Example sentences of "you [vb past] me [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
2 | I seem to know that name " " You recommended me in Mespot for a pilot 's course " I enlightened him . |
3 | Did you imagine I 'd stand passively by while you used me for bayonet practice ? ’ |
4 | You invited me to dinner and I accepted ; that 's all there is to it . ’ |
5 | You prepared me for triumph . |
6 | WILLIAMS , formally ] I am very glad to see you well and I am very glad of an opportunity to acknowledge your good intentions when you believed me in distress . |
7 | I said , ‘ Do you know , you frightened me to death ? ’ |
8 | I used one of your tapes you brought me for Christmas yesterday , very nice ! |
9 | ‘ You took me by surprise , ’ she muttered . |
10 | PAUSE I thought I knew at last who you were , why you liked me at school , why you took the trouble to read those poems I 'd written . |
11 | ‘ The one you gave me on account , remember ? ’ |
12 | I mean , the penknife you gave me for Christmas was very nice but it does n't cut things . |
13 | ‘ The next day , when I thought you suspected me of smuggling , perhaps worse , my pride took quite a battering . ’ |