Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was me and it was both frightening and exciting , like driving very fast round a precipitous bend with someone now and again taking my hands off the wheel and forcing me to trust . |
| 2 | They change the persona and help me to detach myself completely from my working life . |
| 3 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |
| 4 | Emil briefly consulted a notebook , stowed his travel bag on a rack in a small bedroom and directed me to put my big in the one next door . |
| 5 | Raised his cap with a pretty gesture , blushed to his eyes and asked me to come and see his work . ’ |
| 6 | It ran down between my eyes and made me see everything blood-red , even though seconds before my mind had conjured up a pleasing vision : the English boy 's sister . |
| 7 | The Maggot now ordered me into the right-hand pilot 's seat and told me to keep my thieving hands off his knobs . |
| 8 | The midwife took one look at me — the head was already on its way out — attached a fetal monitor and told me to push . |
| 9 | The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's his pleasure , ’ he said , ‘ that figure of mischief over there , to blow any piece of rubbish out of his mouth and challenge me to return it . |
| 11 | Sergeant Moustaine punched me in the face , stuffed my shitty underpants in my mouth and ordered me to run around the parade ground holding my kitbag above my head . |
| 12 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 13 | He 's honest to a fault and makes me feel I 'm greatly loved . |
| 14 | Cos he 'd got an exhaust and want me to put do you know where |
| 15 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 16 | It was Francis with his head back laughing , inhaling all the joy of the world ; Francis delighting in the flowers he threw together with branches and invited me to enjoy . |
| 17 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 18 | ‘ It just sums up my recent life that on the day my son announced his engagement and wanted me to meet his new in-laws I was in Strasbourg . |
| 19 | Let me tell you , when those dubbin-lickers at Whaddon go on their knees and beg me to bring my United first team squad to ‘ The Tip ’ to put a few quid in their ailing coffers , I shall take great delight in treading on Ken Mentle 's fingers , provided he survives last week 's heart attack , and raising two toes in a defiant ‘ get lost ’ gesture . |
| 20 | The sand functions as a ground plane or as a surrogate elevation and enables me to shift building elements so as to understand their sculptural capacity . |
| 21 | This practical demonstration of working positively with conflict gives me confidence in your work and helps me to see how I can listen better to others . |
| 22 | ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them . |
| 23 | When we were in port he let me off work and allowed me to go ashore for as long as I wanted : " After all , you 're here to see these places . |
| 24 | They trust me with bunches of keys and let me phone my sister . |
| 25 | I 'd like you to just do a quick chemical test and let me know if that was a carbonate . |
| 26 | A London grandmother was particularly troublesome because of her drinking sprees , but her granddaughter was expected to clean her front doorsteps every Saturday : ‘ the old bugger used to sit at the window and watch me clean 'em . |
| 27 | Then they drifted back into the pub and left me standing alone . |
| 28 | Afterwards , Ken told him : ‘ Never give me dialogue and ask me to handle props at the same time . ’ |
| 29 | Switch off that machine and let me die now . ’ |
| 30 | For my good lady loved singing and dancing and made me learn both . |