Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] me [subord] " in BNC.

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1 One adoptive parent of a black child heard the child saying ‘ I 'm glad I 'm not black , the black children get teased ; but I do n't want to be brown either , because everyone notices me because I 'm different . ’
2 Someone asked me whether , I thought it 'd be a bit of fun But as I say nobody knows who you are , or what you 've said or anything so it does n't matter does it ?
3 I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film .
4 Someone telephoned me before the plane arrived .
5 Did I tell me when we got up to erm Newcastle we turned on the local news , they 'd had five inches of rain which is a winter 's rain in four days .
6 He said last night : ‘ I was scared for my daughter if they wanted to shoot anyone I wanted them to shoot me as I 've lived my life .
7 Nobody asked me if I was there , and it would do my career no good at all to have my name mentioned in a murder case .
8 Suddenly , out o' the blue , 'e asked me if I knew the Tunnel Mob .
9 And so it came to be that the bewitching gesture of her father 's secretary walking down the golden path ( which bewitched me when I saw the woman in the swimsuit take leave of the lifeguard ) had completely gone to sleep in her .
10 Well now , at the end of that six months I 'd had varied success , sometimes I had poor periods when I was n't detecting much , then I would have a little break , do better , but at the end of the six months nobody told me whether I was stopping there , but twenty years later I did go back to uniform as an inspector .
11 My main impression was that they both had very fair hair and small features , which surprised me because their photographs in the newspapers give a different impression , particularly in the case of Prince Charles .
12 he said in spite of the fact that I 've been in parliament for longer than he has , which surprised me cos I would n't have thought so this is the young Winston Churchill of course so the Chinese man said to him erm oh well the reason for that was that he had a famous grandfather
13 I enjoyed Richard who was a casual , almost brutal lover , his desire rising and spending itself as impatiently as mine , so that I did not have to suffer all that tedious , preliminary business of fondling and stroking , and I enjoyed my baby , which surprised me as I had not expected to .
14 Marcus appeared in next-door 's back garden which surprised me as last I knew he 'd been snoring under the duvet .
15 WHILE WALKING on the pavement last month , I received injuries which disabled me for for one week caused by a mountain bike .
16 Of the remaining varieties , red kidney beans are the most widely known , being a vital ingredient in chilli con carne , which strikes me as being second only to ham , egg and chips on the standard pub menu !
17 She hates me because I am beautiful , and she is not ; because I had three husbands , and she never married .
18 While I was sitting there , sipping my glass of hot , sweet Indian tea , I was approached by a shifty-looking man who asked me whether I could help him ; he had seen me with my camera ; could I help him mend his ?
19 Pensively I roamed through a housing estate , stopped by a bearded man who asked me if I knew where Number Fifty was .
20 You hate me when I turn up in the sexy German motor , you hate me when I ca n't turn up at all .
21 You hate me when I turn up in the sexy German motor , you hate me when I ca n't turn up at all .
22 You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it .
23 ‘ You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it .
24 ‘ God , would you fancy me if I said I was ?
25 " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message .
26 You asked me whether I thought we could trust the boy .
27 You asked me if there was anyone Barbara would protect , I can think of no one else . ’
28 Then when you asked me if you could have Bill for Thursday morning .
29 ‘ Where was I when you asked me if I wanted to marry a devious man like you ? ’
30 You asked me if the garage had returned my car , when you 'd got it under lock and key all the time ! ’
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