Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] me [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They knocked me around and I blacked out , then they must have locked me up in here . |
| 2 | By the time he took to do his business , the bank 's video cameras must have had me down as a fairly suspicious character and I was happy to stop fidgeting when he finally turned away from the cashier and headed for the door . |
| 3 | She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes . |
| 4 | Then : ‘ You 'll have to let me out for the Jubilee . |
| 5 | Any road , you 'll have to carry me out of here feet first , I reckon . " |
| 6 | So you 'll have to count me out of your calculations , I 'm afraid . |
| 7 | ‘ I thought you might have written me off as a crackpot after my performance this morning . ’ |
| 8 | She might have put me down for talking . |
| 9 | Well I was gon na say you could 've dropped me off at grandma 's . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm telling you , ’ she said , ‘ when I heard that big clock in the hall striking the five , you could 've knocked me down with a feather ! |
| 11 | You could 've knocked me down with a feather when they tol ’ me . ’ |
| 12 | He 'd like to shut me up in a box for the next two years . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , you could stop picking me up in that van . |
| 14 | She could have put me down for talking |
| 15 | You could have knocked me down with a kiwi fruit . |
| 16 | You see , if they wanted to know the truth beyond all doubt , they 'd have sent me up to Scotland , would n't they ? |
| 17 | Someone once said he 'd have known me anywhere by the voice but he 'd have passed me by in the street on account I look much better in person than I do on the telly . |
| 18 | He knew I needed the money and he knew he 'd got me for for a he 'd have got me up at six o'clock in the morning if he 'd have needed me . |
| 19 | And if he 'd have needed me at six he 'd have got me up at five . |
| 20 | ‘ Knocked on the door , said she 'd come to drive me up to the county ground , had a picnic in the car and she hoped I was ready . ’ |
| 21 | All right , I was Marius ’ personal assistant and there 's no reason to assume that Nigel would want to take me over in the same role . |
| 22 | She would have written me off as a time-wasting nut . |
| 23 | Luckily , my mum is sound ; she never would have thrown me out for putting rips in my jeans or anything like that . |
| 24 | If I 'd told them a tale like that then they would have had me down at the station before I could blink ! ’ |
| 25 | Then he walked over and told me that a Corporal from the Foreign Legion recruiting office at Lille would come to pick me up in two hours ; until then I was free to go for a walk and get something to eat . |
| 26 | ‘ You will have to put me out of your mind , ’ she said quietly . |