Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] me [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Still , as long as you 're not thinking about makin' me your fancy piece , I 'll do me best to stand up brave to the world . ’ |
2 | At the early age of thirty-eight me mother sent me West Get up , said she , and get a job says I I 'll do me best I pulled on my Wellingtons to march to march to Kiljimock But I took a wrong turn at Charlestown and ended up in Knock Once this quiet crossroads was a place of quiet prayer Where Catholics got indulgent once or twice a year You could buy a pair of rosary beads or get your candles blessed If you had a guilty conscience , you could get it off your chest … |
3 | ‘ I 'll go an' get the box , ’ said Linda , ‘ and I 'll get me best spit ready . ’ |
4 | Now I know why he whacked me , I would whack me too . |
5 | I can see me now . |
6 | I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it . |
7 | ‘ P'raps 'e might like me too , ’ said Nancy . |
8 | Sergeant Joe would n't want me to walk all the way , 'e 'd see me straight with a bob . ’ |
9 | Yes , if ya can hear me outside , we 're watching ya . |
10 | ‘ Ye can see me now , more 's the pity , ’ he grumbled as he pushed his way to the back , treading on a few feet in the process . |
11 | I was even more pleased to find that all of them could see me almost immediately , and the one I chose inspected the car as soon as I arrived and had the quote dropped through my letterbox the next morning . |
12 | You may leave me here . ’ |
13 | But you may think me merely biased if I say that my own father could in many ways be considered to rank with such men , and that his career is the one I have always scrutinized for a definition of ‘ dignity ’ . |
14 | Well you may see me again you never know I shall look forward to it . |
15 | By our Lord , the king of heaven , if I can do anything you want you may find me most generous ; most happily will I perform for you without grudging . " ) |
16 | That 's what I call offering the reader a choice of endings ; but you may find me quite unreasonably literal-minded . |
17 | You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’ |
18 | ‘ You may defy me now , but you will not continue to do so . |
19 | ‘ You must think me terribly rude , ’ said Blunset . |
20 | ‘ If you think I 'll fall for that , you must think me very stupid indeed . |
21 | You must think me very gauche . " |
22 | You must think me very silly but it 's just that I 'm so excited ! |
23 | ‘ Luney , now you must answer me truthfully , you 've nothing to be afraid of . |
24 | I said to her , ‘ Look I 'm going out in a couple of weeks , you must tell me exactly what happened so I can tell the papers about it . ’ |
25 | If you are from the future , then you must tell me honestly , Joe , if such a catastrophe will take place . ’ |
26 | ‘ You must tell me again , ’ the scientist murmured . |
27 | ‘ You must give me more information . ’ |
28 | When a weak-form word is given stress for the purpose of emphasis , e.g. : ‘ You must give me more money ’ |
29 | You must excuse me now , Isabel , it is time for my rest . ’ |
30 | ‘ Well , you must excuse me now , ’ he sighed . |