Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] to me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I expected something to be said to me by the directors after recent results . |
| 2 | By the time I arrived , breathless , my hat was being borne in triumph through the traffic to be presented to me . |
| 3 | I would like this to be explained to me as I just do n't understand it . |
| 4 | ‘ How did you know that letter was going to be sent to me ? ’ |
| 5 | Bills will have to be sent to me , and the newspaper will have to be cancelled , ’ he added casually as he made his way towards the stairs with complete composure . |
| 6 | ‘ If you would consent to be affianced to me , would wait for me , would permit me to write while I am away — ’ |
| 7 | Whereas before I had more or less ignored the game and engaged myself in gossipy conversation with whoever was E ) laying opposite me , I now began to act out a parody of the ludicrous pastime in which I found myself , tackling everyone in sight , yelling for the ball to be passed to me , jumping up and down , and generally getting in everyone 's way . |
| 8 | Well I would expect that the Prime Minister would , I think this nonsense that is behind all this is that because I am talking to Gerry Adams , they do n't want to be seen to be talking to me because it looks this fingerprint argument |
| 9 | To think they have to be talking to me because I 'm the host of the party , so I 've got to go around and talk to everybody |
| 10 | It has yet to be proved to me that these men out of the dingy side-streets ever did anything better with their free time and their shillings . ’ |
| 11 | The new book was to be handed to me by the minister , the Revd Dr Adam Burnet , only after we had signed the register — no self-respecting hotel would have accepted us with different names . |
| 12 | He will be settling his own sundry bills but I would like the invoice for the room to be directed to me at the above address . |
| 13 | That is not a matter where the parties are sufficiently advanced for it to be addressed to me at this stage . |
| 14 | Churches long sealed with all their histories in them were to be opened to me this day . |
| 15 | How dare you pretend to be attracted to me ? |