Example sentences of "[vb past] me [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He lowered me into a chair at the foot of the stairs and stood above me critically .
2 Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified .
3 She leaned in and pecked me on the lips .
4 ‘ He met me at the station … ’
5 Rich and Syb met me at the station .
6 I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’
7 My faithful driver , Murphy , met me at the gate , taking my bags and walking me past the vagrants and money changers to his car , an old American model that had become something of a collector 's item .
8 Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room .
9 On the appointed Saturday in October , Micky met me at the railway station and drove me ( in a fairly elderly Morris Oxford with a canvas hood ) right down the High as far as the University Church , and there he parked ( no problem then ) .
10 But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me .
11 My father met me in the kitchen .
12 I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime .
13 You would n't recognise me if you met me in the bath . ’
14 Ashley met me in the Jac that night , listened to my woes , bought me drink when I ran out of money ( I 'm sure I was short-changed at the bar ) even though she probably had less dosh than I did , and listened to my woes all over again when we went back to her mum 's and sat up till God knows when , talking low so we would n't wake Dean in the next room .
15 He smiled too , and stabbed me in the gut with the gun-barrel hard enough to make me suck in my breath .
16 P : I was coming home from a party with Robert Mitchum drinking cider when one of Shane 's gang came out and stabbed me in the arm … ( goes on for about ten more pages — Freudian Ed )
17 He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor .
18 When I left in December 1928 he succeeded me in the house as Captain of Games .
19 Asked by police what had happened , Mr Graham said : ‘ He attacked me with a hammer and I stabbed him . ’
20 That is why they attacked me with a bomb .
21 ‘ But somehow that mistake sort of propelled me into an approach which is still very significant to what I do .
22 Seeing my stricken face the producer tried to offer some comfort and advice as he propelled me through the studio door .
23 He propelled me off the terrace and through the shuttered dining-room .
24 She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman .
25 Pahdra Singh mounted the pavement in his Bentley this morning and pinned me to the window of the Wimpy Bar .
26 only your mother was n't sure she asked me on the phone
27 The hon. Member for Linlithgow ( Mr. Dalyell ) asked me about the independence of the funding council .
28 She often asked me about the hills in the distance , beyond the moors , and wanted to ride her pony there .
29 The hon. Gentleman asked me about the degree of support from medical staff .
30 You asked me about the stance we were to adopt .
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