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 .
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