Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | That is over a million pounds right in that budget for committee administration and you ask me where we can save fifty thousand pounds , well start producing a few less reports . |
2 | And you know me very well Tom . |
3 | ‘ Yeah , ’ replied the motor man irritably , ‘ you can say ‘ I came amongst you and you took me in ’ . ’ |
4 | He said well I give you that Avenger estate he said cos I thought you were building your house , that 'll be handy for you you know yeah you did and you let me down badly ! |
5 | ‘ I told you that , ’ said Sam , indignantly , ‘ and you told me not to be so stupid . ’ |
6 | You are a good model and you suited me very well . |
7 | ‘ You 're in complete charge and you resent me anyway . ’ |
8 | Then you come along , and you tell me not only who made it but what his name was , how many eggs he laid and the colour of his tentacles . |
9 | I ask and you tell me where you think the record is wrong . |
10 | I know what , I 'll swop that for a pound coin , yeah , and you give me back the pound coin and plus that fifty P , yeah ? |
11 | And you knock me down even further ! |
12 | One card read : ‘ I 'm your Mom and I love you and you love me very , very much . |
13 | I said so , and you fobbed me off with the excuse that you 'd been talking about Lilian 's twin . |
14 | ‘ I saw her , in the midst of the warriors , and she saw me too , and knew me . |
15 | Mrs Webster had a Friend ( to whom she always gave a metaphorical capital letter in speech ) , and she told me how much her Friend liked reading . |
16 | And she told me how many shifts you work , the different groups in this home and what type of clients , how to treat them . ’ |
17 | I asked Maureen about this strange and spectacular bird , and she told me how it came to be in her care . |
18 | And she told me then , after that , why she 'd laughed . |
19 | We met that evening and she asked me straight out if I 'd be interested in an exclusive story : a scandal affecting a government minister . |
20 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
21 | She 'd seen her brother 's and she wanted to see if they all looked like that and she asked me so I showed her mine , but it was only if she 'd show me hers and she did as well . ’ |
22 | But for some reason she knew he was my brother , and she asked me how he was keeping these days . ’ |
23 | ‘ She 's afraid of me , and she hates me too . |
24 | ‘ Yeah ; she came to Uncle Hamish 's a couple of times , and she drove me back to Glasgow once . ’ |
25 | She is pregnant , after all — prodigious , luminous ; and she pampers me outrageously . |
26 | I did n't know what to say , so I just held out my hand and she heaved me up . |
27 | And she sent me down to the Headmistress and she says , ‘ You 've been drinking , have n't you ? |
28 | And she got me again , cos I was n't bothered if she got me , you know what I mean , cos I , I was in my house I could get changed quickly and it was hot . |
29 | He says : ‘ I talk to her like an adult and she bosses me around . |
30 | I let her share my house because she could only afford a tiny flat of her own , and she bosses me around as if she 's the one with the money . |