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Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] me [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1	Eliot saw the point , and asked me to sit down forthwith and draft a synopsis .
2	Recalling that horrifying October day when she visited Courtney in Harley Street , Miss C told the jury : ‘ First , he took me into his office and asked me to go out and buy baby oil .
3	And on this morning , of all mornings , James phoned at the crack of dawn and asked me to preside over a ridiculous Press party .
4	When he joined Ingard and wanted a number two he thought of me and asked me to come in with him .
5	Stuart came home last night in his usual cheerful mood , gave me a kiss , put his arm round me and made me sit down as if he had something important to say .
6	He relaxed his death-hold on me and made me sit down with him on a convenient bench .
7	He pipped me mum and made me jump out of my bloody skin .
8	It was important to learn about , for example , bookselling from experienced booksellers who then , accepting the genuineness of my interest and the possible value of my research , were generous in helping me with it and allowing me to carry out surveys in bookshops .
9	The thing here was that all the flowers were blue — delphiniums and cornflowers and forget me nots round a sundial in the middle of a smooth green velvet lawn .
10	He called to me , and invited me to go in and have a drink with him .
11	She phoned me earlier this week and invited me to come down here to see her land .
12	‘ Look , ’ Donaldson told him outside , ‘ I 'm not being deliberately awkward , but you ca n't appear from nowhere and expect me to go along with you without an explanation . ’
13	‘ you come in ere half pissed once a month , usually around midnight , and expect me to jump around for you , now you 're bringing you mates as well . ’
14	She saw that I was looking pale and vacant and told me to sit down .
15	He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details .
16	Somewhat naïvely , I had expected it all to be sorted out then and there , but the chap just took my name , gave me a form to fill in and told me to come back a few days later for a full interview .
17	The sergeant offered to phone Mr Jones for me , and told me to stay around because Mr Jones would no doubt ring me back .
18	Esmerelda jumped up and down and told me to hurry up and make the kite fly .
19	Type Report on Yugoslav Spitfires by Peter Arnold in the April issue ( p70 ) evoked many memories for me and caused me to rummage around for some half-forgotten photos of nearly half a century ago , and there it was , Mk VcJK808 ‘ B ’ with yours truly in attendance .
20	So Judge — gave us a 21-month suspended sentence and let me walk out the court .
21	Her eyes closed , she turned her face away , released her hold on my cheekbones and let me go on into the hall .
22	The members are accountable and let me go back about the committees .
23	Even Daley Thompson , who insisted he had very little interference from teachers , said they helped him in a non-involved way : ‘ They were all right ; they left me alone and let me get on with what suited me .
24	Stop jawing and let me get on with it .
25	‘ Here — you run along and let me get on with it . ’
26	Self-satisfaction had given way to an impatience that said , as clearly as the words , ‘ If that 's the best you can do , stop wasting my time and let me get on with my work . ’
27	‘ Come on , Terry , just mend it and let me get out of here . ’
28	I am writing this partly to get it clear in my head and to help me make up my mind .
29	Eventually , after about a week , her little head would pop up over the hill and watch me put out her food as I whistled , but she would n't come down for it until she felt the coast was clear .
30	In a minute someone 's going to bang on the lid and tell me to come out .