Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] me [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The manager of the Hotel España was very kind and thoughtful : he would have to let my apartment while I was away , should anyone want it , but promised to let me have it back when I returned after the funeral . |
| 2 | Uncle tried to teach me to ride it but I did n't really become proficient because I was scared of falling off , and the area around Low Birk Hatt was n't much good for cycling . |
| 3 | My colleagues seemed genuinely worried by my decision and many of them tried to convince me to change my mind . |
| 4 | You tried to stop me seeing my family , ’ she said with a frown . |
| 5 | You tried to prevent me publishing what I 'd found out . ’ |
| 6 | Yet when I first came , you tried to make me think your position here was untenable . |
| 7 | As he gripped me and tried to make me touch him , I remember screaming inside , ‘ Why do n't you stop ? |
| 8 | The sod would probably breathalyze me after he 'd made me drive him home . |
| 9 | I felt I had to do something , he seemed to expect me to do something " . |
| 10 | Having just said all that — if the part I played allowed me to change my style I would probably have it all cut off — I 'd love to try a short style . |
| 11 | The trouble was , although they 'd got me to do it — maybe because they knew it would save them money , or maybe because you ca n't get that kind of work done by your usual process shop — I did n't know how to do colour separations . |
| 12 | Dick cross dresses , confesses he hates women , admits that he once shook Lulu 's hand in 1962 , ‘ If she 'd asked me to marry her , ’ said Dick , smoothing down his silk stockings , ‘ I would have said yes . ’ |
| 13 | By midnight , he 'd asked me to marry him . ’ |
| 14 | But she turned to let me undo it and I got impatient with the damn thing . |
| 15 | Mrs Zamzam agreed to let me photograph her and she sat a little unsteadily beside the wall of her home just in front of the cherry tree . |
| 16 | Their mother ( i.e. Surjeet 's mother-in-law ) kept asking me to wear it over my head . |
| 17 | Jim Rosenthal of ITV kept asking me to give my side of the story and in the end I did , appreciating the opportunity to put the record straight . |
| 18 | He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night . |
| 19 | At school the masters kept telling me to wipe it off my face . |
| 20 | ‘ Everything you said and did made me think you were a very experienced woman . ’ |
| 21 | Urgh cheddar fla flavoured let me try one . |
| 22 | Yeah , but Frank did tell me to keep it , keep quiet ! |
| 23 | They did n't tell Martinho what the situation was for a while , and then they preferred to get me to break it to him . |
| 24 | But he did allow me to examine it and bring it away with me . |
| 25 | He did ask me to marry him , but I rejected his proposal . ’ |
| 26 | there have been some fairly er minor alterations to the procedures concerning contract admin wallets er and the various client reports , er but Hugh did ask me to raise them at this meeting , er to remind people of the need to er complete client reports . |
| 27 | In a typically Chinese way , when I was discharged , the doctor who had treated me escorted me to the car , and shook hands and asked if I had any complaints , as he knew the hospital left plenty of room for improvement . |
| 28 | My mother had taught me that , just as she had taught me to change my underclothes daily and not blow my nose in public . |
| 29 | God knows what had possessed me to put my proper name on my real driving licence , but once it goes into the DVLC computer , it stays . |
| 30 | Well le , I said let me rewind it and play it . |