Example sentences of "[vb past] me [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ward was due to take over the driving and at the end of it I slumped into the seat beside him in a happy daze which insulated me from all sense of reality . |
| 2 | When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience . |
| 3 | No one asked me for any comment . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 5 | They asked me for more money . |
| 6 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 7 | You got me into this mess . |
| 8 | It was drink that got me into this mess . |
| 9 | I know it was only the extra weight of the Cross that got me up that hill . |
| 10 | Into the uneasy silence , while brother looked most earnestly at brother , and wondered , and sought or evaded the eyes of his neighbours , Brother Cadfael said : ‘ Brother Abbot , I have thoughts to share that never visited me until this morning , but are become very relevant now . |
| 11 | I was dead happy there and then , all of a sudden , they came one day and just moved me to another home . |
| 12 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
| 13 | I think she felt awkward , because she quickly helped me to more raspberry-fool . |
| 14 | No doubt my verbal articulacy , being greater than that of my unfortunate companion , helped me in this form of self-defence , as it did in my ability to lie . |
| 15 | Mind reading At one of my first-ever children shows , the father told me of this mind reading trick which we found worked well with the children . |
| 16 | Well he , he appreciated at the previous table show on the sixth of October and that was a case when it was always you know , because Danny only told me on that night that he could come . |
| 17 | With one of those insights which showed a mind much subtler than that of many of his contemporaries , he had drawn an analogy between logical positivism and surrealism ; but he told me on this occasion that he had once asked A.J. Ayer , as he then was , what political beliefs were compatible with logical positivism : to which the reply had been , not altogether to his surprise , that they would be decidedly left-wing . |
| 18 | Tess , when you told me about that child of ours , my feelings for you became strong again . |
| 19 | You told me about that disaster . |
| 20 | He also told me about another ex-employee who 'd had a fatal motor accident … ’ |
| 21 | It was there she told me about this sister and showed me her hand . |
| 22 | ‘ Martha told me about this place , but I never thought I 'd see it , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I was told , ’ said Lili , ‘ by the person who told me about this place . ’ |
| 24 | He told me about this condition quite openly , including the impulse to throw himself over cliffs etc . |
| 25 | And I cos I was amazed they told me about this salt rubbish ! |
| 26 | This girl just told me about this Polo factory outlet up near Canada … you can get a $200 knitted sweater for , like $20 — that 's outrageous ! ’ |
| 27 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 28 | The old man told me in this connection : |
| 29 | What attracted me to this way of speaking is that it would seem to allow for a celebration of the diversity of human beings , this held together with an emphasis on the commonness of their humanity . |
| 30 | To teach herself to handle thought , she made it a practise never to permit herself to touch a brush until she could answer these questions , in writing , in the fewest possible words : ‘ What attracted me to this subject ? ’ 'Why do I want to paint it ? ’ 'What is the thing I am trying to express ? ’ |