Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] me [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 2 | She made me get in the driver 's side and we followed a Volga police car and did a careful legal speed all the way into town . |
| 3 | Well if you let me know at the meeting then I 'll . . |
| 4 | If you let me know at the meeting and . |
| 5 | When she hears me come into the room she does n't look round or say ‘ Hello ’ . |
| 6 | Okay could you let me talk to the driver ? |
| 7 | Roy Davey , managing director of both HarperCollins Educational and Children 's divisions , ventured that ‘ I am not sure whether you see me cast in the role of partner or competitor ’ , a question clearly lingering in minds on both sides . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , they made me go into the army . |
| 9 | They made me go through the whole thing three times , though I had hardly anything to tell them . |
| 10 | People had gone up to a house and been knocking on the door waiting for someone to come because the light had come on and they thought there must be somebody in because they switched the light on when they saw me come up the drive , and these are visitors . |
| 11 | I made him let me walk in the cellar this morning . |
| 12 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 13 | Then he made me look at the windows . |
| 14 | Nearby the sea terns and eider ducks were nesting , the ducks beautifully camouflaged , sitting tight as long as they could , then moving quickly to reveal eggs of a gorgeous sage green looking so warm in their nest of breast feathers that it made me long for the comforts of my sleeping bag . |
| 15 | It made me think of the Palace Hotel . |
| 16 | Too much space and too much light in this courtyard : it made me think of the difference between his face and mine . |
| 17 | But it made me think of the voice that sent us to the bar ; he whispered then . |
| 18 | He watched me deal with the piglets and said he would call me when he needed a vet . ’ |
| 19 | The garage attendant , who almost called in a SWAT team when he saw me arrive that morning , had a few more palpitations when he watched me climb in the back seat and start peeling off my biker 's gear . |
| 20 | Then he makes me go round the shop with him and pick out flowers that are blue or white , nothing else . |
| 21 | The next time he makes me stand in the rain when I need answers to questions , he may well be treated to a proverbial Glasgow kiss , but I do wish those who choose to criticise him ( and , given his superb all-round game , his one Major title does deserve scrutiny ) would give some consideration before they complain . |
| 22 | It makes me cringe into the smelly upholstery of his battered armchair . |