Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] me [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the floor needs washing , okay , I wo n't wash it , but I know it needs washing and it 'll go on nagging me until I 've washed it — so you ca n't win really . |
| 2 | ‘ The thing that most impresses me and most encourages my students when I use Streamline is that Streamline is an audiovisual course . |
| 3 | As we pored over his crippled handwriting I felt a steady heat coming from his body like an aura which slowly enveloped me and seemed to penetrate the very marrow of my bones . |
| 4 | When I was in police custody the doctor came in to see me and gave me some tablets and I 'm asking you for some now . ’ |
| 5 | She 'd come in to see me when she was dressed — always with so many jewels . |
| 6 | About midday on 29th. the Navy in Malta suddenly asked me whether I could search along the Greek coast for the remnants of the Italian Fleet which was believed to be escaping northwards . |
| 7 | In 1537 Ralph Sadler complained to Cromwell about the probable consequences of an enforced withdrawal : ‘ My absence from the court will so much hinder me that I shall never be able to recover . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Whatever they do will personally sadden me because I do not want to see my constituency chopped up , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Two assailants were pressing Agrippa whilst the other three had apparently forgotten me and were intent on bringing my master down . |
| 10 | Love and attention being the rewards of infantile behaviour , it only amazes me that I did not think of the idea sooner . |
| 11 | The mail will probably take a couple of days longer to reach you from Sian , & no doubt we 'll be very busy when we get there , so forgive me if you do n't hear from me for a little while . |
| 12 | George had brought him along to meet me when he joined the organisation . |
| 13 | He apparently regarded me and one or two others as his brighter prospects . |
| 14 | next week so catch me if you want anything . |
| 15 | ‘ And nobody had better snap me when I 'm not looking . ’ |
| 16 | No , she only told me that the other day yeah she is |
| 17 | The ruling not only hurts me but every other artist ’ , Koons added . |
| 18 | I had been working as a dai ( midwife ) for the Government since 1974 , but I resigned when they stopped paying my salary and only paid me if I brought in patients to be sterilized . |
| 19 | But I do not mean to suggest either , he wrote , that it was all waiting and no doing , all sitting and no action , for though it was impossible to tell when the beginning would come , indeed , he wrote , there could not have been a real beginning if it had been possible to tell , for if it had been possible to tell that would have meant that there had already been a beginning , no , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , occasionally things were done , work was begun , though it was soon abandoned , it added up to nothing , it only showed me that I had been mistaken in thinking that I had indeed started . |
| 20 | The letter inside informed me that Mrs J. Gargery had died the previous Monday , and that the burial would be next Monday , at 3 p.m . |
| 21 | Marc Boyle was brought in to help me and , when everything was ready , he and I stood Michael on a wooden tray , lifted it up and threw him through the roof . ’ |
| 22 | Without such pressure even my execution at the hands of the Khad was a possibility … your efforts and support greatly encouraged me and my family , for when I came to know of them I was indeed strengthened by them . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Unemployment is something that personally concerns me because I have been at the edge of unemployment all my life , ’ added the 42-year-old who speaks highly of the quality of the environment on Teesside , a much richer and more vibrant and pleasant place in which to live than he had imagined . |
| 24 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 25 | So erm and the other thing was the erm the maternity bill er what is the other one that so interests me that , I 've got my two favourites , erm and that is the cervical , the cancer smear test . |
| 26 | So tell me if I 've told you this before . |
| 27 | And McAvennie , 32 , who laid on Dalian Atkinson 's Villa goal to rock the Saints , says : ‘ Ron had better sign me before I fade away completely . |
| 28 | The walk to the town centre is long enough to invigorate me and short enough to avoid getting miserable from the cold . |
| 29 | If you feel you would like to go to a group but feel uneasy about going to the first one alone contact me and I will arrange for someone to take you and introduce you . |
| 30 | They were constantly asking me if there was any news of him and becoming increasingly anxious themselves by the lack of progress . |