Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] me in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it my Unconscious ( of the existence of which I have informed doubts ) that has dropped me in this plight ? |
| 2 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 3 | ‘ I should think Dane will enjoy embracing me in this outfit , do n't you ? ’ |
| 4 | Several years of research into our love of meat has left me in little doubt that most of us nowadays would prefer not to face up to the carnal origins of our flesh foods . |
| 5 | As I mentioned previously , my , my accountant said , drop this , because it 's going to put me in all sorts of problems with my taxation and things . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's going to harm me in some way , Leo . |
| 7 | Erm I mean tell me in more depth how it works |
| 8 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with Elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 9 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which then made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 10 | I 'm very sorry , ’ said Breeze sedately , ‘ that you should have seen me in that cowardly moment . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why would you have told me in any case ? |
| 12 | Oh no he would n't have had me in any case . |
| 13 | He swung the gun upwards on his mount and was obviously set to cut me in half with his next pass when the knifehilt appeared in his chest , lodged deep between two bandoliers . |
| 14 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 15 | ‘ And if you are too tired to write you must come to see me in any case , and then I shall know you are safe . |
| 16 | Bill 's call had shaken me in more ways than one , so I dispensed with discretion . |
| 17 | Some of the stories people had told me in that room would make your hair stand on end . |
| 18 | ‘ He could n't live with the thought that someone had touched me in that way . |
| 19 | ‘ What were you trying to teach me in this Lord ? ’ |
| 20 | I said , coldly and pompously — he had put me in such a strong , moral position by hitting me — that if he really felt I was such an awful wife , if would be better if we got a divorce . |
| 21 | I knew what he was getting at , of course , and I was so hurt that he should think he had to approach me in such a roundabout fashion — as if I was a terrible , uncharitable woman who had to be coaxed into a simple act of kindness — that I suggested it myself at once , though it was really the last thing I wanted . |
| 22 | He 's got me in such a state that I 'm as useless as he says I am . " |
| 23 | He wanted to use me in some way . |