Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I look at their mouths and their hands , put on a prim expression and think about them having me in bed . |
| 2 | I do n't mind Come Up and See Me being released ; God willing it will go high enough for them to invite me on Top Of The Pops ! |
| 3 | And a Liverpool painter 's son , who after his father died ‘ was brought up with me grandmother ’ , calling her ‘ mother ’ , chose not to return to his real mother when she remarried and could offer him a home again : ‘ They 'd brought me up , and it would n't be fair for them to take me after from rearing me . ’ |
| 4 | I had no relatives left behind for them to blackmail me into silence-that had been the biggest obstacle . |
| 5 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 6 | Sister Superior , from the waxed scented and echoing chambers of the convent where we usually never set foot , sent for me to remind me of the Parable of the Talents . |
| 7 | ‘ I beg your pardon for intruding , ’ she said , ‘ but I came looking for someone to serve me with petrol and I heard your voices and then what you said about Brownies . ’ |
| 8 | Nowadays we live in less saintly times and I long for someone to help me with my ironing . |
| 9 | I had been allocated an efficient back-up team from the Civil Service : Jane Benham ( promoted near the end and replaced by Martin Howarth ) , Michael Phipps and Jenny Bacon , all of whom impressed me with their loyalty to me and their diplomatic skills . |
| 10 | Besides , the only people who live beyond here are that Elizabeth and the farmer , and neither of them strikes me as the riotous type . ’ |
| 11 | And of those girls in the pub , it was one of them told me about it — ’ |
| 12 | None of them told me about it . |
| 13 | Michelle , who was taking the drug Epilim , said at her home in Whyteleaf , Surrey : ‘ None of them told me about the risk of having a handicapped baby . |
| 14 | And as I sat on the beach , I idly picked up some of the myriad stones lying on the shore , and one of them surprised me with its remarkable colours — it was pure marble glistening and sparkling with mica particles imbedded in it . |
| 15 | Some of the crowd were pleased when they heard this , but most of them watched me in silence . |
| 16 | I 'm Parish Priest and yet the pair of them treat me like a child . ’ |
| 17 | One of them kisses me as if I had won a prize for the most amusing and far-fetched story of the evening . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew that they were n't students and I began to resist but one of them hit me over the head with a gun . |
| 19 | Erm , if erm , if one of them contradicted me in the class , I burst into tears , I think you 'd think something was seriously wrong with me , would n't you ? |
| 20 | It had taken two of them to free me from the current and I was so relieved . |
| 21 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 22 | It 's a good idea of yours putting me on the floor Rocket . |
| 23 | My own suggestion that we were dealing with a whole nest of Mata Haris was declared plausible but incorrect while Team C , consisting of two middle-aged couples , produced two theories , the second of which named me as a potential mole ! |
| 24 | Burns 's poetry and songs have played an important part in my life from the earliest years , not only because of their simple beauty , but also because of their directness , honesty , and wry , lop-sided , humour ; the appreciation of which stood me in good stead the last time I was in Mauchline . |
| 25 | Very good of you to see me at such short notice . ’ |
| 26 | Howard , Petion , ’ the Doctor asked desperately , ‘ can either of you put me in touch with a houngan of the Rada Loa ? ’ |
| 27 | But Campbell said : ‘ It 's not a case of him talking me into the move . |
| 28 | He epitomises the polite , friendly grandfather figure , all six foot three of him greeting me with a firm handshake . |
| 29 | Not the igneous intrusion — that 's there all right ; a colleague of mine told me about it — and I did intend to work there while I was here in Moila . |
| 30 | " The very thought of it chills me to the bone . " |