Example sentences of "[vb past] me [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lowered me into a chair at the foot of the stairs and stood above me critically . |
| 2 | Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified . |
| 3 | The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian . |
| 4 | She leaned in and pecked me on the lips . |
| 5 | ‘ He met me at the station … ’ |
| 6 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 7 | Rich and Syb met me at the station . |
| 8 | My faithful driver , Murphy , met me at the gate , taking my bags and walking me past the vagrants and money changers to his car , an old American model that had become something of a collector 's item . |
| 9 | On the appointed Saturday in October , Micky met me at the railway station and drove me ( in a fairly elderly Morris Oxford with a canvas hood ) right down the High as far as the University Church , and there he parked ( no problem then ) . |
| 10 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 11 | But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me . |
| 12 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 13 | you met me with an exalted smile |
| 14 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 15 | You would n't recognise me if you met me in the bath . ’ |
| 16 | Ashley met me in the Jac that night , listened to my woes , bought me drink when I ran out of money ( I 'm sure I was short-changed at the bar ) even though she probably had less dosh than I did , and listened to my woes all over again when we went back to her mum 's and sat up till God knows when , talking low so we would n't wake Dean in the next room . |
| 17 | My father met me in the kitchen . |
| 18 | P : I was coming home from a party with Robert Mitchum drinking cider when one of Shane 's gang came out and stabbed me in the arm … ( goes on for about ten more pages — Freudian Ed ) |
| 19 | He smiled too , and stabbed me in the gut with the gun-barrel hard enough to make me suck in my breath . |
| 20 | He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor . |
| 21 | When I left in December 1928 he succeeded me in the house as Captain of Games . |
| 22 | Asked by police what had happened , Mr Graham said : ‘ He attacked me with a hammer and I stabbed him . ’ |
| 23 | That is why they attacked me with a bomb . |
| 24 | When it came to boxing , Reg Witter paired me with a bigger boy called Charlie Featherstone , who happened to be quite a friend of mine . |
| 25 | ‘ But somehow that mistake sort of propelled me into an approach which is still very significant to what I do . |
| 26 | Seeing my stricken face the producer tried to offer some comfort and advice as he propelled me through the studio door . |
| 27 | He propelled me off the terrace and through the shuttered dining-room . |
| 28 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 29 | Pahdra Singh mounted the pavement in his Bentley this morning and pinned me to the window of the Wimpy Bar . |
| 30 | Clad in a sparkly jacket and a long black skirt , wreathed in silly string and clumps and strands of paper streamers from party poppers , her long hair bunned , she enveloped me in a very friendly kiss , breathing whisky and wine fumes . |