Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] me [prep] an " in BNC.

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1 you met me with an exalted smile
2 ‘ Ah , Gina … how could you compare me with an insensitive brute like that ? ’
3 ‘ Do n't you know that you caught me at an age when Taureans are at their most vulnerable ?
4 You put me in an embarrassing position . ’
5 Lissa 's money gave out , and she told me over an international phone hook-up that she was n't interested any more .
6 Will you remember me in an hour ?
7 Can you see me as an Army Wife ? ’
8 And if I catch you suspecting me of an affair with my housekeeper I 'll — ’
9 You strike me as an intelligent young woman and I refuse to believe that you were silly enough to go to Mr Riddle with such proposals unless you were in a position to either bribe or threaten him . ’
10 Can you tell me of an English poet staying in these parts ? ’
11 As her brother Earl Spencer , told me : ‘ She strikes me as an immensely Christian figure and she has the strength which I think true Christians have and the direction in her life which others can envy ; that sureness of her purpose and the strength of her character and position to do an enormous amount of good .
12 It was the second time Vonetta and I had met ; both times she struck me as an extremely self-possessed young woman with a lot of presence .
13 You make me say things which should remain unsaid , you pressure me on an emotional level which I find difficult to control .
14 When Suor Eusebia saw me she greeted me with an approving smile .
15 Can you advise me on an effective type of draughtproofing that wo n't cost a fortune ?
16 It was dominated by a huge television in one corner and she pointed me towards an armchair , covered in worn corduroy , which had once been dark red .
17 Can you help me with an electrical problem ?
18 If you treat me like an ox to be bargained for , I should be the more careful not to annoy you .
19 I mean I could choose not to do an album , but when they asked me to an album that was exciting to say yes .
20 I told him to meet me inside an isolated summer house .
21 For myself , I wish to say to men that as long as they associate me with an idea of ‘ woman ’ drawn from the past , or suppose that a model for gender relations is to be found in that past , they have failed to see me for the person who I am , or to envisage what equality might mean .
22 They put me in an isolated pit for the first few weeks .
23 When I was running away they put me in an approved school for girls run by nuns .
24 ‘ People were hugging and kissing each other as my car powered its way to the finish as they joined me in an early celebration .
25 They took me to an enormous wall built of Pelasgian blocks .
26 They treated me as an intruder . ’
27 You know , I had to say something clever — to win her , to set me apart , to make her see me as an individual — but wit is normally aggressive .
28 ‘ Do you really wonder , ’ he asked me at an embassy function in west Beirut , ‘ why we wo n't claim compensation ?
29 It devalues me as an artist , painting is WORK , just because I 'm a woman .
30 He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street .
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