Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 2 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 3 | When I protested , they assured me that there would be no question of hiding me from the crowd . |
| 4 | For myself I do not care , but I do not want armed retainers terrifying my household by arresting me in the dead of night . ’ |
| 5 | The big boys tried to make me feel at home by taking me to the greasy spoon for a pie but what did I care for food as the table rang with drug quips and acerbic one-liners about Danielle Dax from Gavin Martin , James Brown and Danny Kelly . |
| 6 | The name reminded me of that , but the peculiar detachment of shock prevented the reminder from disturbing me in the slightest . |
| 7 | The tigress was undoubtedly familiar with every foot of the ground , and not having had an opportunity of killing me at the rocks — and her chance of bagging me at the first hairpin bend having been spoilt by the kakar — she was probably now making her way through the dense undergrowth to try to intercept me at the second bend . |
| 8 | He had a peculiar habit of sliding effortlessly from throwing me a bait to hitting me over the head with it . |
| 9 | Clive also attended , visibly gleeful that he had spared the school any undesirable publicity by unloading me in the nick of time . |
| 10 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |
| 11 | Each week he would sit me on his knee and , under the pretence of asking me about the things I 'd been doing at school , he would squeeze my thighs and waist . |
| 12 | But it is only fair to record that the lad who won the " best loser 's " medal broke his wrist on hitting me on the head ( watch this space ) as a flyweight ( special gilt one 1/9d ) , which led to a most embarrassing situation . |