Example sentences of "[prep] me [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 They took it off me after that . ’
2 In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set .
3 My presence disturbed them and they flew screaming about me for many minutes until they tired and began to settle on the dark water .
4 Leith was having difficulty in equating this caring-sounding Naylor with the aggressive brute she had tangled with last night when Travis revealed , ‘ But it was my mother who rang him on Friday and , it seems , confessed — something I 'd been too preoccupied to have noticed — that she 'd been worried about me for some while .
5 Does Honor care about me like that ? "
6 ‘ It would n't actually trouble me if men thought about me in that way .
7 ‘ What about me in all this ? ’
8 Me and Matt doing our own stunts ( good old Norman really screwed the dollars up for me on that clause ) .
9 He had lost his confidence and was standing off and that made things so much easier for me on that occasion . ’
10 So put down , I 've only just missed two things out on health , there was the breathing and erm should be standing in for me on all four feet behind but not four it 's quite normal
11 And I do n't think it would do any good for me on this programme , or any of my colleagues , and of course the media will be now all over the place trying to achieve this .
12 You have had no consideration for me at all ; I doubt if you ever loved me .
13 I have a very stable relationship , and also with my child , and I know that it would be very difficult for us to split up , but I do n't see why a bit of paper or a lovely ball gown , or a nice cake , will make it any better for me at all ?
14 He did n't really care for me at all : it was my money he was interested in .
15 Suppose that my friend was not looking for me at all .
16 If the term ‘ middle age ’ has any meaning for me at all , it is in the adjective .
17 If you 've ever had any love for me at all — ’
18 Blitzer Last and definitely least , this is a cross between Defender and Lunar Lander , and it just does n't work for me at all .
19 They do n't do anything for me at all .
20 They done nothing for me at all !
21 ‘ They did not seem to be ready for me at all , ’ said Hill .
22 It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort .
23 ‘ Shee-it , ’ I said , and felt guilty that I was leaving the island without sharing the chicken dinner that Sarah Straker was doubtless cooking for me at that very moment .
24 I had about ten staff working for me at that time , all girls and women , supervised by the Senior Clerkess , Emily Lightbody .
25 For me at any rate , ‘ I reply .
26 The combination of purple-red flowers and cream variegated foliage of Buddleia davidii ‘ Harlequin ’ may not suit all tastes but least appealing of all , for me at any rate , is the purple-flowered phlox , also called ‘ Harlequin ’ , whose leaves are generously splashed with cream , a combination which does not work for me .
27 It 's certainly never anything stronger than that , for me at any rate , but the guests can have what they like .
28 A parallel pleasure and comfort , for me at any rate , was to watch the Jews .
29 ‘ We were looking forward to going seven points clear for Christmas but four will do for me at this stage . ’
30 The main thing for me at this stage in my career is to be in a well organised team which will help me win the 250 World Championship .
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