Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] me [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hardly looks the same principle , but the connection lies in the fact that for Kant the sense in which every person is an end is that each is a rational agent who , as such , should be conceived as potentially cooperating with me in settling upon and living by universal principles of behaviour taken as binding on all rational agents . |
| 2 | Sylvia had rung up me about booking for a meal and I thought , originally they talked about going a Friday night , and they said , Friday and Saturday are fully booked for the next five weeks . |
| 3 | ‘ So you have come to me after fighting so much ! ’ continues Guruji , smiling . |
| 4 | Eva looks at me before replying . |
| 5 | I would like to thank Councillor , Councillor , Councillor er Councillor for the kind things that have been said about me in proposing my nomination as Lord Mayor . |
| 6 | And this happens to me after spending five months in Brazil — in Rio , Salvador , f'chrissake . |
| 7 | Luckily , the children came to me before trying to catch him , or they might have been bitten . |
| 8 | It smacks to me of having a brain that 's too active by far . |
| 9 | Periodically I went down into the warmth below , to write up my notes and check them over against the ship 's design plans , which Nils had produced for me before going off with Iain to talk to the Navy Yard people . |
| 10 | But it 's the story of how I did them , of what happened to me in doing them . |
| 11 | Jackson turned to me with pleading in his voice . |
| 12 | And when he turned to me before leaving he appeared to be still in a state of shock . |
| 13 | ‘ But since he has lied to me about marrying me , I will no longer keep his secrets . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm sure she wants you to extend the same warmth to her that you extend to me by using my first name . ’ |
| 15 | " Maybe , but they wo n't get rid of me by making me clasp hands with you . |
| 16 | I was disappointed at this and was afraid she was still vexed at me for bringing Frankie . |
| 17 | Old Red looked up from the floor , and glanced at me before answering . |
| 18 | While some of us have sought to help , the real weight of responsibility has fallen on his shoulders and those of his wife and I 'm sure all members of Council will join with me in saying a very real thank you to them both . |
| 19 | And then Sally Gunnell talked to me about stuffing her gold medal in a cupboard at home . |
| 20 | The women who talked to me about using their tears to deal with anger , recognized quite clearly what they were doing . |
| 21 | This seems to me like trying to bake a cake with half the ingredients missing — and then not warning the consumer why it might taste funny . |
| 22 | It seems to me from looking at the figures within the projections that what North Yorkshire are are planning is that we 'll have a return to that widening black area that 's part of that particular diagram . |
| 23 | As a young Christian exclaimed to me on realizing for the first time the titanic implications of this claim , ‘ I always knew Christianity was true , but I never realized it was this true ! ’ |
| 24 | What principally weighs with me in thinking that Lord Coke made a mistake of fact is my conviction that all men of business , whether merchants or tradesmen , do every day recognise and act on the ground that prompt payment of a part of their demand may be more beneficial to them than it would be to insist on their rights and enforce payment of the whole . |
| 25 | His friend , a tall , bearded man in a black vest with a pair of garden shears in his hand , stared at me without smiling . |
| 26 | He stared at me before writing again . |
| 27 | He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before . |
| 28 | He looked at me with twinkling pity for my lack of understanding of the really serious things in life . |
| 29 | Rico looked at me before replying . |
| 30 | I made straight for the curtains , and he went by me without noticing . |