Example sentences of "have [verb] me [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Mellowes has assigned me to the duties of the administrative assistants , then to those of the statistical clerks . |
2 | Agnes nodded and smiled at her ; then , as Nan came behind the counter , she whispered to her , ‘ His lordship has reminded me of the time . |
3 | The feeble God has stabbed me to the heart . ’ |
4 | Lewis added : ‘ Bowe 's stripping has robbed me of the chance of beating him in the ring . |
5 | I think being a bit older has helped me with the course . |
6 | Deeper study has convinced me of the opposite . |
7 | But it has bothered me since the turn of the year . |
8 | A person who is prepared to be named — I shall give the information if called to do so — has told me about the discrimination on training in a trust hospital in Leeds . |
9 | Master Peachey has told me of the succession and how important it is to unite nations through contracts of marriage . ’ |
10 | That dialogue has lead me to the point of issuing a joint statement with Mr Addams . |
11 | Marcos fairy tale A touching story has reached me from the Manila Times of how Ferdinand Marcos had planned to bequeath more than £2.5bn in gold to his beloved people , but fell ill before he could sign the will . |
12 | Now that my hon. Friend has brought me to the matter , it is right to put on record the comments of the chairman of British Coal in the press release . |
13 | That experience , which has brought me to the province so often , has given me a very deep sense of admiration for the resilience and warmth of the people . ’ |
14 | My experience in England has led me to the conclusion that most people are unable to see me whole . |
15 | My own experience has led me to the conclusion that at the present stage of development of comprehensive education , a purely individual-based approach to support teaching is likely to prove counterproductive for a combination of three reasons : |
16 | I 'm the female lead , the hero has to get me at the end . |
17 | Rye praises the IT she has received : ‘ The project has kept me off the streets and taught me useful things like carpentry . |
18 | Mr Lawler has sent me from The Haven to collect the thirty brace of grouse he ordered , ’ Maggie said with a smile . |
19 | One of the things that has puzzled me over the years is the obsession with high protein baits . |
20 | Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it . |
21 | But at least he did n't spot that until he 'd got me on the committee . ’ |
22 | The two biffos would have come sneaking through the door , rubbing their hands and telling themselves they 'd got me by the balls , and I 'd have pointed the extinguisher and put out their fire . |
23 | Once he 'd introduced me to the Princess , he never said another word . ’ |
24 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
25 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
26 | Another five seconds and you 'd have had to scrape me off the underside of this thing . ’ |
27 | It was time to gird up my loins , the way the black skirts and white garotte of the preacher 's collar had boomed when my grandmother-who-was-not had taken me by the hand to church so many times . |
28 | ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said . |
29 | But if I had called out you would then have heard me across the stones . |
30 | When , sometimes , I think back on the beauty of life on a South Seas island , I start to wonder how fate could possibly have propelled me from the rain and bedraggled leafless winter trees of England to such distant enchantment . |