Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [vb base] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll tell you what else you can do ; you can make half a dozen or so of those currant buns of yours and take them with you on Saturday as a kind of present for the lady . ’ |
| 2 | It took every ounce of self-control he possessed not to crush her fingers with his and pull her into his arms . |
| 3 | Eventually my father took me to my room , undressed me and put me to bed . |
| 4 | This was a big step for me and put me on the road to caddying top tournaments at a very young age . |
| 5 | Arrest me and put me on a diet fast ! |
| 6 | ‘ He used to buy slimming magazines for me and put them in my bag , ’ remembers Victoria , who lives in Manchester . |
| 7 | He took it from me and put it on the mantelpiece . |
| 8 | ‘ Did n't you see him take it from me and put it inside his own shirt ? |
| 9 | I 've brought a bottle with me and put it in the fridge . |
| 10 | I 'll take you up with me and put you to bed . ’ |
| 11 | The delay was enough for Clerval to catch me and seize me from behind . |
| 12 | Lie down with me and cover them with my blanket . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's just that I doubt that your grandmother sent you after me with instructions to — to abduct me and drag me to Rome at any cost . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ That 's in the future but it will be another chapter in the book and I am sure Joe is going to point a few things out to me and help me along the way . |
| 15 | know me and name me to each other have they |
| 16 | You will take my dyes , my remedies , my secrets away from me and use them for others . |
| 17 | Sometimes the English Catholics write to me and ask me for help , and sometimes I write to them . |
| 18 | They will understand me too quickly ; they will turn my own generosity against me and despise me for the lovers I took ; and they will cast me as the woman who briefly threatened to interfere with the writing of the books which they have enjoyed reading . |
| 19 | If they decide to arrest me and throw me in gaol , my plans will have to be drastically altered … ’ |
| 20 | He can make you believe you are the only woman on earth for him , and only a Frenchman out of all the men in the world could look at me and tell me to my face that I am beautiful . |
| 21 | But I expect many others to work on them after me and analyse them in their turn . |
| 22 | Release me and restore me to the ground ; |
| 23 | Let the man lift me from the car still asleep and wrapped in a tartan blanket , let him lift me and carry me up the stairs to my bed , let him gently say , ‘ we 're here ’ … let him lay me down to sleep . |
| 24 | The women would look up and congratulate me and encourage me to ‘ go on , go on , you can , you can ’ . |
| 25 | I took your violets home with me and have them in a vase in my room , and Mrs Gracie the housekeeper ( who owns the pug ) takes them out at night as she says they poison the air when one is asleep . |
| 26 | He used regularly to stop me and congratulate me on your charming manners and pretty frocks ! |
| 27 | Their family was really big and they were really noisy people and Nigo used to fancy everything in sight , he used to fancy me and chase me round the playground . |
| 28 | Quite suddenly , love for her , for gentle , golden Anne , flooded me , and I jumped out of bed , pushing back the net , wanting to run to her and tell her everything , wanting to confess and have her forgive me and kiss me with those soft , childish , soothing kisses . |
| 29 | Their company seemed to drain me and send me into a state of nervous exhaustion after even a short while . |
| 30 | Basically , they wanted to write a press release about me and distribute it to all the local newspapers , Radio Cornwall , Television South West and the BBC regional news programme , Spotlight . |