Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 2 | Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards . |
| 3 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 4 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |
| 5 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 6 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 7 | Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’ |
| 8 | When Andy invited me to the launch of the The Gadget Shop I naively assumed it would be in the shop itself , in Covent Garden . |
| 9 | In my teens , similar doubts lured me into the darker recesses of the family 's medical encyclopedia , there to discover I was Britain 's first recorded case of Futtock 's Syndrome . |
| 10 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 11 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 12 | Every Saturday found me in the Hippodrome , our nearest cinema , which stood like a red-brick wireless set at the junction of Main Street , Byrely Road and Auckland Terrace . |
| 13 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 14 | After some time Jean advised me in the words above to go out and be alone with God and express my renewed affection for him . |
| 15 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |
| 16 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
| 17 | The dilemma followed me through the publication of a few accounts of my researches . |
| 18 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 19 | ‘ And with that David kissed me on the cheek . |
| 20 | After it was all over there was another strange and thrilling event when a car whisked me to the News at Ten studios where I was interviewed by someone in Leeds . |
| 21 | Pahdra Singh called me to the club this morning where he and Reg Pybus and their crony , that stingy git Pugh , the corpse planter , unveiled the new team strip . |
| 22 | Were it not for the narrow strip of tar , I would have been stuck hopelessly — several times I was bogged down when the wind blew me off the road . |
| 23 | A minibus took me through the early morning light to Makindye , in the southern suburbs of the city , where the first Uganda National Women 's Festival of Music and Drama was in full swing in a large church hall . |
| 24 | ‘ So your mummy saw me with the boys , did she ? |
| 25 | In any event , a few particularly strident voices denounced me over the agreement . |
| 26 | The soldier seized me by the hair and pushed me across the garden . |
| 27 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 28 | After Richard reminded me of the problems I was about to face following that first flight , I was n't looking forward to the next flying lesson . |
| 29 | I suppose Sue saved me in the nick of time , ’ he said . |
| 30 | I said ‘ Hullo ’ to everyone I knew , and Violet Sangston introduced me to the people I did n't know . |