Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] me [subord] " 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 | She 'd come in to see me when she was dressed — always with so many jewels . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Whatever they do will personally sadden me because I do not want to see my constituency chopped up , ’ he said . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | George had brought him along to meet me when he joined the organisation . |
| 7 | next week so catch me if you want anything . |
| 8 | ‘ And nobody had better snap me when I 'm not looking . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | So tell me if I 've told you this before . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They were constantly asking me if there was any news of him and becoming increasingly anxious themselves by the lack of progress . |
| 15 | Many of the constituency cases with which I have dealt in recent months have especially worried me because they seem to show that the financial hardship now experienced by many students is especially severe for those who come from low-income families . |
| 16 | Said he only saw me because he knew I would bring a present . ’ |
| 17 | You 'd better tell me before you run out of breath , lovey . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'd better leave me before I lose my temper with you , girl , and say something I 'll be sorry for . ’ |
| 19 | Could he perhaps tell me whether , in the light of statistics regarding child abuse in the home , parents , too , should be banned ? |
| 20 | Just as unc so a step " up " and a step " down " added together leave me where I started with zero displacement ) . |
| 21 | You know Charles only married me because he wanted a dizzy blonde to boost his ego ! ’ |
| 22 | Mum keeps coming in to ask me if I feel ill . |
| 23 | Only see me as I write this , throbbing with love and passion , yearning to kiss you , to talk with you . |
| 24 | Nobody wanted to be cruel enough to hurt me because they thought I was so vulnerable at that time and I really wish I 'd been told that I looked disgusting ! |
| 25 | Sister Paul would pretend not to see me as I hung about outside around the staffroom to see her pass by for the third time that day . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , I think that this needs saying , quite calmly and objectively , in this commentary , which will not spare me when I have done badly or in the wrong spirit or left half-done , but will not either , in a spirit of false modesty , gloss over those things in my life and work which have been a success , even , mildly , a triumph . |
| 27 | He just asked me if I knew where she was and then I watched him disappear out of the room . |
| 28 | Indeed , I have every reason to believe that Father did not regard me as decorative at all . |
| 29 | I can trust Hugo not to treat me as I have Ken treat Wendy in Lover at the Gate and , if he did , I would never indulge him as Wendy did Ken . |
| 30 | He recognised himself , but did not recognise me when we switched on The Railway Children some months ago . |