Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] me [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She had come north , summoned by a War Office telegram to see me that first time . |
| 2 | ‘ Was it worth so great a violation to do me such a little hurt ? ’ |
| 3 | could you find that warm duvet to keep me warm . |
| 4 | I 'd slipped out of bed , leaving Margot the launderess and her sister Phoebe gently snoring ( they sleep on either side to keep me warm ) , and crept downstairs to my secret chamber , behind the high table in the Great Hall . |
| 5 | Did you make any attempt to get me free ? ’ |
| 6 | I was still handed a second to cause me extra hassle . |
| 7 | I doubt she has the technical skill to keep me static for very long , but she certainly has acquired just enough understanding of particle physics and the footnotes to the hard-to-find tenth-century Babylonian edition of The Sword of Moses to slow me down just long enough to cramp my style . |
| 8 | ‘ Why could n't you have waited until your mother was home to ask me all these things ? |
| 9 | I thought when I first came here that I hated what she was trying to do to me and then I came to see that the clothes , the manners , the society , all those things were part of a process , a process to give me enough confidence to do what I liked , not to live in eternal dread of insignificance and error . |
| 10 | No need to phone me first — |
| 11 | All might still have been well , if he had n't , in a desire to make me happier stood away from me and said , " You look lovely . " |
| 12 | Then , hammering home his point , ‘ And she had no need to tell me that . ’ |
| 13 | The Typical Chinese Dishes with plenty of good hot coffee on top of them seemed to combine with the heating in the place to make me sleepy . |
| 14 | Cheek to tell me good luck . |
| 15 | And I got the Engine Room boys in the basement to give me three photocopies of our Romanian friend . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 17 | ‘ My dear , since we first came to this terrible place you are the only person to show me true consideration . ’ |
| 18 | The best I can hope for is to be dragged home and given stuff to make me manageable . |
| 19 | It 's Maui Waui , I got my surfer-ex to send me some . |
| 20 | Grand Lodge Librarian and Curator John Hamill made it his first priority to assure me that ‘ freemasonry contains neither pagan nor occult practices ’ . |
| 21 | Am I sufficiently interested in my question or topic to keep me interested over the necessary time period ? |
| 22 | I had enough homework to keep me busy for most of the day . |
| 23 | ‘ I usually grow it like a sheepdog to keep me warm in winter , ’ he said at the time . |
| 24 | I 've a tavern and a horse-thieving trade to keep me busy . ’ |
| 25 | Somebody went to a lot of trouble to get me that . |
| 26 | No doubt I will request our librarian to get me some of the original references cited but my point is that surely Chemistry in Britain is written for the general interest and education of chemists and ought to be comprehensible to the reasonably trained chemist . |
| 27 | Now , I did eventually get my father to tell me this ; and , according to him , it was just as he choked the last struggling life out of the dog that he heard another scream , this time from above , and inside the house , and that was the boy they called Paul being born . |
| 28 | Well , you deserve that , standin' by me like you did and givin' me your bed when I 'ad n't got a farthing to call me own . |
| 29 | Well thank you Chairman , I have to go back to last Wednesday afternoon , when I had a telephone call from a reporter from the Eastern Daily Press asking me to make a statement on the press release by Suffolk County Council stating that the Bungay bypass has been abandoned well Chairman I have to say that I was somewhat erm put out , because I did I disappoint I think because they , the Highway Department did n't have the courtesy to inform me first , and you can well imagine how I felt er having received this news . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'll go out and eat , ’ she said quickly , ‘ I 'll get ready , ’ and she twisted away to the bathroom , which also served as her wardrobe , and slammed the door to leave me alone with McIllvanney and Bellybutton . |