Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke . |
| 2 | The government 's obvious intention was to identify me as the main source of all the criticism and speculation running counter to the official line on Flight 103 and then to destroy me . |
| 3 | There were lots of young people working there whose main ambition was to get me into a good home . |
| 4 | The Fat Controller was helping me to my feet . |
| 5 | I dimly understood that by holding out to me this realm of material essences , available by an act of will alone , The Fat Controller was condemning me to a cosmos of brand names , a metaphysic of motifs , a logic of logos , and an epistemology based on EPOS ( The Electronic Point of Sale method of inventory-keeping , which was just coming into use at this time among major retailers ) . |
| 6 | My boss was telling me about some old boy right he had a beard for all his life yeah ? |
| 7 | But by far the best gift was given me by a little red-haired girl , Betty , who gave me ( a virgin boy ) her body . |
| 8 | It would be absurd if my wife were to accuse me of using the word ‘ here ’ without meaning , since I did not know where I was . |
| 9 | The registrar was regarding me over the top of his spectacles and trying not to look at his watch . |
| 10 | The next moment I was on the floor and one was kicking me and the other was hitting me in the face . |
| 11 | As chance would have it we were going camping with another family whose father was to accompany me for a day 's climbing on Pillar . |
| 12 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 13 | And now the train was taking me to Aunt Louise through the quiet countryside , and in spite of my preoccupation I could not help enjoying the journey . |
| 14 | As I prowled about outside the garden wall , it came on me with a start that a young , man was regarding me over the barrel of a pistol . |
| 15 | He guessed rightly that little Didier Bluot was leading me into the cemetery and would direct me to Montaine 's grave . |
| 16 | His approach was to nudge me in certain directions , and very quickly I came to a number of revelations . |
| 17 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
| 18 | Later we were to have several talks , but when I first arrived sick and ill and my GP went through the diagnosis , his greatest concern was to get me into the hands of a good specialist which he did with the utmost speed . |
| 19 | Another small farm was shown me as the place where the mother of a young baby had forgotten to place the poker over its cradle : as a consequence the child , unprotected by iron , had been stolen by the fairies and replaced by a ‘ changeling ’ . |
| 20 | The only thing was to push me at once to the front ; and almost immediately , after a very few brief words from the distinguished chairman , I found myself face to face with an audience that evidently meant mischief . |
| 21 | Another solution to the problem of gaining height was told me by one of my respondents , who dreamed of climbing a high flagpole . |
| 22 | Twenty years later , Charles reminded an assembly of how " a part of the realm was assigned me by my lord and father … and in it the metropolitan see of Sens then lacked a pastor . |
| 23 | The answer was staring me in the face . |
| 24 | Oh no , I did n't see that , my mum was telling me about it . |
| 25 | THOMAS PENNANT in his " Tour in Scotland " 1772 writes , " A present was made me of a clach clun ceilach , or cock-knee stone , believed to be obtained out of that part of the bird ; but I have unluckily forgotten its virtues . |
| 26 | THOMAS PENNANT in his " Tour in Scotland " 1772 writes , " A present was made me of a clach clun ceilach , or cock-knee stone , believed to be obtained out of that part of the bird ; but I have unluckily forgotten its virtues . |
| 27 | Jeanne , the Vitou 's only daughter was being prepared for evacuation , but my newly found knowledge in medicine and sociology was making me over optimistic . |
| 28 | I was in a shop once , buying scented candles , and on the radio came Steve Wright with a collage of Smiths ’ songs , and I got a distinct chill , almost as though the hand of death was tapping me on the shoulder , saying : ‘ put yer candles down , it 's time to go ! ’ ’ |
| 29 | The ragged hole appeared in the beard again ; it occurred to me that the shrink was baiting me in some way , teasing me . |
| 30 | They felt very threatened , although ‘ opening the door of my house ’ had been one of the actions tried out when the class was directing me in how to be a witch . |