Example sentences of "[verb] me [adv] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now unle now unless there are any participants that want , really burning to make a comment , er I feel that we have settled , well we 've had enough discussion on little A , I 've got enough , well I 've got enough from you in terms of your views about size of settlement , and Mr Brighton has pointed me again in the direction of his submission about er the definition of an integrated and balanced community , I would like to know , er from Mr Davis whether he concurs with that sort of interpretation , and I have a feeling that we have also had an expression , generally , that at the moment one settlement is probably appropriate , if you have to have a new settlement . |
| 2 | ‘ Lay me quietly in the earth ’ , he requested , ‘ … no monument to mark where I am laid . |
| 3 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
| 4 | Kellard looks me briefly in the eye . |
| 5 | And if you phoned me early in the year it must have been just after we got the V W. |
| 6 | Ivy caught me alone in the passage to say how much I must miss Donald . |
| 7 | Stubbly paused for a moment , then rocked forward on his heels and prodded me gently in the chest with a forefinger . |
| 8 | He prodded me playfully in the chest . |
| 9 | The secret of public speaking , he told me early in the campaign , is to address your audience right between the eyes . |
| 10 | She comes back across the room , punches me playfully in the chest , then flops on to the sofa . |
| 11 | Looking me straight in the eye she replied , ‘ Nice is in every child . ’ |
| 12 | I was brought up to be a butcher , ’ the man replied , looking me cordially in the eye . |
| 13 | Picture me now in the operating theatre , on the black tile floor , under the kettle lights , with a mild headache and half a hard-on , spooning tumour into the human body . |
| 14 | Put me completely in the shade . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You will land me right in the shit if you do n't fill this up . |
| 16 | They could n't even look me straight in the eye , but they agreed I should withdraw from everything . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ To know what you most wish to know , ’ the letter began , ‘ meet me tonight in the garden of the big house in New Avenue . |
| 18 | He served me well in the attack on the T'ang 's Plantations . ’ |
| 19 | I am greatly touched that she thinks of me and remembers me even in the state of forgetfulness of human affairs in which she now finds herself . |
| 20 | Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye . |
| 21 | He , he would n't serve me though in the pub , cos he knows how old I am |
| 22 | Why , once he looked me right in the face and sneered . |
| 23 | She looked me straight in the eye . |
| 24 | Wilkerson looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ You could kill me , Nicky . |
| 25 | Wilkerson took the cartons from us and looked me straight in the eye . |
| 26 | At one point during the meal , she reached over to me , put her hand on mine , looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ I think you are a lesbian . ’ |
| 27 | But my prize for all time lack of observation goes to the old gentleman who , after walking past row upon row of fish tanks , stacks of fish food and eye-catching displays of pond accessories , looked me straight in the eye and said : ‘ Do you do cheese and tomato sandwiches ? ’ |
| 28 | And then he looked me straight in the face , ‘ One day , soon , Nicky , God 's spirit is going to deal with you . |
| 29 | Melanie looked me squarely in the face . |
| 30 | They took me there in the car . |