Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] me [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mellowes has assigned me to the duties of the administrative assistants , then to those of the statistical clerks . |
| 2 | Agnes nodded and smiled at her ; then , as Nan came behind the counter , she whispered to her , ‘ His lordship has reminded me of the time . |
| 3 | The feeble God has stabbed me to the heart . ’ |
| 4 | Lewis added : ‘ Bowe 's stripping has robbed me of the chance of beating him in the ring . |
| 5 | I think being a bit older has helped me with the course . |
| 6 | Deeper study has convinced me of the opposite . |
| 7 | But it has bothered me since the turn of the year . |
| 8 | A person who is prepared to be named — I shall give the information if called to do so — has told me about the discrimination on training in a trust hospital in Leeds . |
| 9 | Master Peachey has told me of the succession and how important it is to unite nations through contracts of marriage . ’ |
| 10 | That dialogue has lead me to the point of issuing a joint statement with Mr Addams . |
| 11 | Marcos fairy tale A touching story has reached me from the Manila Times of how Ferdinand Marcos had planned to bequeath more than £2.5bn in gold to his beloved people , but fell ill before he could sign the will . |
| 12 | Now that my hon. Friend has brought me to the matter , it is right to put on record the comments of the chairman of British Coal in the press release . |
| 13 | That experience , which has brought me to the province so often , has given me a very deep sense of admiration for the resilience and warmth of the people . ’ |
| 14 | My experience in England has led me to the conclusion that most people are unable to see me whole . |
| 15 | My own experience has led me to the conclusion that at the present stage of development of comprehensive education , a purely individual-based approach to support teaching is likely to prove counterproductive for a combination of three reasons : |
| 16 | I 'm the female lead , the hero has to get me at the end . |
| 17 | Rye praises the IT she has received : ‘ The project has kept me off the streets and taught me useful things like carpentry . |
| 18 | Mr Lawler has sent me from The Haven to collect the thirty brace of grouse he ordered , ’ Maggie said with a smile . |
| 19 | One of the things that has puzzled me over the years is the obsession with high protein baits . |
| 20 | A local man offers to ferry me across the fjord and I am soon on the way to Holt . |
| 21 | she , keeps checking me for the thyroid as well now , every time I go and the tablets are all going haywire , she takes a blood test , a blood thing you know , your pulse every time I go |
| 22 | PICASSO keeps taking me to the Rotonde , ’ the rising young poet Jean Cocteau wrote to a friend in 1916 . |
| 23 | She keeps poking me in the side with every step . |
| 24 | Crilly tries to coax me into the booth but I shrug out from under his arms and make an excuse about the family . |
| 25 | I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year . |
| 26 | He 's picked me for the Jack Gannon , and I 'm four months under age , and he says Hermia 's really improved . ’ |
| 27 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 28 | ‘ Angry though he 's made me in the past , he is a good lad . |
| 29 | We talked about things going wrong , one of the things that 's disturbed me about the tone of the discussion has been the emphasis of rights . |
| 30 | Because I believe , that only through him , what he 's told me about the club , that it 's a nice club , a nice base for me to start off my career , because that 's what I really am doing . |