Example sentences of "[verb] put me [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Er even the headmaster said , he tried to put me off .
2 ‘ It has put me back on the golf course , ’ he said .
3 The doctor has put me off men for life .
4 And he warned his opponents : ‘ If you are going over the top on me you 've got to put me out of the game .
5 He says : ‘ If you 're going to go over the top on me you 've got to put me out of the game because I 'll be coming back for you . ’
6 In the lobby of that hotel , on the following evening , I was to meet a Mrs Knelle , the friend of an English friend , and she was going to put me up at her house in the country .
7 Mrs Pritchard was going to put me up . ’
8 ‘ What sort of place are they going to put me in ? ’
9 I mean sometimes just by resting really er you know puts me back again but er it has n't
10 I know I should be thinking about taking her to a mother-and-toddler group so she can meet people and make friends , but something keeps putting me off .
11 The stench and the bloody process we watched put me off tinned fish for many months .
12 ‘ You will have to put me out of your mind , ’ she said quietly .
13 She might have put me down for talking .
14 She could have put me down for talking
15 So I 'm afraid that did put me off .
16 Yes that did put me off .
17 We snatched opportunities when we could , when my children were staying with friends or even , once , and extra dangerously , when they were asleep ( though the fear that one of them might wake put me off so I did n't try that again ) .
18 ‘ Why are you trying to put me off ? ’
19 Christopher 's voice broke into her thoughts : ‘ You 're trying to put me off . ’
20 Come on , you 've gabbled enough and you 're just trying to put me off my game .
21 He was trying to put me off the scent , perhaps , trying to explain , trying to seem reasonable .
22 trying to put me off it or not but
23 ‘ No , I did n't think you did , so kindly go away and stop trying to put me off . ’
24 ‘ How dare you come here trying to put me off my guard with some absurd story ? ’ he countered with simmering hostility , regarding her belligerent stance with brooding interest .
25 ‘ People are always trying to put me down and I have always come back better . ’
26 So he was determined to put me down .
27 I staggered back , partly to make it look good on the off chance there was somebody watching and partly because letting go of the winch had put me off balance .
28 ‘ After what you 've put me through , I ca n't let you get away with this !
29 I 'm watching myself lying there , and … white as the sheets they 've put me on . ’
30 You 've put me off now , do you know what I 'm putting in your age ?
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