Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [be] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she went on talking , making occasional references to the length of my fingers or the breadth of my brow , I thought it ironical that this odd woman should be defending me , not from outright attack but from my mother 's protectiveness . |
| 2 | ‘ I take it the hospital inspector will be paying me , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd better be getting back or the foreman will be giving me the sack . ’ |
| 4 | Mum will be expecting me to be on the bus , remember . ’ |
| 5 | But I am afraid that this experience will be denied me . ’ |
| 6 | Who in the hell would be ringing me at work ? |
| 7 | The best thing will be to tell me where you are and Daddy will come and fetch you , or Mike will . |
| 8 | Another way would be to tell me what the angle is from |
| 9 | I think , since this is , after all , my first sermon as curate here — in fact , it 's my first sermon ever — I 'd better stop or the Bishop will be posting me back to Rosstrevor . |