Example sentences of "of me [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I heard the words I knew they were wrong , but could n't for the life of me remember the dolmen 's proper name . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’ |
| 3 | He caught sight of me descending the rue de Fleuve . |
| 4 | It was n't very smart of me to upset the guy in the first place . |
| 5 | I mean , I thought she 'd be more inclined to help me if she had this image of me tramping the streets for weeks on end … ’ |
| 6 | In front of me sat the smartest and most alert looking person I had ever seen in my life . |
| 7 | I ca n't for the love of me understand the leadership of all the unions that allowed , we do n't even get enough holidays of what they get on the continent , we should be asking for more , not taking them off us or putting it in October to celebrate Nelson and Trafalgar because I could n't give a monkey for 'em . |
| 8 | In view of what I am about to relate , it would not be proper of me to identify the manoeuvre any more precisely , though you may well guess which one I am alluding to if I say that it caused something of an uproar at the time , adding significantly to the controversy the conflict as a whole was attracting . |
| 9 | My legs are stiff with inactivity and cold and my breath freezes in front of me to obscure the view . |
| 10 | Certainly part of me won the 1964 Open . ’ |