Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] me [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 If you honour me with a reply it will be in kind ; and then , God defend the right ! ’
2 ‘ Here , 'old on , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I ai n't five years old , y'know , I 'm twenty-one , and I ai n't lettin' you put me into a bath with no clothes on , it ai n't first thing decent .
3 You put me through a series of hoops — ’
4 You put me on a kind of honour …
5 ‘ You know you put me in a bad position going off like that .
6 You put me in an embarrassing position . ’
7 You strike me as a basically good-natured and decent girl , and if I can be of assistance in putting you back on the right path , I shall be happy to oblige , so long as you do not expect too lengthy or too frequent an exchange .
8 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 . ’
9 No I think what it is I understand it now but if you ask me in a couple of weeks
10 The best part for the fans was when Spock turns to Captain Picard and says , ‘ You remind me of a captain I used to serve under . ’
11 You remind me of a cocker spaniel I once owned . ’
12 ‘ You know , Schatzie , the more I look at you , the more you remind me of a certain Titian .
13 You remind me of a tribunal .
14 You remind me of a wild animal sometimes , poised ready to flee at the first sight of a hunter 's gun . ’
15 You remind me of a beautiful ripe peach just waiting to be picked but when you 're opened up — surprise , surprise !
16 You remind me of a medieval fresco I saw on a church in Donegal once .
17 ‘ I insist that you take me to a fastline terminal .
18 ‘ Every time you take me for a meal , it 's to a non-smoking restaurant , ’ said Bob in a somewhat annoyed tone .
19 You make me say things which should remain unsaid , you pressure me on an emotional level which I find difficult to control .
20 ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’
21 It would mean you see me as a woman who happens to be in science , and not as a scientist .
22 That was well funny last time , you see me in a room , we 're playing er games .
23 ‘ I 'm afraid , gentlemen , you have me at a disadvantage .
24 You have me at a disadvantage , Charlie .
25 Erm , and he said , you know , I really resent the fact that you treat me like a village idiot , and I said , well you know , I 'm sorry that you feel that way , but my experience is of a group of fourteen people , erm , is that somebody always gets it wrong .
26 If you treat me like an ox to be bargained for , I should be the more careful not to annoy you .
27 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 .
28 Just in case they hold me to a four week
29 So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial .
30 They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours .
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