Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] to me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you , I was n't gon na tell anybody she was writing to me anyway ! |
| 2 | She was talking to me just now , before you put your oar in . |
| 3 | you know , this woman that I , goes down the school that talks , who I talked to , she knew from Peterborough and I think she 's German , she 's got an accent , I 'm sure for certain she 's German , anyway she 's got twins in Robert 's class and she was talking to me today and she was telling me her husband moved out to move from Peterborough with his job so I said what does he do ? and she said he 's a scientist , so I said oh is he ? , |
| 4 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |
| 5 | It was said to me recently , by a railway enthusiast , no less , that , when you have a car , the only cost in using it is the petrol . |
| 6 | It was put to me recently that a guitar 's country of origin is irrelevant when determining its overall quality in the market place . |
| 7 | It was put to me very forcibly by the junior doctors that unless they had the power to withdraw their labour , how else could they ‘ get their rights ’ ? |
| 8 | His ball had gone into deep rough and I noticed he was walking toward it much faster than usual and he was talking to me faster . |
| 9 | He was illustrating to me how he would play it , but I did n't catch on immediately . |