Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] me [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They pulled me up off the floor with my hands up behind my back and they were walking me out of the chemist with my arms up and my head pushed down and one of them was kicking me in the back of my legs to get me over to the car . |
| 2 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |
| 3 | The DHSS were playing me up over the removal grant , so one of my sons went up to the house to see if there were any letters — everything had been smashed , crocks were smashed and the beds were slashed . |
| 4 | ‘ As he was knocking me all around the ring , ’ said Holyfield , ‘ I thought he 'll miss soon and maybe I 'll get the chance to knock him out . ’ |
| 5 | The elephants were n't swimming in the pond , they were floating on their backs , and one of them was balancing me gently on the flat tops of its upturned feet . |
| 6 | Without speaking or smiling , he was holding me tightly round the waist , as if he would never let go . |
| 7 | I managed some breakfast , met up with Colin 's coach Malcolm Arnold who was taking me down to the track , and we walked in the sunshine to where the buses waited to run the shuttle to the Olympic Stadium . |
| 8 | The knitting was in her lap and she was regarding me steadily over the spectacles . |
| 9 | I needed you so badly and all you ever did to me was cut me down at the knees . ’ |
| 10 | Fortunately , my persistent ‘ need to know ’ was to get me there in the end . |
| 11 | Scamp turned to reach down into one of the boxes of groceries that were scattered over the floor but I did n't see what he was after as Nevil was lifting me up by the shoulders . |
| 12 | But facing me in the nets for two winters , he got to know my bowling inside out and by the end of our stay in Cape Town he was hammering me all around the practice area . |
| 13 | As they were knocking them down , Corman was following me around with the camera directing my speaking parts . |