Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [to-vb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was trying to love myself , the starting point of it all , that seemed to lead me in so many strange directions . |
| 2 | Frankie had seen it before and thought I would n't like it and tried to dissuade me from going in . |
| 3 | She knows people and tried to dazzle me with names . |
| 4 | He wanted to withdraw our organization 's financial support for the conference , and tried to discourage me from remaining involved . |
| 5 | Three figures , their faces muffled by cloaks and broad-brimmed hats , seized me and began to beat me as if I was some dog . |
| 6 | You 'd passed judgement on my morals and decided to punish me for something you could only have had the vaguest idea about . |
| 7 | The Queen was clearly surprised to hear such intelligent words from such a small creature , and decided to show me to her husband . |
| 8 | We opened to mostly sensational reviews , which showed huge appreciation of Joyce 's work and managed to compare me to Lily Tomlin and even Bea Lillie , but which also truly recognized Denis ' talent and contribution to the show . |
| 9 | I had worked out a peace formula that I thought might be acceptable , but when I showed it to Wilson he scoffed at it as being altogether too legalistic and proceeded to provide me with a formula of his own . |
| 10 | He grabbed the crowbar and went to hit me with it . |
| 11 | Anyway it ended up in a fight and he started pushing me around and went to punch me in the stomach but I managed to stop him . |
| 12 | After a chase on foot of over three miles he had finally run out of puff and offered to fight me for the goods . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , he does n't sound like anyone I know , ’ I said , ‘ unless he 's a caddie who happened to be passing nearby and wanted to quiz me about any work available . ’ |
| 14 | Duncan took some persuading — £250 and the scrap option on the VW to be exact — but agreed to meet me at Blackberry Hill with his wrecker truck ( there is n't a vehicle known to man he ca n't get hold of ) in two hours . |