Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The registrar was regarding me over the top of his spectacles and trying not to look at his watch . |
| 4 | The next moment I was on the floor and one was kicking me and the other was hitting me in the face . |
| 5 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 6 | As I prowled about outside the garden wall , it came on me with a start that a young , man was regarding me over the barrel of a pistol . |
| 7 | He guessed rightly that little Didier Bluot was leading me into the cemetery and would direct me to Montaine 's grave . |
| 8 | Later we were to have several talks , but when I first arrived sick and ill and my GP went through the diagnosis , his greatest concern was to get me into the hands of a good specialist which he did with the utmost speed . |
| 9 | Another small farm was shown me as the place where the mother of a young baby had forgotten to place the poker over its cradle : as a consequence the child , unprotected by iron , had been stolen by the fairies and replaced by a ‘ changeling ’ . |
| 10 | The answer was staring me in the face . |
| 11 | I was in a shop once , buying scented candles , and on the radio came Steve Wright with a collage of Smiths ’ songs , and I got a distinct chill , almost as though the hand of death was tapping me on the shoulder , saying : ‘ put yer candles down , it 's time to go ! ’ ’ |
| 12 | I dreamt that my mother was calling me from the bottom of a deep , deep well . |