Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was really upset but she came and found me later , ’ said Tessa . |
| 2 | Well , like I said , I was sound asleep when Danny 's receiver started crackling and jerked me awake . |
| 3 | If you 'd done as I asked and left me alone then none of it would have happened . ’ |
| 4 | Benjamin turned and nudged me alert . |
| 5 | Until some bloody Fauve went and painted me mauve |
| 6 | She just went and gave me that . |
| 7 | ‘ That was a hard woman who laughed and left me stranded . ’ |
| 8 | The turrets and gables of Templecombe were almost in sight beyond the trees when my horse whinnied and shook me awake . |
| 9 | Some months later , after his treatment had ended , he wrote and told me that , during his summer holiday , his curiosity had led him to visit Bristol and its surroundings — and he had had the somewhat strange experience of finding his former name on a Parish Register in the district of Yate . |
| 10 | Er you get some man come and gave me ten pound for it . |
| 11 | I found peasants who sheltered and fed me that next day . |
| 12 | My first natural impulse was to shout , to get help from whoever had come : and between intention and voice a whole stream of thoughts suddenly intruded and left me silent , open-mouthed to call out but unsure of the wisdom . |