Example sentences of "[verb] me [verb] [adv] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shiona could n't have agreed more , but her tone was taunting as she told him , ‘ What a pity you 'll have to wait until tomorrow to see me led away in chains . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Does he want me to stay here in an English prison ? ’ |
| 3 | I am grateful to the hon. Member for Beaconsfield ( Mr. Smith ) for allowing me to intervene briefly in this debate . |
| 4 | Did George suggest you got me mixed up in all this ? ’ |
| 5 | I waited to see her face tense as if it was an airtight balloon on a stick ; never mind that it made me choke somewhere in my chest . |
| 6 | ‘ He made me dress up in clothes like my mother 's . |
| 7 | They make me come out in spots . |
| 8 | I hoped it was just a passing phase , sparked off by her catching me fooling around in the Plaster Room , and thanked my guardian angel for the way Old Red had just covered up for me . |
| 9 | They want me to walk out in Watts , like black people did in the '60s , and say ‘ Cool it , baby , cool it . ' |
| 10 | Well , we had a talk and she invited me to come back in a few days ' time . |
| 11 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 12 | We had a grand doctor from London once , who told me to go out in the fresh air and try to get well . |
| 13 | I went for an audition and they told me to come back in six months time I was determined to get the part so I practised day and night to be him . ’ |
| 14 | The potential ramifications of such a theme could be vast so let me start somewhere in the middle . |
| 15 | My children and my husband were worried sick because they could all see me lying there in agony without any signs of physical defects . |
| 16 | Can you see me swanning around in kid gloves and a ballgown ? ’ |
| 17 | Just something to help me get back in his good books ! |
| 18 | The softness of the Schmincke pastels allowed me to work confidently in this way , knowing that no matter how subtle the marks , they would clearly show . |
| 19 | With a great clean sound , reasonable amounts of crunch and buckets-full of sustain , The Attax preamp should 've had me jumping about in praise . |
| 20 | she gets me woke up in middle of bloody night . |
| 21 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters . |
| 22 | As Mittwoch ( 1990 : 125 ) points out , however , the fact that historically make vacillated for a long time between to and zero ( cf. the biblical He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ) calls for a deeper explanation of why the bare infinitive won out . |
| 23 | It maketh me to lie down in wet places , |
| 24 | ‘ Allow me to sit back in amazement , young Ashley , ’ I said , crossing my arms and twisting in my seat to face her . |
| 25 | I feel that , apart from this , you showed an interest in me and my development which enabled me to grow both in the exercise of my talents and in the confidence that I had such talents . |
| 26 | As I chew and chew without swallowing , the Monster 's slobbering and sucky-grunting falls silent making me look up in alarm . |
| 27 | And I remembered he 'd let me go out in the garden . |
| 28 | After no more than two dozen steps , a terrible dizziness had me flopped down in the darkness . |
| 29 | A moment later the two of them had disappeared into the house , leaving me standing there in the sunshine , feeling suddenly weak at the knees . |
| 30 | We lay there silently , then he got up and left the room , leaving me lying there in an agony of frustration and guilt , furious with myself for having given way , yet curiously glad I had finally done so . |