Example sentences of "and [vb past] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One morning they woke me up , told me to wash my face , and led me blindfolded into a room with a TV camera . |
| 2 | His catches at Tring on flavoured maggot were extraordinary and led me to follow him . |
| 3 | Later he called me to a meeting of the Executive Council and asked me to say what I thought the principles of the Department should be and how they could be implemented . |
| 4 | Eliot saw the point , and asked me to sit down forthwith and draft a synopsis . |
| 5 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 6 | It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress . |
| 7 | When she felt the time was right , she took the cushions from the couch , arranged them on the floor and asked me to lie face down . |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , ’ she said , ‘ a friend came round and asked me to go with her … |
| 9 | Recalling that horrifying October day when she visited Courtney in Harley Street , Miss C told the jury : ‘ First , he took me into his office and asked me to go out and buy baby oil . |
| 10 | ‘ Michael was anxious to get it sorted out and asked me to arrange the wedding . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Much to my surprise and delight , sure enough in ‘ 84 he contacted me and asked me to take part in the Mozart ‘ Coronation ’ Mass to be performed in front of the Pope the following year . |
| 12 | He looked at me and asked me to take it . |
| 13 | Smith was a slow reader and took about an hour to read and ponder the document , after which he approved it and asked me to take it to Harold Wilson . |
| 14 | On the contrary , he looked at me admiringly , flourished his pen , wrote in the sum , turned the page , signed and asked me to do likewise on Jean-Claude 's account . |
| 15 | ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them . |
| 16 | They gave me a line of coke , and asked me to do it for them . |
| 17 | At last he reached me and asked me to demonstrate el thwing . |
| 18 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 19 | It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble . |
| 20 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
| 21 | And on this morning , of all mornings , James phoned at the crack of dawn and asked me to preside over a ridiculous Press party . |
| 22 | All eight doctors signed a letter on 13 December to the Secretary of State for Health and asked me to pass it on . |
| 23 | Their president , Gordon Stulberg , became president of Twentieth Century-Fox and asked me to direct The Poseidon Adventure , which became the company 's most profitable film . |
| 24 | He had no answer , but in the meantime the manager appeared and asked me to come into the office . |
| 25 | Raised his cap with a pretty gesture , blushed to his eyes and asked me to come and see his work . ’ |
| 26 | He said he 'd flown over urgently to see me and asked me to come to the Cheshire Cheese , that pub in Fleet Street , at ten o'clock that night . |
| 27 | He could n't make it and asked me to come instead . ’ |
| 28 | When he joined Ingard and wanted a number two he thought of me and asked me to come in with him . |
| 29 | She phoned me and asked me to come straight over . |
| 30 | I thought at the time she made nought of it , but back last summer , like you say , round August bank 'oliday , she came to see me and asked me to tell 'er everything I remembered 'bout the day of the explosion . |