Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] me [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that my innocent inquiry had provoked such a defensive , almost hostile response got me thinking about what has been happening to the labour force since the mid-1970s . |
| 2 | My parents are very accepting ; my mum encourages me to dress for comfort rather than fashion . |
| 3 | Mum made me go into town with her to spend my Christmas money on clothes . |
| 4 | My natural reserve made me recoil at this blatant approach , as did my total commitment and loyalty to Leslie . |
| 5 | The Prince wants me to go to a bloody ball . ’ |
| 6 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 7 | The problem comes in many forms , but for the sake of brevity let me concentrate on pollution . |
| 8 | Will the Minister ensure that his Department keeps me advised of all developments relating to that sad event ? |
| 9 | I , er are you both in effect asking me to adjourn to a date which in a moment will agree on |
| 10 | He sent a lad after it to try to catch it and with disgust watched me limp towards him rubbing a bruised thigh . |
| 11 | ‘ Rallying helps me forget about the possibility of losing the appeal . |
| 12 | Sonja helps me look after Marie , but mostly it 's me , cos Sonja 's pretty busy in the kitchen . |
| 13 | A child in a doorway saw me coming through the olives and called , and then the entire population of the tiny hamlet appeared — four women and half a dozen children , unmistakably islanders . |
| 14 | Sister told me to wait outside her open duty-room door and watch all that was going on . |
| 15 | This had several squares of very heavy , dark grey woollen cloth which Mum told me came from her own great grandmother 's cloak , so presumably could well have dated back to the eighteenth century . |
| 16 | At their recent meeting Nether Wyresdale Parish Council asked me to write to you about the following : |
| 17 | I used to get frightened at my parents ' house in Wales when the boys from the village asked me to play with them . |
| 18 | Neither council wants me to deal with this as a late objection . |
| 19 | And the bravado caused me to forget about caution and to head for a place that I 'd earlier avoided — because it was my favourite night-spot in Uulaa-la . |
| 20 | On another occasion when I was holed up for two days in a tiny cottage in Snowdonia while it poured with rain , an ordnance survey map , my first hand knowledge of the area and an illustrated catalogue of Turner 's work allowed me to prepare for locating the sites where he worked . |
| 21 | ‘ We have not achieved our goal yet , but the sale of the first plot allowed me to put in services for the proposed houses , ’ said Earl Haig . |
| 22 | ‘ Even when I got by on a fast straight , where the extra power of my machine was beneficial , I thought it might be part of his plan to let me go in front and force me into making a mistake . ’ |
| 23 | If she has indeed acquired sufficient skill to send me howling into some black hole , now 's the moment she 'll try it . |
| 24 | My occasional brushes with office work leave me filled with inarticulate rage . |
| 25 | It is alleged that I am unpunctual sometimes , so certain members of the party arranged with the driver and the guard to make me run for the train . |
| 26 | My Philippine experience leads me to ask about health in the UK : what is a correct analysis of the current situation ? |
| 27 | Mama made me go to school , but I crept back home just before noon . |
| 28 | About three months before I finally , I was husband made me go to the doctor or go to the doctors for me and that 's when I realized it was depression I did n't know anything about it then . |
| 29 | He was the ideal of all the friends I had ever longed for , the elder brother that , as an only child , I could never hope for — though he was at least fifteen years younger than I , his assurance and absolute maleness made me feel like a younger brother by contrast . |
| 30 | Reading the article in this issue on Remembrance led me to reflect on the statement in our Royal Charter which says that one of the objects of the Association is to : |