Example sentences of "[prep] me [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I turn over and pretend I 'm still asleep but she pulls the duvet off me and switches the lights on . |
| 2 | I would have loved to have swung the sodding bag and hit him straight in the balls but the old tight-fist snatched it off me and threw the gold on to the hall floor so he could watch his courtiers scramble . |
| 3 | Toby had n't had time to try the ‘ exclusive ’ story on the dirty mac brigade and they clustered about me and shouted the usual obvious questions . |
| 4 | A powerful electric current would pass through me and launch a surge of excitement : something wonderful awaited me . |
| 5 | Why is n't there somebody there to bag them for me and create a service ? |
| 6 | Dear Boy , It must be very difficult for you sometimes I expect not having anyone and having to do all the shopping and cooking for yourself I know that when I was working I certainly could not have managed on my own , coming home tired and then making dinner your own dinner and then going upstairs to do some more work , what sort of life is that , though I know all about that because of course I did do that for three years almost , and I know how much happier I was when I knew there was someone waiting for me and having the dinner ready and keeping the house clean and all those things , or perhaps you people do n't think those things are important . |
| 7 | In fact I 'll even be super-optimistic for me and predict a clean sheet with Quinn 's injury . |
| 8 | I am often asked to lead seminars on a topic which has been chosen for me and has a ti tie like ‘ coming to terms with our own mortality ’ . |
| 9 | The next question is : If Jesus died for me and paid the ‘ price of sin ’ , to whom was the penalty paid ? |
| 10 | I would 've liked to have looked after me and kept an eye on the rest with Paul . |
| 11 | I remember dad running after me and having a long conversation trying to make me understand . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ At the moment she enjoys flying around the world after me and having a child would make that more difficult . |
| 13 | I consider joining the retreating pair below me but have no harness for the abseil , so I settle down to wait while the climber above seconds the pitch . |
| 14 | He was about to skip past me and hit the bomb with the piece of wood — he had already raised it above his head and made the lunge — when I reached out and caught him round the waist . |
| 15 | They were trying more to come one place ahead of me than to win a medal . |
| 16 | So there were parts of me that watched the naming ceremony for the new catapult with some amusement , even contempt . |
| 17 | I fixed my chin firmly on the metal in front of me and obeyed the instructions . |
| 18 | Marie steps in front of me and rolls the sleeves up to my elbows and then turns the collar up . |
| 19 | Er but I used to tell people and they you know people near me that had a lot of children and er they 'd moan and groan about it , I heard one woman say erm , she 'd had quite a few children and I I 'd been in hospital and I said er , er a certain person that 'd had a baby had lost it . |
| 20 | Suddenly a young man wearing a full-face motorcycle helmet rushed up behind me and stuck a revolver in the security guard 's face . |
| 21 | I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time . |
| 22 | With me that rings a warning bell , since it 's one of those suspicious New Age buzzwords that always portend a scam or screwball notion such as crystal therapy or out-of-body travel . |
| 23 | if I needed any I , I used to ask my boss or phone up head office and say petty cash is getting a bit low I 've used a lot of stamps last week , they 'd send me up a cheque and , never any question of they 've provided us with tea and the pint of milk I use , I , I 'd bring it in with me or ask the |
| 24 | In any event he did a very professional job with me and took a great weight off Laura 's shoulders . |
| 25 | A friend of mine Dave who wrote half the album with me and produced the album has been on at me for five years , come on let's make an album , let's make an album , let's make an album , making a , let's make an album er and a few record companies have come on and they 've always wanted me to do an album like maybe , let's prepackage old sixties ' songs and revise them , or let's do love themes from T V shows and which would never have interested me , so I said to Dave , you know when a record company comes with an offer to make an album , to do the album I wan na do then we 'll do one . |
| 26 | As soon as it 's light , my old school chums Finlayson , Richards and Callaghan will come with me and patrol the area Roeux-Riencourt . |
| 27 | You shall come with me and write a model report . ’ |
| 28 | But you 'd do better to come down with me and make the long trip round . ’ |
| 29 | I agreed , provided Dana were allowed to go with me and share the reading . |
| 30 | So stay with me and have a go . |