Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much love to you both — and renewed thanks for including me last week . |
| 2 | Thanks for seeing me this evening er |
| 3 | Right that 's , that 's , that 's lovely Ian anyway thanks very much for seeing me this evening erm well as I say I 'll go away and prepare some figures and then I 'll , I 'll see you what , what say Wednesday next week ? |
| 4 | I could see no reason for keeping me alive . |
| 5 | " I 'm right grateful to ye for gettin' me this grand dog . |
| 6 | What if , like my poor neighbour , I was to be so riddled with cancer , that after cutting me open , they just sewed me up and sent me home ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm afraid you wo n't have the pleasure of seeing me onstage . |
| 8 | I said well she could n't of told me any more could she ? |
| 9 | You might say it as a boast — perhaps in the hope of rendering me envious or jealous . |
| 10 | In another store one sales assistant stopped short of calling me stupid when I commented that a certain guitar was n't to my taste and a bit cheap-looking . |
| 11 | I wished I could have screens put round my bed like the really sick people had , so that instead of giving me sidelong glances of pity because I had no visitors , people would drop their voices and whisper sepulchrally to interested outsiders , " Poor little thing — she 's dying , you know . " |
| 12 | And the next time it happens I remember this , but instead of making me determined to do better , I freeze again . |
| 13 | I am therefore today asking you for her hand , for no one else is capable of making me happy nor more fitted to wear a crown . |
| 14 | Instead of making me happy , |
| 15 | In the case of upshot , it is the illocutionary or perlocutionary force , what the speaker is trying to do with his or her words , which is made explicit , and this may be prefaced by utterances like : ‘ Are you trying to annoy me ? ’ or ‘ What 's the point of telling me this ? ’ or ‘ I was only trying to be friendly ’ . |
| 16 | Were you thinking of visiting me this morning ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Master Parry , ’ he said , ‘ I must thank you for granting me this interview , so strangely requested . |
| 18 | Now down to business I would like to thank the executive for awarding me this gold badge . |
| 19 | thanks Elaine , for getting me that . |
| 20 | ‘ Then thank you for getting me any work at ail . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You are not the one apt for wishing me that , Mariot , ’ he told her . |
| 22 | I am still waiting for to give me one or two ideas for his 18th birthday present — though I shall make the final decision ! ! |
| 23 | THANK YOU , J R SMITH OF CANTERBURY , for sending me this cutting from the Canterbury Extra , offering the ultimate Austin for sale … |
| 24 | ‘ Hey , did you say something about buying me some lunch , or is that just an approach to win a girl 's confidence ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ You think I talked Peter into giving me those earrings , do n't you ? |
| 26 | She admitted that , ‘ even though you knew that what you said did n't matter ’ , it was a daunting experience ; in fact ‘ afterwards , counsel apologised for giving me such a hard time ’ . |
| 27 | But I thank You for giving me this sight of a life of Truth . |
| 28 | Thanks for giving me this stuff . |
| 29 | Thank you for giving me brief details of the grounds maintenance agreed for Scorton Playing Field when I spoke to you on the phone recently . |
| 30 | Well , Stan Bowes , thank you very much indeed for joining me this afternoon — Stan Bowes , head of marketing for Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board and helping with this look at the tourist industry . |