Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [noun prp] [noun] [verb] me " in BNC.

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1 ‘ When I returned to England , ’ he continued , ‘ I asked Bishop Thomas to recommend me for ordination to the priesthood .
2 I asked Miss Matlock to bring me up a thermos of soup and a plate of smoked salmon sandwiches at six o'clock .
3 ‘ So I got Laura Parslow to help me , and went to live in the East End , and the only work I could find , being such a fine lady and quite untrained , was as a maid-of-all-work , a skivvy , which I was by day , and wrote my column at night , when my work was over . ’
4 I allowed William Ash to bully me most of my life because I loved him , because I thought he was my father !
5 as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door .
6 I knew perfectly well when I allowed Karen Parsons to seduce me that I was not acting rightly .
7 I remember Germaine Greer slagged me off , but it was the best review because it was an intelligent one .
8 On the way , I remember Aunt Rachel telling me that a station was Rugby , which meant that we were then right in the centre of England , whilst a bit later on , I was told to look out to see the Welsh mountains .
9 I remember Jim Laker showing me his greatly distended index finger , the result of thousands of hours of actually spinning the ball on to a landing area the size of a pocket handkerchief .
10 Then I remembered Stephen Roskill telling me not to believe a word Mountbatten said or claimed unless it was corroborated from other sources .
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