Example sentences of "me [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He kicked it open and flung me down the three steps into the street . |
2 | The man turns and trots away from me up the right-hand staircase from the mezzanine to the station platform . |
3 | ‘ Hand me up the other bottle . ’ |
4 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
5 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
6 | The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished , and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase , I quickly lowered the wick . |
7 | ‘ Turn me up the right way , chief . |
8 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
9 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
10 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
11 | ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way . |
12 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |