Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] me [prep] [adj] " 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 | I hope that the hon. Gentleman had the opportunity to tell the gentleman that he might well see me in future as I shall be returning to the town in which I was born . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | But you could not save me from those who want to harm me . |
6 | He 'd just hit me for two huge sixes , then slapped me savagely through the covers . |
7 | Julie could n't forgive me for that . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | And the last words you 'd hear would be : You 'd never get me in one of those things . |
10 | ‘ You need n't remind me of that fact , ’ she said cuttingly . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | As a patient , I would like to think that the presence of a doctor 's name on the list would also offer me some sort of guarantee that he or she would not subject me to unnecessary or unjustifiably harmful treatment — whether that treatment be labelled alternative or mainstream , labels that serve only to confuse the issue . |
14 | There was a loud noise and my leg would not support me for several weeks . |
15 | It was a journey that would also take me from one extreme of the Ford range , the £46,600 Jaguar V12 saloon , to the other — £6,855 of Fiesta 1.1L . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | He — he would n't leave me in meaningless dark forever . |
18 | I know total-total that if I had my own bike , the Wheels-and-brakes Boys would n't treat me like that . |
19 | 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 |
20 | ‘ I knew you 'd come back , that you would n't drop me like that , ’ breathes a husky male voice . |
21 | ‘ The big boys would n't let me into that , ’ Dwayne says . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | ‘ I would n't address me like that , madam . |
24 | It would n't surprise me at all if on my next visit to Sweden all the pedestrians were wearing miners ' lamps . |
25 | It would n't surprise me at all . |
26 | That would n't surprise me at all , the things I 've seen them try to eat . |
27 | Oh yes , it would n't surprise me at all . |
28 | ‘ That kind of marriage would n't suit me at all . ’ |
29 | You ca n't treat me like that . |
30 | You ca n't treat me like this ! |