Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only this monthly accounting that worried me though , for I read every patient 's case notes with avidity . |
| 2 | I had to be at his side as he opened his eyes and saw me there in my lonely vigil … |
| 3 | That seemed to have been what he had in mind , as he put a paw on the back of my neck and bent me forward until my face was squished into the table top . |
| 4 | But the Atkinsons at Clove Lodge looked after me , gave me a cup of tea and saw me safely home . |
| 5 | The chute is a perfect dish hovering a metre or so above the snow and hauling me downwind at a speed that would be unthinkable on Nordic skis . |
| 6 | They made me feel like a dirty slag and serve me right for getting pregnant . |
| 7 | Stubbly paused for a moment , then rocked forward on his heels and prodded me gently in the chest with a forefinger . |
| 8 | Aunt Lilian was aware — more than Aunt Kit was aware , anyway — of what might be thought a young girl 's natural pre-occupations , and it was she who took me to buy clothes and lipsticks , asking the sales girls ' advice with a gentle humility that touches me now , because she was not humble by nature and thought an interest in personal adornment the mark of a trivial mind . |
| 9 | I 'm about to sign a new contract that makes me virtually a Santa Barbara resident , and we locals do n't mix with you tourists ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But this is the bit that took me longest to work out . |
| 11 | But it was quite a different contrast that struck me there in Alison 's kitchen : the aching disparity between the woman who stood there , impatient for me to be gone , and the one I was going home to . |
| 12 | To bring them success was the lure that brought me here . ’ |
| 13 | It was a tag that surprised me very much the first time I heard it … but now I 've stopped worrying . |
| 14 | It 's simply the tiredness that makes me so unresponsive on many occasions . ’ |
| 15 | But this is one of the experiences that taught me very early in my career that I must do the opposite . |
| 16 | It was the way that their shoulder bones and ribs stood out , and their stomachs fell right into their backbones that reminded me so much of myself . |
| 17 | ‘ It is a question that takes me utterly by surprise as you obviously admire all this . |
| 18 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
| 19 | And I said , look why do n't you meet me in front of Conway Hall and kill me then , it would save so much time . |
| 20 | I was too scared to cry out as he hauled me roughly to my feet and shook me violently . |
| 21 | I fetched more glasses and dealt some of them to the Lorrimores who were an oasis of silence in the chattering mob and paid me absolutely no attention : and from then on I felt I had indeed chosen the right role and could sustain it indefinitely . |
| 22 | But you pat me on the bottom and send me home , and hope I 'll ‘ keep in touch ’ ! |
| 23 | He finished his coffee , slid his papers into a folder and took me forward again to the horse car . |
| 24 | ‘ When I said I was working with Michael Crawford , they said he would be a monster , eat me for breakfast , have me on toast and upstage me totally . |
| 25 | He had all three and felt that at last the play was under way : this was why he had struck north ; this was why he had learned his part ( and God bless Major General Lake of Dumfries and God keep him there ) ; this was his great opportunity and ‘ O Lord , ’ he prayed to himself , ‘ if it is true that You have love even for the worst of Your sinners and let Your Son welcome into Paradise the thief on the cross who by a single act redeemed a life of evil , then remember me at Hause Point , remember how I tried to obey Your will and how I saved that innocent young girl and help me here because I swear , if I succeed in my intention here , I will lead a life of charity and Christian duty to the end . |
| 26 | Suddenly she leaned across the desk and kissed me quickly on the mouth . |
| 27 | Crilly cups my face in his hands , strokes my hair and kisses me long upon the lips . |
| 28 | ‘ Then Robert would have stamped out the flames and carried me still smouldering into the thicket . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps you could give me one of these coins and send me away with a beating ? |
| 30 | Sometime during the summer the media remembered that there was a British angle to the hostage story and contacted me more frequently for interviews . |