Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] me [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Once , whilst in Venice , the Inquisition caught me , tried and condemned me to burn in the great piazza before St Mark 's . |
2 | ‘ Well , you see , miss , Mr Fennell wanted some shopping done and told me to leave him there , out of the wind . |
3 | ‘ The warder came and told me to dress and led me to an officer of the court , ’ the small , self-effacing lawyer recalled in an interview on Saturday . |
4 | He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice . |
5 | He rose to go and told me to take care . |
6 | In the seat in front two passengers recognized the farm where they lived and wanted me to see it too . |
7 | He turned and saw me smile . |
8 | An old woman opened the door — she seemed to be expecting him — and as he went in he turned and instructed me to wait . |
9 | The Gendarme nodded and told me to wait outside . |
10 | After a silence he 'd risen greyly to his feet to leave and told me to look after myself . |
11 | Or , rather , that was my excuse to myself when the letter first arrived and sent me sailing up on to Cloud Nine . |
12 | ‘ And the reason the boy wonder suddenly rang and invited me to watch him go through his paces was because he wanted to show off something rotten , ’ she teased , intent on bringing him back down to earth . |
13 | They thrashed around , kicked and screamed and begged me to help … but I could n't move . |
14 | Mm , we went in that , we went and got me barm cakes and a bit , a few veg and that , went , oh I bought Li Joanne a little set of er instead of an Easter egg , it 's quite nice , I got it from that shop , you know erm next to Kingston and Hutch |
15 | She pleaded and begged me to change my mind , but I was adamant . |
16 | My father feared my mother as much as I did and wished me to please and agree with her always , for when I did not she would complain to him of my behaviour and I suspected that when this happened his new wife would complain in her turn that he paid too much attention to us and too little to her and her own children . |
17 | On the contrary , he looked at me admiringly , flourished his pen , wrote in the sum , turned the page , signed and asked me to do likewise on Jean-Claude 's account . |
18 | He had no answer , but in the meantime the manager appeared and asked me to come into the office . |
19 | Just then a young man appeared and called me to follow him . |
20 | Not in a very big way , but I 've got an eye for that sort of thing and I told him I would n't split on him if he resigned and helped me choose the successor I wanted . |
21 | You wrote and told me to ring — presumably you were too mean to ring me — but you had n't given me the number . |
22 | No , she co come and told me did you ask Emma out ? |