Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] and [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that night one of my other inspectors phoned and told me that Carella was in hospital after being struck by a car in the Portuense district . |
| 2 | I was just dropping off to sleep and you know how you 're just thinking , yeah , mm what are we gon na do this weekend , and all of a sudden , Ben 's legs went and kicked me really hard , and I thought oh my God something awful 's happened , and you , you really do , you move a lot . |
| 3 | There the bailiffs pushed and shoved me through a porticoed entrance , down a long , dark , musty passageway into the main well of the court , fastening me to the bar ; beyond it sat the three magistrates before a square table ringed by clerks . |
| 4 | It was after this debacle that a number of Conservatives came and told me that I ought to consider coming forward as a leader of the Party and a potential Prime Minister . |
| 5 | After a silence he 'd risen greyly to his feet to leave and told me to look after myself . |
| 6 | But Elsie Birdsall and Lavinia Thwaites kept coming in with all kinds of things to try and get me going — home-made soups , arrowroot , custards — and finally I began to mend a little . |
| 7 | The new plough will be ready any day now and already I 've had farmers come and see me about turning over both new and old ground for them . |
| 8 | Gannets amaze and impress me every time I see them . |
| 9 | Erm but then she rang back later , I do n't know whether she contacted room bookings to try and get me a dining hall , but she said they might be able to have their dinner in the S C R. So that 's alright , I 'm okay . |
| 10 | I would like to invite members to stand and join me in a few moments silence in memory of Doctor . |
| 11 | He sat at this very table and , when he was gone , your two creatures came and asked me what he said . |
| 12 | A family of brothers , fathers and uncles on the front table took an instant dislike to me and , slamming their pints on the table , sat back with arms crossed and regarded me in stony-faced silence . |
| 13 | Later I discovered she 'd arranged for one of her friends to phone and distract me so that she could make off with her booty ! |
| 14 | And the police came and interviewed me about it . |
| 15 | It was an extremely friendly letter offering me a pint if ever our paths crossed and assuring me that he was , indeed , alive and well . |
| 16 | ‘ The nurses panicked and made me and the other mother sign forms saying that we definitely had our own babies . ’ |
| 17 | She 'd caught two buses across Johannesburg and then walked the last couple of miles to come and find me . ’ |
| 18 | The shop owner was n't too badly hurt and as the policemen arrived and asked me , ‘ You all right , sir ? ’ |