Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Khan , it 's clear that you want me out of Kinsai . |
| 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 | You see , if I do you a wrong and you forgive me , it 's not because I 've exercised grace , it 's because you 've exercised the grace . |
| 4 | ‘ He was very candid and he gave me the benefit of his thinking about a lot of things , ’ Clinton told reporters after leaving the White House . |
| 5 | I find it unpleasant and it gives me an allergy so I 'd rather you did n't from my point of view . |
| 6 | I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork . |
| 7 | She was very calm when she rang me from the hospital asking for her mourning clothes . |
| 8 | ‘ I was doubtful when you told me about sharing your house with two young vets , but now I think you were right . |
| 9 | You make me feel old when you call me Mrs U. ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He 's very , very clever and he teaches me sums and helps me with my homework . |
| 12 | ‘ Dad 's very , very clever and he teaches me sums ’ |
| 13 | ‘ 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 ’ . ’ |
| 14 | The policeman is civil and he lets me go , commenting on my eyesore of a car , warning me to get my tail-light repaired . |
| 15 | I arrived early and he led me upstairs to a comfortable polish-scented lounge and made coffee , before returning to the bar to finish off . |
| 16 | At the time Lady Moon , 54 , said : ‘ It was all so easy and it gave me a hell of a buzz , better than drugs . |
| 17 | I was nervous but she put me at ease immediately . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't give a tinker 's damn if you believe me or not . |
| 23 | And I do n't give a damn if you want me here or not . |
| 24 | And er , that 's right and they told me what they wanted and er that 's right , there was a hundred and fifty-five locks . |
| 25 | The woman in the shop 's pretty friendly and she tells me what to do with the plants — you know , water them once a week , or keep them out of draughts and that . |
| 26 | I specifically asked if this upgrade would be possible and they assured me that it would . |
| 27 | He does n't like to be seen with mum and dad , but when I 'm poorly and he takes me out in the wheelchair , he does n't mind who he meets and he says : ‘ Hi fellas , this is my mum . ’ |
| 28 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 29 | They were a decent lot and I was glad that they accepted me despite my anomalous position . |
| 30 | ‘ And it was imperative that you found me . ’ |