Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She phoned and told me about your visit this afternoon ; however , I shall reserve the right to be sceptical a while longer . |
| 2 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 3 | She stopped and drew me behind a screen of goldenrod , tangled and wild like a neglected hedgerow . |
| 4 | And the police came and interviewed me about it . |
| 5 | And on a Saturday with Jenny going in if there 's any overtime you and old what's-a-name was there and he came and tapped me on the shoulder . |
| 6 | Afterwards Aunt Louise came and took me to her room , leading the way up a strange little creaking curving staircase . |
| 7 | Mrs Donnan came and took me by the hand . |
| 8 | Well , it did n't do them much good May Lee came and rescued me In fact she seized me by the arm ‘ Well ? ’ she said |
| 9 | And oh probably after this meeting , not now , apparently Peter came and see me about samples procedure , I E marketing . |
| 10 | She was at court every time with me , and she came and visited me at Holloway . |
| 11 | Her voice was thin and cold , the way I like it After a while she cooed and cursed me into peace . |
| 12 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 13 | I nodded and followed me to the house . |
| 14 | I shook my head , and she smiled and nodded and patted me on the shoulder and padded off to the kitchen . |
| 15 | Benjamin grinned and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 16 | He 's in the dressing room next door and , after sorting himself out , he knocked and joined me in mine , giving me the opportunity to ask him about his illness . |
| 17 | I remember feeling Morris dealing with my dead-weight , as he folded and shovelled me into the back of the cab . |
| 18 | He grunted and followed me into the apartment . |
| 19 | Barium was forced down her with only minimal explanation , and when I protested the radiologist swore and told me to ‘ mind my place ’ while the assisting radiographer quickly looked away . |
| 20 | We did all right until we got to the last bit and I got my foot caught in Otley 's pocket when he tried to bend down , he fell and flung me over his head knocking my wig skew-whiff . |
| 21 | They laughed and clapped me on the back and handed the container round the circle again . |
| 22 | He laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 23 | They laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 24 | He blinked and regarded me with confused surprise . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’ |
| 26 | A waiter smiled and ushered me to a corner table marked with a reserved sign that said ‘ Intourist only ’ , and gave me the English-language menu . |
| 27 | His mother smiled and put me in his hand . |
| 28 | ‘ Jenny wrote and told me about it . |
| 29 | Sometimes he immediately pounced upon whatever I said and showed me in a psychoanalytical way how wrong I was , and how right he was . |
| 30 | She grimaced and told me about the school playground and how her clothes were wrong . |