Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] me [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you pat me on the bottom and send me home , and hope I 'll ‘ keep in touch ’ ! |
| 2 | But you touched me on the cheek . |
| 3 | Sorry about the mess but you caught me on the hop like . |
| 4 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 5 | But she stopped me with a look . |
| 6 | And erm I did n't get the actual job I went for but they put me on the , on the relief register so that I go round to different people 's homes or different big hospitals and different Mencap homes relieving people when they 're on holiday or if they 're short of staff or something like that . |
| 7 | It is some five years since I worked with Mr Edell in his previous incarnation as a lawyer , but he struck me as a man who would do the necessary . |
| 8 | But he told me of a new home just completed , where Aunt Louise had been offered a place . |
| 9 | But he treated me like a little girl ; part of his training , I suppose . ’ |
| 10 | I pulled him away and tried to get him upstairs in case he was traumatized for life , but he kicked me in the balls . |
| 11 | Yeah , yeah was kind , it was kind of them , yes and we went all round the shops and er I thoroughly enjoyed it and in the new Co-Op as well you know , I thoroughly enjoyed it but he took me in the car so that we did n't have to hang about you see |
| 12 | He did not always understand my French , but he showed me round the school , and talked a lot , very fast . |
| 13 | When he 'd finished at the sink I came out and wound myself lovingly around his legs but he shut me in the kitchen . |
| 14 | But he treats me like a child . |
| 15 | but it left me with an interest in Leeds United which I 've never shaken off , nor have I ever wnated to . |
| 16 | I had expected it to be cold but it surprised me with a suddenness that wrenched my breath away . |
| 17 | But it pissed me off no end when he finally decided to change over because he shut up shop while he did it , leaving me with no Saturday job and no money . |
| 18 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |