Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] me [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He has only ever given me encouragement and support . ’
2 If you had not so stupidly bade me keep quiet , I should have done the trick long since , and you would not have had to leave the place at all .
3 I copy it down here to help me go forward .
4 My own ‘ anthropological history ’ in this liminoid phase became extended over eight years , until 1974 , and not only gave me time to reflect on many of the controls we were required to impose , but also to consider the nature of the social harm these unworldly folk devils and ‘ drug fiends ’ were actually causing ; for established society has never really known how to handle the unworldly easily .
5 This not only gave me access to the early morning shot of the Opera House from Farm Cove , but also a marvellous image of the disk of sun rising behind the naval boats in the strangely named harbour .
6 This not only gave me access to the early morning shot of the Opera House from Farm Cove , but also a marvellous image of the disk of sun rising behind naval boats in the strangely-named harbour .
7 The board bent over backwards to help me raise funds for players and it 's been the same for Nigel Best .
8 ‘ That just about gives me time to make myself look presentable . ’
9 ‘ I pay ten pence rent , and the rest just about buys me paraffin for my stove and for my lamp , and a little milk and tea and bread and margarine .
10 However , if the hon. Gentleman had attended the seminar at which I made my remarks last Monday — I greatly regret that he was not there to hear me talk about delegation to the regional arts boards — he would have known that I made the point that if such delegation is fully successful — if the regional arts boards are progressing well — the question whether the five major national companies should continue to be funded by the Arts Council or be funded directly will arise .
11 ‘ I never miss Midnight Mass at St Martin's-in-the-Field , ’ Oscar told him , ‘ so I 'd appreciate it greatly ii the meeting could be concluded quickly enough to allow me time to get there and find a pew with a good view . ’
12 Sorry , I sound like my own CO — except that he hardly ever calls me darling .
13 Donna and I have become quite friendly , and if I call here to see her you ca n't really call me Nurse . ’
14 They did n't even buy me lunch — we went out to lunch , but we did n't get any . ’
15 Looking back over some lectures I gave in the early 1980s , I note that the division between the schools which could raise money and those which could not was even then causing me concern .
16 But only those who know me very well call me Fen , and I do n't know you from Adam — or perhaps I should say Eve . ’
17 Graham , I thought , would hate me , and would never even take me fishing with him again , down on the Canal .
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