Example sentences of "me [prep] the street " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a brief view of flailing arms and flying pans followed by a prolonged metallic clatter , then the little man reappeared like a projectile , turned right and sped away from me up the street . |
| 2 | saw her go past me up the street . |
| 3 | A cop grabbed my wrist and handy-helped me into the street . |
| 4 | I used to smile at the people who stopped me in the street , not knowing what they wanted at first , until I discovered that there were actually beggars in London . |
| 5 | Once , this woman from an agency stopped me in the street and offered me a job and I travelled to Manchester to her agency , but they said : you 'd need to lose a few pounds , and get rid of this spot , and things like that ; and I thought : I ca n't be bothered . |
| 6 | People rush up to me in the street , and ask to touch me . |
| 7 | Had my Pop passed me in the street , he would n't have recognised me . |
| 8 | ‘ You know , when they stop me in the street , at least half of them call me Mr Darcy . |
| 9 | Jenny , now happily married , cried when she heard her torturer was dead and said : ‘ I 'm relieved I will never again feel my stomach churn when a man with his silhouette passes me in the street ’ . |
| 10 | She thinks she has learned to control it but the label sticks : ‘ Policemen still stop me in the street and say : ‘ Hello Janet , who have you hit today ? ’ ’ . |
| 11 | I tried to improve it and I remember him screaming at me in the street after the first-night party in London . ’ |
| 12 | People stop me in the street , badger me |
| 13 | The wench was waiting for me in the street . |
| 14 | ‘ Men sometimes whistle at me in the street and it does n't bother me a bit . |
| 15 | ‘ People are stopping me in the street to ask about it . ’ |
| 16 | Nobody walks up to me in the street and says , ’ God , I think you 're really sexy . ’ |
| 17 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
| 18 | They accost me in the street every time I walk every time I walk down for money , they 're |
| 19 | P. E. A man dropped dead in front of me on the street and I took him to the mortuary and I got into trouble over it because I did n't search the body properly . |
| 20 | ‘ It got to the point that if someone looked at me on the street I thought they were responsible . ’ |
| 21 | I thought everyone was going to recognise me on the street , ’ Now his favourite leisure activities are watching television — ‘ I call it my sofa therapy ’ — and having friends over for dinner . |
| 22 | they come up knocking at my door asking me to teach them boxing and even stopping me on the street . |
| 23 | You know , every week pop fans stop me on the street , the noo . |
| 24 | You know , every week pop fans stop me on the street , the noo . |
| 25 | ‘ I saw a woman run out past me down the street with her clothes and hair on fire . |
| 26 | ‘ I saw a woman run out past me down the street with her clothes and hair on fire . |