Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [adv] [vb -s] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pours withering scorn upon such ‘ painted poupées ’ as Joan Collins and Liz Taylor for the hours they devote to their images , as well as the men they choose as partners , but one look at the deep lines of bitterness etched into the faces of those women who renounce loving relationships in favour of cats , gardens or anything else tells me all I need to know . |
| 2 | I have phoned the company , but all I get is an ansaphone and no-one ever contacts me . |
| 3 | But there was one which I liked very much and which still makes me laugh , which was n't to do with my performance , but with my appearance . |
| 4 | ‘ She 's convinced he 's innocent of Angy 's murder and she only wants me to play detective and find the real killer ! |
| 5 | I sent , I wrote off to Friends of the Earth , I got a load of information all about the law and she still phones me up and say oh you know what the District Council 's they wo n't do anything and the N R A was n't doing anything . |
| 6 | It 's just that I do n't have the same taste as she does and she always wants me to have what she wants . |
| 7 | I 've put in stuff for her from all over , and she always thanks me , not like she was paying me at all . |
| 8 | I have told him he is n't the same man I married any more and he just takes me for granted . |
| 9 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 10 | And he always tells me , he said that er he had no sleep during the night he he thought he 'd killed this man , you see , he says , I seen him drop , and I seen blood . |
| 11 | But he says exactly what he thinks , and he always makes me think . |
| 12 | I bent down to do it and he always pokes me in the eye with it . |
| 13 | Yeah , and he always writes me out a couple and I ai n't got the money . |
| 14 | I 've been riding this horse for a couple of years now and he never lets me down . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've known this parrot for 35 years and he still bites me , ’ says Petre . |
| 17 | And it also tells me how high it is in the sky . |
| 18 | but it keeps together The idea that they 're going to broke up br broken up into competing er items , worries people in my constituency and it also alarms me . |
| 19 | And it always annoys me |
| 20 | I WAS an infant teacher for 38 years and it always makes me angry when anyone says that a mother who stays at home caring for her child is ‘ wasting her talents ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Very well , ’ answered the wife , ‘ and it always reminds me of my former Croydon neighbour , Pam Hook , who also taught Medau . ’ |
| 22 | And it still frightens me . |
| 23 | But from ninety one ninety two onwards a married woman was entitled to an allowance in her own right , and it still mystifies me knowing Mrs Thatcher was in office for all those years , why it took so long for this to happen , . |
| 24 | So , of course , we were getting a little bit panicky cos what 's worrying me , and it still worries me again we 've put all this time and effort in they may pay us alright , we 've got this twenty , they may pay us a second payment , but are they gon na pay up on the third ? |
| 25 | Just to illustrate how important this thing is , you 've probably all come across and it really irritates me , you see people interviewing people on television and they 've got their clipboard there and they 've obviously got a prepared question so they ca n't falter and fine , that means they 've prepared it . |
| 26 | And what really bothers me is when people say they ca n't do anything about it . |
| 27 | She is worried about me not eating , she is worried that my periods have stopped , that I look thinner and thinner , that my hair has gone dry and flat and rasps like paper when you touch it , but she also admires me . |
| 28 | A little bit but she really winds me up she does . |
| 29 | I sulk , I ask him why , but he simply ignores me . |
| 30 | I 've asked him to let me go straight out and breathe the cellar air , but he always makes me wait till I 've had breakfast . |