Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | My aggressiveness towards the adults around me for putting me in such an invidious position was certainly unacknowledged and unconscious , and had my sisters not told me of my bullying tactics — which I had conveniently forgotten — it is likely that I should not be able to acknowledge it even now . |
| 2 | But days and weeks passed , and Mrs Reed still said nothing about sending me to school . |
| 3 | I found myself hating them , hating myself for hating them , hating myself for wanting to say so , hating them for putting me in a position of wanting to say so . |
| 4 | But he did say that er it 'll take three weeks before he can get back to me about sending me to the Law |
| 5 | ‘ But since he has lied to me about marrying me , I will no longer keep his secrets . ’ |
| 6 | It 's the least you can tell me after keeping me waiting for an hour ! ’ |
| 7 | " I 'm right grateful to ye for gettin' me this grand dog . |
| 8 | ‘ As a new young photographer , he was being given a great opportunity and he could have spoilt things for himself by using me . ’ |
| 9 | After his retirement , I might try to persuade him to enjoy himself by accompanying me to whatever seaside resort the Conservative party attends for its conference next October — I will ensure his safety of passage into the hall — so that he can see how few pinstripe suits there are , let alone the mythical hats of which he spoke . |
| 10 | I was getting over the feeling of rejection instilled into me at St Aubyn 's , which by making me aggressive had deprived me of so much that Eton had to offer . |
| 11 | ‘ Thank you for hearing me out , Bill . |
| 12 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 13 | Look , David , thank you for helping me . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you for helping me , ’ she said coldly . |
| 15 | I only want you to know that I 'm very grateful to you for helping me become Joe 's apprentice . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Bless you for helping me out with the Watsons . |
| 17 | ‘ I told you , Murphy , that although I am immensely grateful to you for helping me to repair the shed to make a hen house and for finding me the things I need , these are my hens and I shall look after them . |
| 18 | Thank you for helping me . |
| 19 | At the same time , I would warn Obair * , the same as I would warn anybody setting up a scheme , to make sure that the scheme is properly run , to make sure that the scheme is n't used to take jobs away from either the domestics , the home helps or any other jobs in the health service — make sure that abuse is taken away and I certainly wish them luck in the future and I thank you for inviting me here to speak . |
| 20 | Thank you for inviting me to the information evening last week at St Thomas ' . |
| 21 | Mr Chairman thank you for inviting me to speak and I think there 's a preliminary for what to get a member of the Committee to propose the resolution and second it . |
| 22 | Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me . |
| 23 | Welcome and thank you for inviting me to your ceremony . |
| 24 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 25 | I thank you for setting me right , my dear . ’ |
| 26 | Thank you for providing me with an excellent short article for the summer edition of Rural Wales . |
| 27 | Thank you for providing me with two very appropriate slides of new housing in Ceredigion . |
| 28 | Thank you for trusting me . ’ |
| 29 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 30 | " Thank you for the tea — and thank you for allowing me to join your table . " |