Example sentences of "the [noun] [to-vb] me [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 2 | I thought the part that , you know , she forgot it er well I know she did n't forget it , she just did it on purpose , but three days after my birthday it 's her wee brother 's first birthday and she had , she had the nerve to ring me up and invite me to her brother 's first birthday party accept and go up there with a present and a card and all and she could n't even have rang me up to say happy birthday So I have n't |
| 3 | I bribed the sacristan to take me down . |
| 4 | It is as easy for the sportsman to shoot me up here as down there . |
| 5 | ‘ He may well feel the need to scare me off . |
| 6 | ‘ When you bullied me into this … charade , ’ she spat the words out , ‘ it did n't give you the right to boss me about . |
| 7 | Susie nodded , and then added , ‘ I do n't agree that he has the right to follow me around just because he 's my husband . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm in hot water over various things — nothing important enough to bore you with , but I know the director wants shot of me — he 's said as much and I 'm sure my days are numbered ; I feel like I 'm struggling to keep my head above water — Oh , I knew this particular pool was going to be deep , but he 's there waiting just above the surface to shove me under , finding some half-baked reason to be rid of me . |
| 9 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 10 | When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane . |
| 11 | The station and train staff are always very courteous and helpful ; quite often the guard takes the trouble to help me on or off with the bike ; and station staff are good at guessing in advance what part of the train will take the bike , hence where to stand on the platform . |
| 12 | She had telephoned at nearly midnight to tell him I was n't very well and he should call before office hours in the morning to cheer me up , but he was n't back . |
| 13 | The commissioner of police or the chief commissioner then gave the order to shut me up again . |
| 14 | When we used to sit with you in Humanities sat next to you right , and I was saying like erm erm , you were saying I got you to say so who are gon na bring down the school to beat me up ? |
| 15 | The big , light-hungry leaves were almost black now as I walked briskly back along the path searching for the track to take me back to the lodge . |