Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] me [prep] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that annoyed me enough to drive me to my cabin , to clean myself up and choose fresh clothing . |
| 2 | People write me letters saying that although they only know me from my photos , they feel that they know something about my personality . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , it 's got nothing to do with business , ’ Alison replied with a laugh that ever so gently reprimanded me for my mercantile preoccupations . |
| 4 | She gently tells me of my mistakes , and praises me if I do well . |
| 5 | She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me . |
| 6 | As you yourself so candidly pointed out , she was only marrying me for my money — and , of course , to get out of a fix . ’ |
| 7 | The smell of couscous and other grain which filled the air constantly reminded me of my own situation . |
| 8 | ‘ Mildred Hubble , perhaps you would be kind enough to assist me in my predicament ? ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps that was one of the reasons which prompted my father to teach me to read , and so divert me from my inexorable pursuit of my mother . |
| 10 | I think the players would have been men enough to tell me to my face . |
| 11 | MONDAY 6th OCTOBER X only wanted me for my body I will commit suicide |
| 12 | ‘ But , for your information , Doreen is no longer reminding me of my mother . |
| 13 | I am just an ordinary Daleswoman and if I began to think or act otherwise I know a few people around here who would soon bring me to my senses . |
| 14 | Diarrhoea , which I had now had for five days , finally drove me from my bed at six-thirty . |
| 15 | Sister Margaret is always nagging me about my earrings and telling me to take them off , but I 'm not going to . |
| 16 | She had a soft voice and always put me at my ease . |
| 17 | My dad was once testing me on my biology and we came up to these films and the subject of drugs and I said just , you know , just as a joke and I thought he would just laugh it off , I said have you done any ? |
| 18 | " He usually asks me for my criticism , " she said to one interviewer . |
| 19 | The air hostesses inquired what I was making and a man passing in the aisle quite genuinely complimented me on my work . ’ |
| 20 | Pat always reminded me of my own shape — a reasonably well proportioned figure but very heavy on the hips and thighs . |
| 21 | Stan Wickenden , purchasing director of Renshaws , quickly disabused me of my fanciful notions that Mitcham harboured fabulous nut-cracking machinery : ‘ Of course , you realise that most nuts are imported ready shelled . |
| 22 | ‘ A fire always reminds me of my brother Charlie . |
| 23 | ‘ Very well , ’ answered the wife , ‘ and it always reminds me of my former Croydon neighbour , Pam Hook , who also taught Medau . ’ |
| 24 | May I through the Journal , say thank you to all my friends and colleagues who contributed to my retirement present [ camcorder ] — a gift that 's much appreciated and will always remind me of my 32+ years at JS . |
| 25 | She mostly calls me by my last name . |
| 26 | Er right okay well I 'll tell you what , I think erm people are coming to see me until about two or three or so but erm if you come a bit after three you 'll probably catch me on my own |
| 27 | In his first letter from there he makes a significant little admission to Theo , and encloses a sketch : ‘ I should like to begin making hasty sketches of some of the many things I meet … but as it would probably keep me from my real work it is better not to start . ’ |
| 28 | My mother and father both encouraged me in my playing , but I was n't encouraged to get into the business because they knew it was kind of tough . |
| 29 | After a few hours a rustling noise nearly shocked me off my boulder . |
| 30 | The first time she nearly burnt me in my bed , and the second time she visited you , and must have been reminded of her own wedding day by seeing your wedding dress . ’ |