Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | That should have alerted me to the fact that Dr Tom Courtney was not as he seemed . |
| 2 | You should have seen me in the dock , man . |
| 3 | Someone should have told me about the local MIND and the National Schizophrenia Fellowship and what they could offer . |
| 4 | ‘ You should have told me at the time ! ’ |
| 5 | He must have rescued me from the canal , because my clothes were wet through , so were his … ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said . |
| 7 | . Have you got any questions you 'd like to ask me about the history . |
| 8 | I will try to contact you by telephone , but if I do not manage it , I would be grateful if you could try to ring me on the above number , extension 4425 . |
| 9 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 10 | The other girls went together in a group but I was on my own , and I suppose someone could have followed me from the dance … |
| 11 | I only wish Daddy could have seen me in the black lace dress . |
| 12 | He could have dropped me off the first time ! |
| 13 | I know , he could have knocked me in the eye instead of just at the side and it hurts now . |
| 14 | She loved to play like that , but she 'd have told me in the end , exploding with laughter at my angry duped expression . |
| 15 | ‘ I was sure she 'd come to love me in the end , if I could just be patient , ’ she whispered . |
| 16 | He used to come to see me in the prison . |
| 17 | She used to regularly get tickets for Hancock 's Half Hour radio shows simply for the chance to see Ken at work — ‘ Men used to fight to escort me to the broadcasts . ’ |
| 18 | If the hon. Member for Leicester , South ( Mr. Marshall ) would like to accompany me in the new year , I should be only too happy to take him on a tour and show him just how much is happening outside Belfast as well as in it . |
| 19 | I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date . |
| 20 | There were some among them would have killed me for the hell of it . |
| 21 | After he told them about this , they sent one letter from Siam covered with stamps : ‘ Those would have kept me in The Autocar for ever , but I could n't bear to part with the envelope . ’ |
| 22 | If I 'd not blocked or she 'd not blocked out that time in that way , what would have happened is on the thirteenth , er , of the month , erm , Red would have called me from the Health and Safety Executive would have called me and said , Ricky we 've got er , a remedial leadership weekend on the top of Snowden , and er , on that , on the last weekend of the month , and we 've got a one hour slot for you , that 's just a golden opportunity . |
| 23 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
| 24 | Byrne said later : ‘ The local Celtic scout said he would have signed me on the spot . |
| 25 | Perhaps Friday was still a wild man and would try to kill me in the night . |
| 26 | Not even Tim Wilson would try to question me about the Mahoney shooting . |
| 27 | She said the police would come to take me into the stockade like the cruel and wild animal I was . |
| 28 | He ought to have slapped me across the face . |
| 29 | ‘ Ling will have to help me with the barbecue . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , if I ca n't come here , Linton can come to visit me at the Grange , ’ suggested Cathy happily . |