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Example sentences of "[verb] me [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	you met me with an exalted smile
2	Willie pulls himself up the stairs reminding me of an elderly praying mantis .
3	‘ Ah , Gina … how could you compare me with an insensitive brute like that ? ’
4	He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist .
5	He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 !
6	I told him to meet me inside an isolated summer house .
7	‘ Next ! ’ she plainsonged and fixed me with an old-fashioned look from behind her lorgnette .
8	Nour drew me as an English Miss : Ingleesy , prim , uneducated , unsophisticated .
9	You can tell him from me that if he wants me to stay in this urban backwater of yours he 'll have to provide me with an interesting occupation — and I do n't mean modelling your dress .
10	My father told me of an old lady who to the end of her days referred to ‘ Amser Duw ac amser Lloyd George , ’ God 's time and Lloyd George 's time , for when the change was introduced during the Great War , there was chaos .
11	After two weeks with no sign of improvement , a friend told me of an excellent new rheumatologist who had just come to work in Chester .
12	He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street .
13	Lissa 's money gave out , and she told me over an international phone hook-up that she was n't interested any more .
14	‘ I 'll definitely stick to wearing them in the future , ’ he told me in an exclusive interview .
15	‘ The police took me to prison without a change of clothes , put me in an awful cell , I was amazed that I was accused . ’
16	You put me in an embarrassing position . ’
17	When I was running away they put me in an approved school for girls run by nuns .
18	They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks .
19	‘ People were hugging and kissing each other as my car powered its way to the finish as they joined me in an early celebration .
20	‘ Madam , I must tell you , ’ I replied , ‘ that since he found me , my master has used me as an easy way of making money for himself .
21	The moustached man opens his palm , presenting me with an old square of foil , streaked with dry runs of smack .
22	Fixing me with an indignant eye , he scuttled off to the peonies .
23	Erm so semiconductors Erm tell me about an electrical circuit , how it works .
24	You ca n't just discard me like an empty cigarette packet .
25	And he takes me to an Italian restaurant in Mitcham .
26	Thank you for providing me with an excellent short article for the summer edition of Rural Wales .
27	Thanks for providing me with an excellent article for the summer edition of Cymru Wledig .
28	Even before I had learned to walk my eldest sister used to dump me in an orange box on the pavement next to Granpa 's pitch just to be sure I could start my apprenticeship early .
29	Then why not join me on an exciting tour of Europe next year ?
30	It was confusing : such self-attention repelled me , and yet it represented a world of sensuality , of smell and touch , of indulgence and feeling , which aroused me like an unexpected caress as I undressed , lit the candles and got into the bath in this room of Eva 's .