Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] me [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 2 | The thing that upset me most is the verbal abuse . |
| 3 | The dank smell of the water was not unpleasant , and for years the scent of la Sologne that enveloped me that night would pierce my memory : a combination of stagnant water , slime , wild mushrooms , wispy dry grasses , sand and well-hung game . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's your friendship with my mother that worries me most ! ’ she said stiffly , her cheeks flushing under the cool gaze he returned . |
| 5 | I can honestly say I hardly do any work , even though I am involved in various projects that occupy me most weekdays and some evenings . |
| 6 | In fact when I er er periods started it was them that told me all about it not me mother and did n't never think then about st er sex or anything , not a thing , I was as innocent as day was born when I was eighteen . |
| 7 | Luce sighed , then said worriedly , ‘ The thing that concerns me most is what could have happened to the ring ? ’ |
| 8 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 9 | I got pregnant because you spent all my life filling my head with romantic ideas rather than giving me any practical advice . |
| 10 | A thing that worried me all through the deliberations … was this : supposing we made all the right recommendations and supposing the Government gave effect to them in legislation , how long would it be before the judges turned everything upside down ? |
| 11 | ‘ I decided that I had to put the headmaster in a position to answer and it was this problem that worried me most — more than the outrageous charges against myself and the effect on my family . |
| 12 | For example , ‘ Thank you , I think that tells me all I need to know about your previous jobs . |
| 13 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |
| 14 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
| 15 | You tell me where there 's a union 'll get me a job that pays me any more to go off at half-past three — ’ |
| 16 | On the way to my next appointment with Denis King , a piano and some Joyce Grenfell songs , I stopped at a nearby theatre to smile winsomely at the box office boys in the hope that they 'd recognize me , in spite of my Titian disguise , and sell me some tickets for their sell-out play . |
| 17 | Little did I know that my brief interlude in the north would stretch to eight years , bring me many more undreamed of adventures at sea in fantastic scenery and make me many very good lifelong friends in the islands of the West . |
| 18 | Run home at once , and bring me some gloves and a fan . |
| 19 | And bring me some coffee ! |
| 20 | Take it to Ligulf and bring me some meat . |
| 21 | ‘ Definitely , people have been respectful towards me and given me some free time . |
| 22 | Some months later , after his treatment had ended , he wrote and told me that , during his summer holiday , his curiosity had led him to visit Bristol and its surroundings — and he had had the somewhat strange experience of finding his former name on a Parish Register in the district of Yate . |
| 23 | When my elder son was born and I was having difficulty in breast-feeding him , my mother sympathised with me and told me that , just after I was born , she had had an abscess on one of her breasts and found feeding me something of an ordeal . |
| 24 | She 's just been in here and told me that my Yorkshire pudding ! |
| 25 | ‘ The Professor came to see me yesterday evening , and told me all of it . |
| 26 | As I was recovering , Hannah , the housekeeper , came to sit with me , and told me all about the family . |
| 27 | We 're running out of time as usual , so if I can just come to that final line to you to consider and give me some views on them before you go . |
| 28 | just so many bits and pieces to do , I need to come and get this to come and give me some further comments |
| 29 | And me , he took me round to the YMCA locker room and photographed me half dressed . |
| 30 | Sopworth smiled , extended the bottle and poured me another half inch . |