Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pay a great tribute to my dad , who as a trade unionist on the railway would have been so proud to see me receive this very great honour . |
| 2 | Your father has been so good allowing me to stay , band — ’ |
| 3 | If you are not prepared to let me see the original letter then this pretence of cooperation becomes a farce and I see no point in continuing it . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't think I know anyone who has made a fortune from their knitting machine , but then they are not likely to tell me if they have a yacht in the Mediterranean and a villa in the south of France , are they ? |
| 5 | Judging by his expression , Clive had not been best pleased to find me ensconced in the Parsons ' sitting room that night . |
| 6 | What is it then , if you 're so keen to tell me ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm delighted you 're so pleased to see me . ’ |
| 8 | I see now why you 're so anxious to get me married off to Honor . |
| 9 | and as you do n't have anything to do with the decorating anyway I do n't know what you 're peeved about you like it before and then you like it after , and you 're quite content to let me do the bit in the middle . |
| 10 | You 're absolutely desperate to keep me at arm 's length . ’ |
| 11 | They 're too glad to see me to worry about authenticity . |
| 12 | But if you 're too suspicious to trust me , stay and be damned . |
| 13 | I , m just water swirling round them and they 're too busy to feel me . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're very kind to tell me , ’ Sarah said . |
| 15 | Mine become so tame that they climb up the inside of the wire mesh when I approach the hutch and are clearly pleased to see me . |
| 16 | ‘ If I was he would be rather stupid to tuck me up here so close to him . ’ |
| 17 | The news that Karen and I were married was made public at a buffet brunch given by Thomas and Lynn Carter to which we had been invited — or rather Karen had been invited , and had asked if it would be all right to bring me along . |
| 18 | Since she 's gone there 's been a gap … it made my life better , because — she had a garden I could use … and it was like a job — I felt I was led to do that job … and she used to be so pleased to see me , she used to almost embrace me with tears in her eyes . |
| 19 | ‘ And may I ask if she will be so delighted to see me because I happen to be a male member of the human race … ? ’ |
| 20 | I shuffled forward as fast as I dared along the central walkway , figuring this to be less likely to lead me towards a choice-limiting edge . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think Neil would be exactly overjoyed to see me . |
| 22 | I mean , I thought she 'd be more inclined to help me if she had this image of me tramping the streets for weeks on end … ’ |
| 23 | He said he would be perfectly happy to back me . |
| 24 | That still left equipment , so I pondered which BCA member retailer would be least likely to tell me to get knotted if I telephoned with my hypothetical shopping list . |
| 25 | You 'd be quite right to call me an idiotic , romantic fool . |
| 26 | Behind her she heard Emilia say , ‘ I think the child will be quite desolate to see me go . |
| 27 | I always said if I won the 100 it would be very hard to beat me in the 200 . |
| 28 | Shadrach — can he be this pleased to see me ? — smiles as he cups his hands to indicate the tiny creature I was previously . |
| 29 | You are simply afraid to tell me . ’ |
| 30 | Believe it or not , Robyn , but some women are quite pleased to find me on their doorstep at midnight . ’ |