Example sentences of "[vb past] [adj] [prep] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | As a small boy I recall a very old gamekeeper ( at least , he seemed old to me at the time ) talking of gypsies having tame stoats in captivity . |
2 | so I 've shared a room with erm this chap Tom who was er he had been in the First World War and er though he seemed old to me at the time , I suppose he was probably in his thirties and erm he joined the Home Guard and erm lived , because he was bombed out where he lived in he moved out to Coptock had accommodation out there and er he was in the unit at Coptock and so that used to take up quite a bit of his time and other erm members of staff were , of course also had fire watching and erm various civil defence activities , quite apart from the work on the A R P shifts . |
3 | ‘ Something about this entire operation never rang true for me from the start . |
4 | For it 's time they saw more of me in the south , Iago , where I shall not be expected . |
5 | Miss Butler said : ‘ He stood next to me in the lift and did not look at all shifty . |
6 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
7 | She sat next to me in the front while Walt occupied the back seat . |