Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [to-vb] me " in BNC.
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| 31 | I do not expect my father to lend me money simply because he is a father . |
| 32 | Instead of inviting my patients to see me at 10-minute intervals — generally I offer them each 10 minutes of my time — I shall invite the lot to attend at 9 o'clock in the morning . |
| 33 | I wanted my friends to know me better than they had before . |
| 34 | and planted themselves in my path to watch me |
| 35 | I 'm shaking and finish the gin left in my glass to steady me . |
| 36 | It 's not expensive to live here and I earn enough from my lessons to keep me going . |
| 37 | My mother is holding my hand to stop me getting away across the foyer . |
| 38 | Opening the car door , the boy took my hand to lead me towards one side of a three-sided , bungalow-styled villa . |
| 39 | He greeted his brother nose to nose , welcomed the Omanis and took my hand to lead me up the steps of the family bungalow . |
| 40 | ‘ I think it is lovely — very perfect , ’ and he took my hand to lead me out , rattling off some Arabic which was too fast for me to catch but not too fast for the friends with him . |
| 41 | Helen was patient and attentive , holding my hand to calm me . |
| 42 | ‘ As long as we do n't miss the mosque , ’ Adam said , and took my hand to hurry me on , like a character out of Alice . |
| 43 | I therefore continued to stand there awkwardly , waiting for my employer to give me permission to undertake the motoring trip . |
| 44 | And I had the air in my clothes to hold me up , do n't forget . ’ |
| 45 | simply to shut off my brain to enable me to sleep , much the same as the |
| 46 | For example , I have never received a personal letter following my stay to thank me for my custom . |
| 47 | For my part , I pestered , lobbied and cajoled to get my bosses to send me over here . |
| 48 | ‘ It got so bad FBI agents had to stay at my house to protect me from religious extremists whipped up by their campaign . ’ |
| 49 | I did n't expect my family to visit me because it was too far , but they could have wrote . |
| 50 | He stopped and put his hand on my arm to hold me back . |
| 51 | He jumped out of his boat and caught my arm to steady me . |
| 52 | His other hand splays across my face to hold me down . |
| 53 | He pecks at my face to tell me it is all right . |
| 54 | ‘ I might have done , only I 'm expecting my brother to pin me , I do n't quite know when . |
| 55 | On the last day of that term , my final-year class all came up to my office to give me a ‘ thank-you ’ present . |
| 56 | Thanks to the wonderful invention of fax machines , which enable my office to send me the proofs and layouts to read and check , I was able to slip away to Forest Mere Health Hydro for six days . |
| 57 | I got my mother to take me to the dentist every week so I could run away from it . ’ |
| 58 | I drank again , scalding my throat to shock me awake . |
| 59 | I honour my company for its willingness to accept me and my idiosyncrasies . |
| 60 | They did pressure me quite a lot about how I looked , but I never gave in to their attempts to convert me to pink ; I wanted to look different , and in the main I was quite happy with my image . |