Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authorities in Addis Ababa had undertaken to provide me with an escort of ten soldiers while I was among the Danakil . |
| 2 | Adventure Training put him in contact with me and after five days Bombardier Michael Goldsmith and a subaltern had come to see me from the Outer Hebrides with a view to offering an army vehicle . |
| 3 | The other exercises were designed to help me with a problem of co-ordination in hammer-ons and in string skipping . |
| 4 | I must take no notice of their politeness or kindness which was designed to trap me into giving information . |
| 5 | ‘ You have come to challenge me in mortal combat . ’ |
| 6 | and she said oh Fred 's just come to put me to bed , you know , he comes every night |
| 7 | I adopted a pose of cynicism — armour designed to protect me from ever feeling vulnerable again . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have ruled the armies of the Kha-Khan , and kings have come to petition me on their knees . ’ |
| 9 | I did indeed see him as a kind of Christ figure , perhaps as someone who had come to save me from myself , from my ineradicable loneliness of mind and soul . |
| 10 | There is nothing that is infinitely irresistible nor that is truly immovable , and as for the idea of a ‘ substance impossible to contain' — that , I decided , was a fiendish invention designed to get me into a muddle as I was sure that such a substance would be a manifest impossibility in practice . |
| 11 | Obviously a testimonial of this kind was not designed to endear me to a number of critics . |
| 12 | ‘ At first I thought it was a ploy — a ruse designed to panic me into running to her , but then something told me it was not . |
| 13 | ‘ Are you embarrassed to tell me about it ? ’ |
| 14 | Incidentally , you 've kind of forgotten to tell me about your visit to sonar . ’ |
| 15 | I can not remember whether he has arranged to visit me at Twickenham . |
| 16 | This man , Tepilit , was injured helping me with the filming of a lion hunt . |
| 17 | The bats just decided to smash me around the island , and for every bag of boundaries they hit they then made a mistake . |
| 18 | Even more exciting for me was the news that our Principal , Reg Clarke , had decided to entrust me with the command of the first of the 1.5 million pound cruisers to be named Searcher . |
| 19 | They 'd apparently already decided to loan me to Carlisle Flint . |
| 20 | Do you know what Shrimpy 's decided to buy me for my birthday ? |
| 21 | A wooden scooter he 'd made tipped me over the handlebars on its maiden voyage and he picked it up and smashed it to smithereens against a lamp-post , as if it were a cobra that had just delivered a fatal bite . |
| 22 | I do hope that positive arrangements are made to contact me in writing and that we can continue to work together to provide safe working conditions . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't feel resentful that God has decided to take me before my allotted span . |
| 24 | I had it done to remind me of a mistake from which I have learnt much , and of an ending which I have no cause to regret . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Now I hear the Pope has decided to bring me to trial . |
| 26 | ‘ In the meantime , Malachi here has kindly offered to drive me in his own trap anywhere I wish to go . ’ |
| 27 | And I did n't feel too good myself as the police officer helped wedge me into its driving seat and tried to shut the warped front door . |
| 28 | I had met her at the England-USA match in Birmingham and she had offered to help me with my career . |
| 29 | The words and melodies of the hymns used during the day all helped to put me in a receptive mood . |
| 30 | Lot number eighteen is the next to offer that 's the bronze model the bronze model , I have fifty pounds offered to start me at fifty , fifty five , sixty pounds , at sixty five sixty five pounds any more ? |