Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well … maybe one , ’ and he goes on to tell me that in 1967 he once served the Singing Postman ( whose career was then in its ascendance , as a result of his seminal work ‘ Av yew got a light , boy ? ’ ) with a vodka and orange juice as he returned from a triumphant evening at the Ipswich Folk Club . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't you want to go on kissing me ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 'll be OK for you to go on seeing me there . |
| 4 | ‘ And … ’ she said , putting her cheek against his , ‘ I want you to go on loving me . |
| 5 | Right all sit down show me how quiet er how quietly you can sit . |
| 6 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 7 | Well I got trapped under er under one of the er rocks that f fell down and then managed to get that off me leg and went to give assistance to er the machine-man , the man on the machine which er trapped as well and er realized then that me leg had me leg was broken so took me down the end of the road and managed to get the stone off the lad and the machine and you got carried in to hospital . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister designate obviously viewed me with suspicion , as being closely associated with his predecessor . |
| 9 | It 's to sit down with the practice manager and say right tell me about these businesses . |
| 10 | Yet despite my criminal tendencies , this week 's news that Kenneth Clarke is planning to curb police powers against drivers has rather worried me . |
| 11 | But even just guessing has rather put me off Oliver at the moment . |
| 12 | ( One of the teachers whom I interviewed , and who did not comment on this question , has since told me that she used it with a class . |
| 13 | The next fish I hooked eventually snapped me after taking most of my line , but I was not worried . |
| 14 | I have been Ill recently and her sale has badly upset me . |
| 15 | Like him , my children have had to stand by helpless and in absolute panic while their father has brutally beaten me in front of them . |
| 16 | I 'm sure I catch something about meeting the Prime Minister.He bounds down to meet me , spruce and sporty in blazer and striped tie . |
| 17 | ‘ It took you long enough to recognise me … ’ |
| 18 | This is another aspect of my work with film that has so fascinated me : the physiognomy of a great orchestra when the players are really concentrating , really absorbed in the process of music-making . |
| 19 | I have this day received a letter from Dearest Mary about that which has so distressed me , your unbelievable decision to place Allegra in a convent — |
| 20 | Unusually in a debate of this kind , the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) has sat down leaving me with only 22 minutes in which to reply . |
| 21 | The Alexander Technique , which is a way of allowing the body and mind to work together in order to avoid muscular tension , has constantly helped me to be calmer in stressful situations . |
| 22 | ‘ Charles just dropped in to wish me luck , ’ Lesley-Jane supplied hastily . |
| 23 | After a short , complicated conversation in our melange of languages , she left me to battle with my clothes and the shower , returning only to tell me to come to the house of Sheikha Grandmother . |
| 24 | One day soon , Dr Kepepwe would do the trick — with luck before the war-damaged moved in to supplant me in her attentions . |
| 25 | If there 's anything you want just let me know and I 'll do my best . |
| 26 | ‘ I should be honoured to have your company at dinner , Miss Leonora X. Whenever you 're ready to come downstairs give me a shout and I 'll come and collect you . |
| 27 | He has not created me for nothing . |
| 28 | I think it an advantage to a student to have something to react against , but this has not led me to struggle to reach firm conclusions on every topic . |
| 29 | He is a good player and it has boosted everyone , but it has not spurred me on to greater efforts . |
| 30 | ‘ The manager has not given me any indication whether I will play but I am ready and it would be nice if I could . |