Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] me " in BNC.

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1 Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes .
2 It 's good no I tell you why I thought they were crap cos you gave me an album and it had the had Dancing in the Moonlight and that was good but all the other songs on it were really shit .
3 The challenge , as in Sade , is in the abyss of unreason it opens up ; it could as well be , and easily becomes , ‘ I do this because it hurts me ’ .
4 I mention this because it brought me into favoured touch with the Commanding Officer for Wales , and through him I was able to gain admittance for Richard to Exeter College , Oxford , for six months prior to his joining the Royal Air Force , a privilege granted to very few cadets .
5 ‘ My dear Juliet , how many more times do I have to tell you I 'm doing this because it interests me ?
6 I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork .
7 He 's an older man and maybe an easier since he had me galloping the best of my horses lame over you , Owen .
8 ‘ You can tell me all about this while you pour me a drink , ’ he said quietly and they went into the kitchen .
9 Lucker has elected not to do this as he tells me he would probably pass out .
10 She was very calm when she rang me from the hospital asking for her mourning clothes .
11 I have got to try and help them at times like this when they need me . ’
12 I have got to try and help them at times like this when they need me . ’
13 He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States .
14 ‘ I was doubtful when you told me about sharing your house with two young vets , but now I think you were right .
15 You make me feel old when you call me Mrs U. ’
16 I am a 39-year-old man weighing 11 stone and I was trying to cuddle my nine year old when she picked me up and threw me across the room .
17 And it took me longer to do that than it took me to do tapestry .
18 ‘ My boyfriend had to sit outside his surgery with the door open , calling to me : ‘ It 's all right — I 'm right outside if you need me ’ . ’
19 He came racing towards me just as I got out , I had already shed my parachute in the aircraft to get out a little more schnell before he accosted me , I got the most bitter rollicking for leaving the aircraft outside his engineering hangar area .
20 I am being taken to the realms of the People , who hate nature as much as they hate me , who am unnatural .
21 I needed them as much as they needed me and I happily took the rough with the smooth .
22 The contract I signed legally binds the station as much as it does me .
23 ‘ As much as you trust me ? ’
24 I would have sworn at that time that I loved her as much as she did me , more even , but subsequent events proved me wrong .
25 ‘ Word had got round that I was wearing red , but I think the guests were relieved when they saw me , and realised my dress was n't too outrageous , ’ says Alison .
26 I was experiencing something very like despair , which was not altogether relieved when he turned me towards him and said , " I 'd love you if you were as bald as a coot .
27 He wore a rich robe so encrusted with precious metals and stones that I wondered if he could stand up under the weight And his eyes were tiny , wet and somehow avid as he looked me over — wholly ignoring Mala — from head to foot .
28 ‘ I do n't give a tinker 's damn if you believe me or not .
29 And I do n't give a damn if you want me here or not .
30 If the expenses of the children 's education are more than you can contrive , I will help with that if you inform me by letter .
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