Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't have rushed passed me into the bedroom , seized the bottle as a convenient weapon — he could n't have known it was there , anyway — and then dashed back out to hit me before dragging me … do you see what I 'm saying ? ’ |
| 2 | Have you forgiven me for calling you ‘ carrots ’ ? ’ |
| 3 | This can insulate them from considering it in more political terms . |
| 4 | " He asked me to met him several times a year , I tried to advise him , to tell him how I saw things in the world . " |
| 5 | He rebuked me for liking it . |
| 6 | And , however bad their crimes against us were , they always justified them by saying ours were worse . |
| 7 | Do n't imagine you can flatter me by telling me I 'm not really a feminist , because I am , and I find your denials extremely insulting . ’ |
| 8 | She would occasionally reward Thatcherite newspapers , such as the Express , with a gracious , unrevealing interview ; on television , Sir Robin Day and Brian Walden would flatter her by pretending to be tough , and she would flatter them by pretending they were . |
| 9 | Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you . |
| 10 | Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you . |
| 11 | ‘ The Parliamentary system is n't there to give people a say in how the country is run but to delude them into thinking they have some power . |
| 12 | Things which , to my mind have been totally illogical — and yet nothing on this earth would have stopped me from doing them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ For instance , we can fool someone into thinking it is bedtime when the sun is still shining outside . ’ |
| 14 | Charles joins me in wishing you a perfect holiday , dearest Theo , |
| 15 | The D G joins me in wishing you every success in your future career . |
| 16 | After you 'd totally devastated me by saying you did n't find me remotely attractive , I was left racking my brains to think of a way to change your mind . |
| 17 | He tricked me into telling him . |
| 18 | ‘ He tricked me into employing him to look after my boats simply in order to gain access to my cousin . |
| 19 | And then he likewise tricked me into employing you as her tutor in order that he could continue to divert her from her studies . ’ |
| 20 | If there 's anything more which is going to ass er ass er assist me in understanding it , er I I I w would certainly find that helpful . |
| 21 | I try to encourage them by saying it is my material they are using , which sometimes makes the person more nervous ! |
| 22 | Resources should be used to equip people to act in their own interests rather than to pauperise them by treating them as dependents . |
| 23 | Come kiss me and tell me you forgive me for exposing you to so much danger and distress . |
| 24 | Here , ’ he held out his hand to her with a little smile , ‘ take my hand to show you forgive me for alarming you . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Forgive me for disturbing you , ’ I said , ‘ but it 's urgent . |
| 26 | Won t you forgive me for keeping it a secret ? ’ |
| 27 | Forgive me for keeping you up all night . |
| 28 | He found them before putting them through the saw ? |
| 29 | Discouraged and exhausted by all the struggles of orthodox opera production Brook abandoned the opera house circuit a long time ago but first with Carmen and now Pelleas he has reached into the heart of operas , purifying them without diminishing them . |
| 30 | In fact it was you I think who stopped me from pulling it up , I bought it as a , a stick from Bromley , in Bromley |