Example sentences of "[prep] me [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My father may well wish for me a second marriage , and to that end I must be at offer soon , and with a proper dowry .
2 ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said .
3 ‘ You were strange with me the last days and I was being so awful .
4 I had felt at the instant the idea suggested itself to me the first glimmer of positive thought : suddenly I knew I was not going to sink .
5 This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations .
6 These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her .
7 And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it .
8 ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan !
9 It did to me the first time we stayed .
10 To me the last part of the poem is the one that really contains the message of futility suggested by the title :
11 Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor .
12 ‘ See , ’ said Renwick pointing to his balding pate , ‘ that 's what happened to me the last time I did n't stop ! ’
13 That God will give me a clear vision for the future and reveal to me the next step after DTS .
14 ‘ Yes , while you 're here supporting your partner you can tell me to my face why you intend walking out on me a second time in my life . ’
15 Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp .
16 ‘ And then set your thugs on me the first time my back 's turned .
17 ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’
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