Example sentences of "[verb] me [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxine came to see me again the following week and we began the follow-up treatment , along the lines of those which you will find detailed in the ‘ case histories ’ sections of this book . |
| 2 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 4 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 5 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
| 6 | Could you give me just a little clarification on that |
| 7 | ‘ It has surprised me how the British scene has kept up . |
| 8 | He showed me where the little oil level was . |
| 9 | " I 'll do it again and leave you there unless you tell me where the seneschal is . " |
| 10 | The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished , and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase , I quickly lowered the wick . |
| 11 | I still wanted to see more of the world , and as he was offering to give me double the usual pay , I managed to persuade my wife to let me go . |
| 12 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 13 | ‘ So why has Madge Grimsilk never offered to run me up a quick ball-dress on the wardrobe sewing machine ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ That slowed me up a little bit . |
| 15 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
| 16 | ‘ Have n't you found me rather a good audience ? ’ |
| 17 | I 'll believe he loved me just a little at least , thought Fenella , sitting quite still on her horse and looking about her . |
| 18 | The disappointment is vivid yet of the Christmas day when the postman arrived at last , hours late , and brought me only a long narrow box of crackers . |
| 19 | But like , he even said it , he said to me when I was drunk and I , and it pissed me off a little bit actually cos like , he goes to me you know like I I was saying about it and he goes erm well she was the one who wanted it all casual and everything , and I said oh yeah . |
| 20 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
| 21 | ‘ Turn me up the right way , chief . |
| 22 | You may tell me why a young lady who , whatever she says , has never done any work in her life before , has come to the East End to find it . ’ |
| 23 | Can anybody tell me why the black powder 's not powerful enough . |
| 24 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
| 25 | It took me quite a long time . |
| 26 | Chairman , if they are recorded all later , it took me quite a long time to discover them , could we have , abbreviations just written out , it makes it very difficult for me to , I 'm not used , I mean , I 'm |
| 27 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |
| 28 | He sent me there the other day to pick up his reading glasses . |
| 29 | I thought I would go and take one of the head ones and journey along down to that place and so , you know , is there any chance you slipping me down a good four long ones and if he says no , think again ? |
| 30 | Well it put me off a little bit |