Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] me [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she told me she was experiencing a certain amount of discomfort due to the condition of her appendix , and although she was not really looking forward to surgery and to the anaesthetic , none the less Kirsty seemed to have no more than the expected apprehension which would have been felt by anyone . |
| 2 | ‘ Although she told me she can only ring when her daddy is out as he does n't like animals … |
| 3 | Naturally , Eliot was pleased about my enthusiasm for Collingwood , for whom he had considerable regard ; but although he told me he liked the Essay on Philosophical Method , which had appeared in 1933 and concerning which I had attended Collingwood 's lecture-course in my first year , I could see that he was more interested in such works as A. E. Taylor 's Faith of a Moralist , or more directly theological works , such as those of Jacques Maritain . |
| 4 | well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up |
| 5 | Once he told me he likes me cos I do n't ask questions . |
| 6 | ‘ If somebody told me he disappeared some time on Friday night I would n't be surprised . ’ |
| 7 | Oh I know she is cos she told me you do n't feed her properly . |
| 8 | I thought it was a bit of a cheek seeing as I 'm due here mornings but I 've nothing against Mrs. Schofield and if she wanted me I was n't above obliging . |
| 9 | No , so do n't pretend you did know you , you thought he was acting cos you told me he was well plastered . |
| 10 | But do n't waste it on me in any case : I would n't believe Six even if they told me they were lying . |
| 11 | I says if they lent me it erm well they might want us to watch it now and lend it to someone else . |
| 12 | He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst . |
| 13 | If he asked me I would turn him down . ’ |
| 14 | no that 's right , yeah , I mean , I , I 've said it , I do n't care , but er I 've said in the past that er , I think some of the reason me and Ann split up was , I mean she always used to say I never treated her right and all things like that , I did you know , and I do care for her , but a lot of the things was I never showed it because erm if anything bothered me I never know it showed and it did n't bloody bother me because I 'd resolved myself after Julie that I 'd never let anything bother me again |
| 15 | ‘ Because she told me you had . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm calling his home because he told me he was rarely in his office . ’ |
| 17 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 18 | And if anybody says you should be calling him Uncle Adam you can say no I do n't need to because he told me I did n't alright ? |
| 19 | I only went 'cos somebody told me they was 'andin' out food parcels . |
| 20 | ‘ After you left me I telephoned Barbara to see that she was all right . |
| 21 | I had reckoned that an accusation of fear would sting the Maggot , and even before he interrupted me he had banked the plane westwards . |
| 22 | I was n't gay , and when somebody asked me I 'd say , ‘ No , I 'm not ’ , which was the truth . |
| 23 | When you heard me I was imagining a process whereby you 'd have a strategic sites policy in the structure plan which would enable a local authority in preparing its local plan if it wished to identify a strategic site and that would then become in the local plan , you know subject to all those consultation processes , and then it 's part of the portfolio that is available in the published arena with a statutory framework behind it . |
| 24 | Come on , when you met me you knew damn well what I did . |
| 25 | I remember the look of relief on your face when you told me it was all over-that I could return home and forget it ever happened . |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe I heard you when you told me you were going home , but I was miles away . |
| 27 | After that night in Rocamar , when you told me you could n't feel anything for anyone , I dared not hope you 'd ever change — ’ |
| 28 | When she asked me it would almost bring a tear to my eye . ’ |
| 29 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
| 30 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |