Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] me [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ William made me sell it . |
| 2 | But when I returned from military service in 1960 , my employers asked me to represent them south of the border , in that troutless land beyond Mr Hadrian 's Wall known as England . |
| 3 | And a few months later the Prince asked me to marry him . |
| 4 | And then , realising that his presence needed further explanation , he added , ‘ Jim asked me to keep him company until his sister gets here tomorrow . ’ |
| 5 | His reply made me love him even more , if that were possible : ‘ If you stay , I stay . ’ |
| 6 | Well I 'll tell you right now I have got another builder on but he 's taken one of the er the slots further down but I 've got one I 've got a prime er the the estate agent asked me to contact you because there is a prime slot left . |
| 7 | David advised me to sound you out on it . |
| 8 | Mr Dawlish told me to give you a summary of the virus . |
| 9 | Malpass told me to meet him in Bateman Street . |
| 10 | Well Alex mixed the mix , I put them in the oven and Sue told me get them out or they 'll burn . |
| 11 | After a month the crystals cleared and my vet advised me to keep him on Hills Science Diet CD . |
| 12 | When she returned from the shops , Mum told me to accompany her to the Captain 's to ask if we could have the Mission Hall for the wedding . |
| 13 | She said : Our Blessed Lady asked me to ask you to have a small chapel built here in her honour . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Benedict asked me to give you this , miss , quiet like . ’ |
| 15 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 16 | ‘ My parents made me do it . |
| 17 | His nod told me to ignore him . |
| 18 | The fellow 's smugness and unnecessary familiarity with Mala made me dislike him at once . |
| 19 | For the parent , the same phrase means the inverse : I have not given birth to the monster which my upbringing and socialisation led me to believe I 'd had , but to a normal member of the human species as I now define it . |
| 20 | Says Eugene modestly , ‘ Kurt asked me did I want to go on , and I said ‘ Great ’ , but I shat myself . |
| 21 | ‘ Well — Donald asked me to ask you — would you do the honours ? ’ |
| 22 | Deborah invited me to meet her at home in North London , and mentioned on the phone that her mum , Elaine , would like to meet me too . |
| 23 | Sid helped me carry them to that table ready for serving . |
| 24 | ‘ Emil told me to learn it . |
| 25 | At Lani 's , Bodo told me to throw them away . |
| 26 | 'she begged me to take her with me in the end . |
| 27 | Conchis saw me giving it a lingering glance . |
| 28 | Secondly , such small , delicate tables are difficult to visualise in terms of proportion , and so the prototype enabled me to get it right again , before touching the precious ebony . |
| 29 | ‘ It was meant to be temporary , but Elaine wanted me to have you , and I think that influenced the social worker . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought it rather spiteful but the Prince ordered me to burn them . |