Example sentences of "me [prep] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that syrupy old Whatsisname you told me about at the beginning … |
| 2 | I put three pounds to win on a horse in the two-fifty , and then five pounds to win on the ‘ dead cert ’ this fellow had told me about in the three-fifteen or three-twenty — something like that . ’ |
| 3 | She called out to me from across the room . |
| 4 | A large blonde girl waved at me from across the room , spilling a large part of her drink down the back of another woman 's dress at the same time . |
| 5 | It 's starting to get dark — a small bright star twinkles cheekily at me from between the chimneys . |
| 6 | I opened the conservatory door to slip out to my bedroom the back way and noticed a pair of eyes peering at me from behind the rubber plant in the far corner , distorted by the old glass . |
| 7 | I thought about leaving a few of Simon 's visiting cards around , or suggesting they all get together and build a glider in the loft , but then I saw the frosty-eyed Matron in a blue uniform and matching hair rinse clocking me from behind the desk . |
| 8 | Do you want me to post the |
| 9 | Whence thou leave me to about the feast . |
| 10 | In fact I have a bill somewhere where the next door to me at at the shop on Street was papered from top to bottom and the total bill for the paper and labour I think is under three pounds and that included el e e e eleven rolls for a staircase . |