Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I should regard me with the contempt with which I myself regard the more vulgar visitors . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You may thank me for the breakfast , ’ McAllister said , sitting down to attack her own meal with vigour , ‘ but the weather — now that , alas , is beyond me . |
| 3 | You 're my family , and you must meet me at the bridge . ’ |
| 4 | I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you . |
| 5 | After his energetic verse Cade 's prose shows that medium at its most laboured and puffy : ‘ Has my sword therefore broke through London gates , that you should leave me at the white Hart in Southwark ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ My dear officers , ’ said a rather breathless but still well modulated voice , ‘ of what am I accused that you should treat me like the nucleus of a civil rights demonstration ? |
| 7 | I thought you might drive me to the station . ’ |
| 8 | Now Welsh M P , this is quite funny , has moved the motion if you 'll excuse me on the subject of public loos . |
| 9 | You 'll send me to the churchyard one day ! |
| 10 | One of these days you 'll lead me across the road . |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll push me in the canal ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If you 'll take me to the concert in the cloisters at Pollensa this weekend . ’ |
| 13 | " Then you 'll take me into the organization ? " |
| 14 | Perhaps she could smell me through the door . |
| 15 | She uttered something loud and incomprehensible in Dutch and told me she 'd meet me at the coffee shop later . |
| 16 | Be very specific in spelling out desired actions , avoid being vague ( not ‘ I wish she 'd be more helpful ’ but ‘ I wish she 'd help me with the weekend shopping ’ ) . |
| 17 | ‘ You must think I was taking a lot for granted , sorting all this out before — well , before I even knew you 'd let me on the island , let alone still want me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps you could drop me at the nearest bus stop or railway station , ’ she added . |
| 19 | I would be grateful if you could inform me of the person in your department who would be dealing with the register of Wildlife Sites . |
| 20 | ‘ Andy , do you think you could drive me to the Sugar Bar ? ’ |
| 21 | Enthusiasm for the idea is great but I wonder if you could provide me with the following information ? |
| 22 | In theory , you could see me in the Sunshine Home for Impoverished Journalists in 40 years ' time , tripping the nurses over with my Zimmer frame in the hope that they 'll let me father their child . |
| 23 | Second point : although you obviously have such a low opinion of me that it does n't strain your credulity to believe that I was making love to two women at once , one of them married , I ca n't believe that even you could see me in the role of toy-boy . |
| 24 | Lucky for me that I got out before you could entice me into the ultimate folly of going to bed with you . ’ |
| 25 | She used to take me to the local baths in Penzance sometimes , because my grandmother insisted I had to learn to swim , even if I would n't go into the sea . |
| 26 | you used to wake me in the middle of the night when we were first married |
| 27 | Oi asked Miki from Lush if she would tell me about the birds and the bees but instead she twatted me with a flange pedal . |
| 28 | On my last full day in her house , Mrs Knelle declared that she would drive me through the mountains of Joyce 's Country to the edge of Connemara . |
| 29 | So I would congratulate her on her good prospects as a statesman , or she would warn me of the dangers of dancing all night ; but if the stars looked town they would be no more likely to see her on a rostrum than me on a dance-floor . |
| 30 | As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply . |