Example sentences of "[to-vb] me [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | My hon. Friend has been to see me about this matter with a group of colleagues . |
| 2 | He thought to himself ‘ I do n't want him to see me like this ’ . |
| 3 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 4 | Right , now then , be like this I 'll pretend that I 've done something that needs to be , a high sling to support me in this fashion . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you going to treat me like this for the next ten years ? ’ |
| 6 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 7 | You 'll just have to trust me on this one , baby . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I regret ever allowing you to talk me into this crazy scheme ! ’ she exclaimed as she slid into bed and pulled the duvet up to her chin . |
| 9 | But this this nervous thing is a very primitive instinct and I 'm just coming up to a word I never can pronounce so you 're going to have to help me with this one . |
| 10 | You have had a long life of service and time to look back on it and if I did not know how your arthritis troubles you and with what difficulty you pen your kind notes I would ask you to help me in this . |
| 11 | If there is any attempt to bypass me in this matter , you shall all know of it ! ’ |
| 12 | How many men are you going to give me for this work ? ’ |
| 13 | It gave me even more of a feeling of why pick now to put me through this . |
| 14 | ‘ Is that what 's supposed to keep me in this dress ? |
| 15 | And then I thought of inviting her to accompany me on this foolish expedition . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ A clergyman of the neighbourhood , who was so obliging as to accompany me in this and several other rambles amongst these mountains , formed the wild idea of attempting to climb apparently up the face of the precipice , and I , eager in my pursuit , did not object to the adventure . |
| 17 | ‘ What were you trying to teach me in this Lord ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's cruel of you to try to force me into this family . |
| 19 | ‘ Tell Governor Nicholson to ring me on this number as soon as possible . ’ |
| 20 | Anybody wishing if anybody wishes to ring me anyone I 'm not I 'm not you see I do n't see that serves any purpose I 'm sorry I do not think that serves any purpose if you wish to ring me outside this meeting |
| 21 | ‘ Your Grace , my father is but a merchant , and to marry me into this noble family he gave me a noble dowry , eight hundred marks . |
| 22 | " You 're probably going to hate me for this . " |
| 23 | I asked the ZZAP ! editorial team to advise me on this one , but they replied ‘ we 're too busy ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ And what right do you think you have to assault me like this ? ’ |
| 25 | I wo n't allow you to manipulate me in this way . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Yet no-one thinks to ask me about this . |
| 27 | So I 'm going to promise and you 've got to remind me about this promise that the next Tuesday , that 's when you 're or even Wednesday , but if I give it you Tuesday we can be organized for Wednesday ca n't we ? |
| 28 | ‘ And why would you want to take me to this auction ? |
| 29 | In a sane world , I thought , we would have discussed the state of my feelings , debated whether I loved Syl sufficiently to commit the rest of my life to him , questioned my views on the institution of marriage , examined my mother 's motives in striving to introduce me into this state , have said something of some interest . |
| 30 | ‘ Why have you come to tell me about this , Christine ? ’ |