Example sentences of "my [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are discredited and out-of-date theories around , and I have asked officials in my Department to report to me on those matters . |
| 2 | Julia could n't sleep because she could smell them in her room , so she came into my room to talk to me . |
| 3 | ‘ I had to ask my caddie to stand behind me to make sure I was aiming correctly , ’ he said after pushing a 6-iron shot from the thirteenth tee then hooking wide of the short fifteenth green with the same club . |
| 4 | Even now , five years later , I do not let my children get close to me , although I sometimes allow my wife to sit with me while I eat . |
| 5 | The day Vonetta came to my flat to talk to me , she was wearing jeans , a white camisole top , and a shirt tied at the waist . |
| 6 | I kicked myself all the way back to the hotel for being an arrant coward , and next day persuaded my companion to return with me to the scene of our defeat and try again . |
| 7 | It felt like my wrist , but could n't have been , and as I reached the surface of consciousness , it was jerked from my hand and I was rocked fully awake by suddenly unburdened bedsprings as my Pop leapt from my bed to stand beside me . |
| 8 | ‘ What , with my Nelly to look after me ? |