Example sentences of "[vb infin] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please do n't throw me on the floor ! |
| 2 | Will he reassure me about the future of those patients who , until now , have been in the rheumatology unit of Ruchill hospital ? |
| 3 | ‘ Do you want me on the search , sir ? ’ |
| 4 | You do n't want me in the harness room , do you . |
| 5 | I can not believe my luck that nobody else had the sense to carry you off but that you should still be there for me and that — ’ Well , that could be taken two ways , on second thoughts that might not be the thing to say , no ; ‘ my luck that you should want me in the same way that I want you . |
| 6 | do you not want me in the house . |
| 7 | This , of course , did not affect me at the time ! |
| 8 | ‘ It did n't affect me in the slightest at first . |
| 9 | A glance at the route followed will prove that this is not a guide-book , and a glance at the contents will expose me to the scorn of local patriots who will see , with incredulous rage , that on many an occasion I passed silently through their favourite village . |
| 10 | If you would pardon me on the sheet , it 's a shame Mr 's not here , because that was his decision , because of the imposed cut in stationery from last year , we ran out of it |
| 11 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |
| 12 | ‘ My dear officers , ’ said a rather breathless but still well modulated voice , ‘ of what am I accused that you should treat me like the nucleus of a civil rights demonstration ? |
| 13 | Who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? ’ and answered it ‘ I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord . ’ |
| 14 | Undeterred by an evasive reply , he told me he could even provide a reliable guide who would conduct me across the border . |
| 15 | THEY WILL INFLUENCE ME FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS . |
| 16 | They will influence me for the rest of my days . |
| 17 | Fortunately they did n't knock me on the head or anything which they could have done , could n't they ? |
| 18 | But it will happen … not quite yet but at the point where he will no longer hinder me with the pretence that he would have me stay . |
| 19 | ‘ He did n't hurt me in the least . |
| 20 | Yes , I had forgotten ; you must get someone else , and if you 're worrying about my career I 'll remind you I 'm quite well known in the fashion world and a few weeks ’ absence wo n't hurt me in the least . ’ |
| 21 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |
| 22 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 23 | I think I should regard me with the contempt with which I myself regard the more vulgar visitors . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Can you direct me to the private wing ? ’ |
| 25 | Then , recovering her poise , she said , ‘ Perhaps you would direct me to the Ladies . ’ |
| 26 | Leafing through them , I could n't see any obvious lies ; he had n't taught me to say anything obscene instead of ‘ Excuse me ’ or ‘ Can you direct me to the railway station , please ? ’ , though I 'd have thought the temptation would have been all but irresistible . |
| 27 | You did n't recognise me without the leotard . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's great because I can ride it to the beach and people do n't recognise me beneath the helmet . |
| 29 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 30 | I would n't trust me on the golf club scene . |