Example sentences of "[vb -s] me [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should n't be surprised if it drives me straight into the arms of the recruiting officer . |
| 2 | He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew . |
| 3 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
| 4 | He looks me straight in the eyes as he takes his hand from my glass . |
| 5 | Kellard looks me briefly in the eye . |
| 6 | I 'd like to skip over this decision because it wakes me up in a sweat fairly often . |
| 7 | Yvonne wakes me up after an hour 's sleep and tells me I have to leave . |
| 8 | That still messes me up on the guitar . ’ |
| 9 | She comes back across the room , punches me playfully in the chest , then flops on to the sofa . |
| 10 | He grabs me amicably by the shoulder , pinches me firmly , and explains that since the Chinese left no new equipment has been purchased . |
| 11 | She kisses me softly on the forehead and wraps me in her arms so securely I 'm reminded of my mother . |
| 12 | Crilly cups my face in his hands , strokes my hair and kisses me long upon the lips . |
| 13 | She shakes me gently by the hand and announces quietly , ‘ I 've just got out of the bath . ’ |
| 14 | He admires in Horace ‘ the beauty , force and vehemence of Impression : which leads me on to a more rare and entertaining subject , not anywhere ( I think ) insisted on by others ’ . |
| 15 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 16 | yes and that , that in a way leads me on to the next party , if we 're gon na have an agreement between this group or , you know , the other group |
| 17 | The hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) talked about subsidies , and that leads me straight to the idea which has sometimes been muttered during the debate — that the mines should not have a subsidy . |
| 18 | It steals between us in such a way that whether or not he sees me only as the outline Woman , I see him through it only as the crude outline Man . |
| 19 | I have to go to bed early and then Mum gets me up in the morning she 's going get up ! |
| 20 | ‘ Well , it gets me out of the house . ’ |
| 21 | It must be because it gets me out of the tent in the middle of the night to stand and contemplate the untroubled majesty of The Plough . |
| 22 | Gets me out of the house . ’ |
| 23 | This is the very reason a member of the steering group gave for becoming involved in the project : ‘ It gives me something else to do , gets me out of the factory [ adult training centre ] and is less boring . ’ |
| 24 | But it gets me out of the house for a while . |
| 25 | My route takes me up into the Chiltern foothills , and a labyrinth of green lanes . |
| 26 | I find it very depressing because it takes me away from the constructive side of the business and into being a sort of financial PR and being defensive . |
| 27 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 28 | It just takes me out of the house for an hour or two . ’ |
| 29 | He does n't like to be seen with mum and dad , but when I 'm poorly and he takes me out in the wheelchair , he does n't mind who he meets and he says : ‘ Hi fellas , this is my mum . ’ |
| 30 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |