Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] me [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lissa 's money gave out , and she told me over an international phone hook-up that she was n't interested any more . |
| 2 | ‘ You know , I gave her that room to herself when she came to us , because I thought it would be better , and she treated me like a servant — well , you saw , did n't you ? — and when she 'd got all the fun and sense of power out of that little game she started coming down with us . |
| 3 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 4 | And she asked me for the fifty P . |
| 5 | She left her second cup of tea , and she followed me to the front door . |
| 6 | And she sent me to a mother and toddler group , I mean , she did n't tell me about any self-help groups , it 's mother and toddler , she just said take you and the baby and go to mother and toddler and that 'll be it . |
| 7 | The Fernies got rid of her when I left and she walked me to the front gate . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll call back at noon , ’ he said to the buttons on her breast pockets , and she led me to a changing room full of paper nighties before turning to greet the next chicken on the conveyor belt and rewinding the tape to : ‘ Hi there , welcome to Surgicentre . |
| 9 | I was too scared to speak to her because she was a bit on the large side and had a pair of glasses sitting on the tip of her nose and she struck me as a very bossy , short tempered teacher . |
| 10 | I was intoxicated with her — and she played me like a fish on a line . |
| 11 | brought , brought one of those padded things sort of orange things and she pulled me to the steps |
| 12 | But I did get another tingle of excitement when I swam a shade too near a jagged reef , and she grabbed me by the shoulder to pull me away . |
| 13 | It was dominated by a huge television in one corner and she pointed me towards an armchair , covered in worn corduroy , which had once been dark red . |
| 14 | She said nothing to me and after rehearsals I was still standing there ; I 'd done nothing all morning , and she called me into the office . |
| 15 | I confided in a teacher and she referred me to a counsellor . |
| 16 | I had no money , and she helped me over the worst times . |
| 17 | She 's here er , and she put me in a hospital and then going off for something . |
| 18 | She was a scrawny red shorthorn with a woolly poll and she regarded me with a contemplative eye as I bent down . |
| 19 | During an opera we had a lighting change and they misinformed me about the weights . |
| 20 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 21 | So I started there and they put me on a month 's trial and I dithered about about this month , whether I was good enough , and they 'd forgotten all about it , by the end of month , trial . |
| 22 | And they put me in the banqueting room , erm but we could n't , d' ya know . |
| 23 | I looked into his eyes and they reminded me of the saying ‘ The lights were on but there was nobody home . |
| 24 | Well , you know , it you see , time were , I do n't know I suppose , I do n't know but I never seemed to be afraid and I used to have my or something round my waist , a belt with the keys hanging on and they supplied me with a as well , one of these , I do n't know what they 're made of they were n't all that heavy but still they were heavy enough to keep on . |
| 25 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 26 | They were glad to see me and they shook me by the hand and one of them said : |
| 27 | ‘ They tried to pull me into a scrum once and they invited me into the showers with them ’ — GAIL PARKER ( a lady referee ) on problems encountered when trying to control men . |
| 28 | For the chemo I was in bed and they attached me to the drip . |
| 29 | I was the first British person most of them had met and they see me as a bridge to the outside world , ’ she said . |
| 30 | And they presented me with a Winston Churchill half-crown for my boxing . |