Example sentences of "you [verb] me [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ So I 'd like you to drive me in the pony and trap , just till I know where people live . ’ |
2 | you met me with an exalted smile |
3 | You would n't recognise me if you met me in the bath . ’ |
4 | I 've been a candidate before , I do n't like to do things badly , since coming into politics I do n't think I have done things badly , I do n't want to fail you and I do n't want you to see me as a failure . |
5 | Well you got me for the day today , cos I ca n't go now until I fetch the car . |
6 | But you pat me on the bottom and send me home , and hope I 'll ‘ keep in touch ’ ! |
7 | You bring me into the office to shout at me and I ca n't say anything . |
8 | Erm you you bring me onto the second dimension of Leeds ' objection which is to do with the distribution of those jobs . |
9 | ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink . |
10 | You asked me about the stance we were to adopt . |
11 | ‘ Do you want me on the search , sir ? ’ |
12 | ‘ I came because I liked what I saw when you passed me in the corridor back in Helsinki . |
13 | I see , you criticize my appearance , and then you stab me in the back ! |
14 | ‘ Ah , Gina … how could you compare me with an insensitive brute like that ? ’ |
15 | ‘ No problem , but if you want me in the village do n't you think I 'd better get some transport of my own ? |
16 | . Shirl , any time you want me in the team . |
17 | ‘ I 'm so sorry , Veronica , you caught me at a bad moment , ’ Loretta said apologetically . |
18 | Mind you can always say to you caught me at a bad time , you say , it 's supposed to have appointment only , but just say , can you , is there any chance of you coming back . |
19 | ‘ Do n't you know that you caught me at an age when Taureans are at their most vulnerable ? |
20 | Sorry about the mess but you caught me on the hop like . |
21 | ‘ I thought my secretary told you to meet me at the house in Edinburgh ? |
22 | If you honour me with a reply it will be in kind ; and then , God defend the right ! ’ |
23 | ‘ By the time you found me on the moor , I knew everything , but I could prove nothing . |
24 | You drew me through the undergrowth out into the light and then left me bare and hurting . |
25 | You helped me in the early days . |
26 | ‘ I really can not expect you to accept me after the way in which I have behaved , and then was wicked enough to read your private book , and the cuttings are there , I knew that you would want them back , and I expect that you will wish to make a career in journalism , and why accept a poor doctor , no need to do that , you can always live on your father 's allowance and what a remarkable man he is , so like you , or earn your living by your pen … ’ |
27 | ‘ Can you direct me to the private wing ? ’ |
28 | Leafing through them , I could n't see any obvious lies ; he had n't taught me to say anything obscene instead of ‘ Excuse me ’ or ‘ Can you direct me to the railway station , please ? ’ , though I 'd have thought the temptation would have been all but irresistible . |
29 | All I can say is the longer you mess me about the worse it will get . |
30 | Ca n't imagine you meeting me with a nice cooked dinner and a a cake made by yo your own fair |