Example sentences of "[vb past] me [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As I panted in the thin air , a herdboy passed me on the broken steps which zigzagged up the mountainside , joining the smooth terraces with their retaining walls of stone . |
| 32 | But they refreshed me , sustained me through the subsequent days and weeks , like water in a camel 's hump . |
| 33 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
| 34 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 35 | In my teens , similar doubts lured me into the darker recesses of the family 's medical encyclopedia , there to discover I was Britain 's first recorded case of Futtock 's Syndrome . |
| 36 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 37 | It was piece work , and I earned I er The firm payed me as a retaining fee , ten shillings a week , and then was what I earned , you see ? |
| 38 | Wyndham Lewis kindly provided me with a similar introduction to James Joyce . |
| 39 | The work ranged from small debt collection to very large acquisitions and disposals for the four main divisions of the company , and provided me with a great variety of work which was predominantly commercial . |
| 40 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 41 | And when , as shadow education spokesman , I was a frontline campaigner in the nineteen eighty seven election , it was the G M B which provided me with the necessary facilities to carry out that role , and I thank them for it . |
| 42 | She fixed me with a big smile and gave a flirtatious wink from behind her diamond encrusted specs and said : ‘ But I would be happy to invite YOU in Tony . |
| 43 | I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’ |
| 44 | ‘ Next ! ’ she plainsonged and fixed me with an old-fashioned look from behind her lorgnette . |
| 45 | Nour drew me as an English Miss : Ingleesy , prim , uneducated , unsophisticated . |
| 46 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 47 | Instead of joining the press of bodies that jammed up the aisle towards the crush bar , he took my arm once again and drew me in the opposite direction . |
| 48 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |
| 49 | She was a scrawny red shorthorn with a woolly poll and she regarded me with a contemplative eye as I bent down . |
| 50 | Every penny of that meagre capital represented a pleasure foregone , a temptation denied , yet now I found myself wasting it on meals I did n't want with people who regarded me as a poor relative . |
| 51 | In response to some implied criticism I made of his treatment of the sub-editor , Porua regarded me in a sneering silence and then said , ‘ Why should I have regard for my fellows ? |
| 52 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
| 53 | I think he caught me at a vulnerable moment , when I was more worried about myself than I am now . |
| 54 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , Veronica , you caught me at a bad moment , ’ Loretta said apologetically . |
| 55 | Mind you can always say to you caught me at a bad time , you say , it 's supposed to have appointment only , but just say , can you , is there any chance of you coming back . |
| 56 | But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar . |
| 57 | I had no money , and she helped me over the worst times . |
| 58 | They helped me over the next road , me nearly tripping as I crossed the far kerb . |
| 59 | However , Will Purser helped me with a few defensive sentences such as , ‘ Please talk slowly , I have only just begun to learn Burmese . ’ |
| 60 | Elizabeth helped me with the flapping chair . |