Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [verb] me [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I wo n't tell Mr Mac , long as you give me a ride on Miss Ellen when you 're done . ’ |
2 | Glendambo is the last petrol station for 200 kilometres , " warned the Budget car-hire girl , as she handed me the keys to a six-cylinder Holden Commodore . |
3 | But as she needs me a hell of a lot more than I need her , we get along . ’ |
4 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
5 | As it brought me an endless supply of free wallop I played along with this . |
6 | Thank you Chairman , erm I 'm delighted to be the last person to present a set of budget proposals as it gives me the opportunity to draw attention to some facts that seems to have been overlooked by the representatives of the other two groups . |
7 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |
8 | You look young for a doctor , ’ cried Fawcett as he handed me a whisky . |
9 | So I wrapped up the conversation as rudely as someone on Newsnight trying to silence a politician , just as he dealt me a social body blow . |