Example sentences of "and [vb base] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's just that I doubt that your grandmother sent you after me with instructions to — to abduct me and drag me to Rome at any cost . ’ |
| 2 | They will understand me too quickly ; they will turn my own generosity against me and despise me for the lovers I took ; and they will cast me as the woman who briefly threatened to interfere with the writing of the books which they have enjoyed reading . |
| 3 | I was so rattled I glanced round to make sure this was n't a signal for an army of bunnies like this Dobermann of a beast to come up from behind and tear me to shreds . |
| 4 | It screeches to a halt beside me , three guys get out , blindfold me , tie me hand and foot and bundle me into the van . |
| 5 | And wrapt me in a gown . |
| 6 | She stripped the bed and lay me on the bed . |
| 7 | Their company seemed to drain me and send me into a state of nervous exhaustion after even a short while . |
| 8 | They 'd be sorry for me , they 'd give me whisky and aspirins and send me to a psychiatrist . |
| 9 | From the outset , McLaren was convinced that Branson wanted only to take the Sex Pistols away from him , ‘ and grind me into the ground ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Anyway , look it up and minute me about it , will you ? |
| 11 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 12 | I 'd say — and interrogate me in the cell itself with shouted , rapid-fire questions , punctuated by slaps in the face and , just once , hair-pulling . |
| 13 | Then saddle ye my horse Bavieca , and arm him well ; and ye shall apparel my body full seemlily , and place me upon the horse , and fasten and tie me thereon so that it can not fall : and fasten my sword Tizona in my hand . |
| 14 | But Ngugi managed to lift me out of my armchair and place me inside his imaginary village of Ilmorog . |
| 15 | A job would get me out of the house a lot and provide me with much needed money . |
| 16 | Quite suddenly , love for her , for gentle , golden Anne , flooded me , and I jumped out of bed , pushing back the net , wanting to run to her and tell her everything , wanting to confess and have her forgive me and kiss me with those soft , childish , soothing kisses . |
| 17 | If the military really believes in the justification of its exclusive stance , then let it stick to its guns and prosecute me for my actions . |
| 18 | So the bizzies come round here and bust me for possession . |
| 19 | The delay was enough for Clerval to catch me and seize me from behind . |
| 20 | Ten minutes later the staff began to arrive and at nine o'clock Fred Workman walked in to introduce me to the staff and show me around the building . |
| 21 | The King agreed , and ordered his officials to put me down on Balnibarbi , and show me round the capital , Lagado . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , come on , Deveraugh , quit messing around and let me on the damn boat . ’ |
| 23 | Owen was keen to show me his new electric racing car set and let me by the arm to his room . |
| 24 | My mother was reading to me from A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia , and I can remember exactly where she had got to in the book when , thinking I looked feverish , she took my temperature and put me to bed . |
| 25 | Eventually my father took me to my room , undressed me and put me to bed . |
| 26 | The guards and police took me completely outside the town and put me into some weird hotel that looked like a Holiday Inn , but it was in the middle of the woods . |
| 27 | I was bleeding from a laceration on my scalp and was so drunk that I had no recollection of what had happened ; a Sergeant quizzed me closely and seeing that I was incapable of speech , took me downstairs and put me into an ambulance . |
| 28 | ‘ They got me out of the ward and put me under a sheet in this side room . |
| 29 | Arguing from vastly different viewpoints , compromise proved impossible , until Toohoolhoolzote mumbled : ‘ What person pretends to divide the land and put me on it ? ’ |
| 30 | This was a big step for me and put me on the road to caddying top tournaments at a very young age . |