Example sentences of "[to-vb] me [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all this high-profile imagery I had fully expected the Serenade to hit me with a physical force akin to Karajan 's classic BPO digital remake ( DG ) . |
| 2 | When I visit my home city of Manchester , or travel to London , New Age-types seem to greet me in every other conversation . |
| 3 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 4 | ‘ Did you , as a matter of interest , happen to see me on The Human Angle last week ? ’ |
| 5 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
| 6 | They wanted to kill me in a horrific way , to frighten those who work in defence of human rights . |
| 7 | I first met him when he came to interview me as a young reporter . |
| 8 | ‘ I persuaded her once or twice to meet me at the ruined tower . |
| 9 | I told him to meet me inside an isolated summer house . |
| 10 | ‘ I pray to the Lord to bless me with a good wave . ’ |
| 11 | The lady remembered my visit well , said she had been concerned about me and confided that , to provide me with a good meal , she had walked the five miles into Lochinver and back to buy fresh fish . |
| 12 | The colour of his face always reddens just as it does when fat Margot , the launderess , who keeps me supplied with cups of sack , bends and dips to provide me with a generous view of the most famous cleavage in all of Surrey . ) |
| 13 | You can tell him from me that if he wants me to stay in this urban backwater of yours he 'll have to provide me with an interesting occupation — and I do n't mean modelling your dress . |
| 14 | A telephone call to establish whether I had been made redundant or , if not , to inform me of the administrative delay , would have been far more appropriate , and possibly cheaper , than a typed letter announcing the uncleared cheque and the administrative charge . |
| 15 | As a teenager , I laughed off an incident when a nappy horse attempted to deposit me on the wrong side of the railings on a motorway bridge . |
| 16 | I shuffled forward as fast as I dared along the central walkway , figuring this to be less likely to lead me towards a choice-limiting edge . |
| 17 | Just what routes will logic produce to lead me to the complete knowledge of the nature of a flea ? … |
| 18 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 19 | No , what I am looking at are the first direct signals to reach me from the dark constellation of Serafin . |
| 20 | I have been interested in the dynamics of the golf swing for ten years , and John is an expert on instrumentation who was able to help me with the experimental work . |
| 21 | The government 's obvious intention was to identify me as the main source of all the criticism and speculation running counter to the official line on Flight 103 and then to destroy me . |
| 22 | ‘ I do not actually need the evidence of two people in one bedroom and the sight of crumpled covers to point me in the right direction . |
| 23 | I have n't a clue about the layout of this house , so you 're going to have to point me in the right direction ! ’ |
| 24 | just enough to leave me with a strange sense |
| 25 | As my bus drives up to ease me from the pitiful world outside , Clary waves , a week hand emerging from his dark shadow huddled from the cold . |
| 26 | The words and melodies of the hymns used during the day all helped to put me in a receptive mood . |
| 27 | To fly me to the small airport outside Freiburg near the Black Forest . ’ |
| 28 | Even before I had learned to walk my eldest sister used to dump me in an orange box on the pavement next to Granpa 's pitch just to be sure I could start my apprenticeship early . |
| 29 | If you will be good enough to furnish me with the necessary linen , I will take it upon myself to make Lady Merchiston a degree more comfortable . ’ |
| 30 | The implied judgement on me , Vicky 's notional partner , should have been enough to send me into a screaming spiral of paranoid depression . |