Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [noun prp] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hoped a phone call late last night was going to be the chairman of Liverpool offering me the job of manager at Anfield . |
| 2 | Hashmat Ara Begum , a community worker in the Borough of Camden told me that she too had come across the most contemptuous attitudes among Health Visitors . |
| 3 | The mention of Frankenstein stopped me in mid-thought . |
| 4 | It was nearly dark when I woke up to the sound of Marcus calling me . |
| 5 | I 'm told it 's nothing personal ( it 's never anything personal in racing — a fellow who had just put me through the wing at Naas visited me in hospital to tell me it was nothing personal ) , but the end result is the same . |
| 6 | We start in ten days and I firmly rely on the goodness of Providence to grant me a safe and prosperous passage . |
| 7 | I doubt she has the technical skill to keep me static for very long , but she certainly has acquired just enough understanding of particle physics and the footnotes to the hard-to-find tenth-century Babylonian edition of The Sword of Moses to slow me down just long enough to cramp my style . |
| 8 | I do nt think so Steve , I 've just had mail from the postmaster at Oxford telling me I ca n't send mail , and to subscribe to the list ! ! |
| 9 | Later came the acute attacks of asthma — and the need for Caroline to pummel me ( it 's hilarious only in retrospect ! ) as I fought for breath . |
| 10 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 11 | ‘ The job in Brunei gives me the chance to manage rather than be in the background . ’ |
| 12 | Tony and Ann of the International Cafe and June , Jane and Paul of The Duke of Holland kept me suitably fed . |
| 13 | Only after they were built did the Manager of Shawcraft ask me why I had n't made the base more cone-shaped . |
| 14 | For once I was happy doing them because I had the thought of Sunday to cheer me up . |
| 15 | On returning to the UK my luck held , and a posting to the fringe of Lakeland enabled me to complete my shopping list on Dow , in Langdale , Dovedaly , and on Castle Rock . |
| 16 | He said , ‘ The hand of God saved me , Lucy . ’ |
| 17 | The Sheriff of Essex pays me a small stipend to ensure the seals on the doors and windows are not broken . ’ |
| 18 | I had already employed an attendant , Toril , who had come over from Norway at the end of July to help me during and after my move . |
| 19 | ‘ … your mother 's mother called the office this morning and then drove up all the way from Virginia to see me . |
| 20 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
| 21 | ‘ David Keys from The Independent in London sent me his articles , ’ said Marin , surprised that the national press and institutions concerned with the preservation of the cultural heritage had shown no knowledge of or interest in the silver , whose sale had been announced by Sotheby 's to loud fanfares the month before . |
| 22 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 23 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |