
| 7 | ‘ You need n't remind me of that fact , ’ she said cuttingly . |
| 8 | But as I tried to follow his instructions , keeping my fists up and my chin tucked in and learning a new kind of dance on the balls of my feet , the sight of his bare , hairless chest , so brown and muscular , would suddenly fill me with more than muscular weakness , and I felt I would collapse , not under the playful blows he landed on my discombobulated body , but under the sheer spell of his magnificence . |
| 9 | which you said it has , er you would perhaps recommend me to some people you know erm like the partner in your er your work or the members of your squash club . |
| 10 | There was a loud noise and my leg would not support me for several weeks . |
| 11 | Her sons would often invite me to some remote corner where we hoped against hope that we would not disturb the siesta of the compound , though we were rarely successful . |
| 12 | I know total-total that if I had my own bike , the Wheels-and-brakes Boys would n't treat me like that . |
| 13 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
| 14 | ‘ I knew you 'd come back , that you would n't drop me like that , ’ breathes a husky male voice . |
| 15 | ‘ The big boys would n't let me into that , ’ Dwayne says . |
| 16 | When I saw them again I dropped down on one knee , knowing that even though they were constantly looking back they would n't see me at that low level , in my nature-coloured clothes . |
| 17 | ‘ I would n't address me like that , madam . |
| 18 | It would n't surprise me at all if on my next visit to Sweden all the pedestrians were wearing miners ' lamps . |
| 19 | It would n't surprise me at all . |
| 20 | That would n't surprise me at all , the things I 've seen them try to eat . |
| 21 | Oh yes , it would n't surprise me at all . |
| 22 | ‘ That kind of marriage would n't suit me at all . ’ |
| 23 | You ca n't treat me like that . |
| 24 | You ca n't treat me like this ! |
| 25 | ‘ You ca n't fool me with all that John Smith nonsense ! ’ |
| 26 | They ca n't fool me with that ‘ powdering my nose ’ act . |
| 27 | You ca n't fool me on that score . ’ |
| 28 | And … and you ca n't leave me like this , with nothing … |
| 29 | Ca n't blame me for that ! |
| 30 | You ca n't blame me for that . |