Example sentences of "but [verb] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duncan took some persuading — £250 and the scrap option on the VW to be exact — but agreed to meet me at Blackberry Hill with his wrecker truck ( there is n't a vehicle known to man he ca n't get hold of ) in two hours . |
| 2 | The manager of the Hotel España was very kind and thoughtful : he would have to let my apartment while I was away , should anyone want it , but promised to let me have it back when I returned after the funeral . |
| 3 | It has been tough going , finding out things about myself which were buried deep but with ministry from the leaders and looking to God for answers I believe he has healed not only my drug problem but has cleansed me from sin so that I feel clean . |
| 4 | This frightened me but seemed to make me a hero in the eyes of the Dutch who broke out into a fever of winks and jerked-up thumbs and V-signs all round me . |
| 5 | And ou and going back to Mr Heselton , he has said i , I 've got a negative factor for him at the moment in terms of minus eight fifty , but let let me let me take the figure which is actually quoted in the County Council 's table of nine fifty dwellings . |
| 6 | Then Guido said , ‘ But somehting strikes me as not quite right . |
| 7 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 8 | But do tell me — are you saying it matters what a mere woman thinks of you ? |
| 9 | ‘ But do tell me what you know . |
| 10 | I hope to see you at one of the shows soon but do join me here next month for hints on lace knitting . |
| 11 | But do let me say a couple of things about it . |