Example sentences of "[vb past] me [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is the issue is that you expected me to stay and I did n't . |
| 2 | They asked me to go and stay with them , away from the place where the burglary had taken place . |
| 3 | And she ke , said yo when th , one day when there was , went out for play time quarter of an hour they rang the bell , she asked me to stop and help her with some papers . |
| 4 | He asked me to try and get him a map but this was a difficult thing to do in a place the size of Fontanellato , where hardly anyone possessed even an atlas of the world . |
| 5 | Your father asked me to try and talk you out of this engagement , to try and find out what you felt about this boy . |
| 6 | Raised his cap with a pretty gesture , blushed to his eyes and asked me to come and see his work . ’ |
| 7 | I just went from person to person and asked if they needed help when a policeman asked me to come and take a look at Johnathan . |
| 8 | At their recent meeting Nether Wyresdale Parish Council asked me to write and thank you for allowing the seat from Snowhill to be kept on your property after it had been removed from its base . |
| 9 | Well I got me shopping and it cost me forty summat one . |
| 10 | THE film made me laugh and I really loved it when Kevin set the traps for the two bad men . |
| 11 | A man who made me laugh and feel better . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I was attracted to it because the script made me laugh and it 's a splendid play . |
| 13 | She made me go and ask your Mum for it . |
| 14 | So , so erm wh which , you know , made me smile and I 'm sure it did everybody else but whenever you were asking a question to Martin you , you started laughing as you were telling it erm and that 's I do n't think that I would actually have |
| 15 | I could have just walked past him in silence , but something made me turn and say quickly , before I could stop myself , ‘ Thank you , Mr Rochester , for your great kindness . |
| 16 | They made me look and sound like a freak : ‘ Gon na build a mown-tine . ’ |
| 17 | A child 's breathless wailing calmed by the firm slap of the father 's hand , a dead ant revived by the careless press of a passing sole , a wounded finger healed and sealed by the knife 's blade : anything like that made me flinch and veer . |
| 18 | He invited me to go and see the Church in Africa and fortunately I accepted his invitation before he was recalled to become the APF director . |
| 19 | He invited me to go and live with him and I did . |
| 20 | Five years ago they invited me to go and spend Christmas with them . |
| 21 | Secretly he invited me to stay and help him in Blefuscu , but I no longer believed in the promises of kings or their officials , so I politely refused . |
| 22 | Buchan was living at Elsfield Manor near Oxford and invited me to come and see him : no one could have been more helpful and encouraging . |
| 23 | Five minutes later found me flinching and clenching . |
| 24 | She let me finish and then she said : ‘ That 's odd . |
| 25 | Quite suddenly , he let me go and his voice changed . |
| 26 | But he let me search and ch-ch-ch |
| 27 | Well erm I said if you want me to do it let me know and I 'll come and do it but just make well she 's cancelled before because once she had n't got the money and |
| 28 | The article helped me to cope and thanks also to my colleagues who heard the story dozens of times . |
| 29 | I had been freelancing reviews for NME , but always sent them by post , when the very nice man at Sounds poached me to go and do nice juicy features . |
| 30 | ‘ Cleg Jones advised me to come and see his brother , Dai is it ? ’ she asked tentatively . |