Example sentences of "[vb infin] me [adv prt] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | She did n't want me around 'cause she was sure I 'd get hooked too . |
2 | ‘ Your Gran did n't want me around when you came visiting with Sarah and her family — wanted to have you to herself , she told me . |
3 | Well , so do I. I want to know who you are and who you 're working for , and do n't fuck me around or I 'll have this train stopped . |
4 | ‘ For another tenner , you can tie me up if you like . ’ |
5 | And soon it will catch me up and I 'll be bloodsuckled and toothpluckled and stonechuckled and chewed up into tiny pieces , and then the Spittler will spit me out in a cloud of smoke and that will be the end of me ! ’ |
6 | ‘ He 'll beat me up if he knows we 're still friends , ’ said Jack , looking round fearfully . |
7 | They 'll lock me up when they find that poor girl . |
8 | He 'ad a knife and said he 'd do me in if I did n't tell him why we steamed the letter open . |
9 | It would have been no secret to you that Connors of the Globe would tip me off if he found out a thing like that . |
10 | So I had a bath and I thought it 'd warm me up but I was , I was freezing were n't I ? |
11 | So you know , I say things like oh I 'm going down to see Zoey now before dinner and like she 'll follow me down or something and I 'll say oh are you going into the saloon or like to try and get her to not come with me , then I feel so guilty I think well poor Marina , you know , she 's here in a foreign country , she has n't got any friends and she 's all by herself and I would n't like it if I was in her position |
12 | ‘ I told you , it 's my fault and you can run me in if you like , ’ I said , turning to go , ‘ now if you 'll excuse me , I 've got a bus to catch . ’ |
13 | So basically what happens is Mike Rutherford will ring me up after they 've done the album and sent me a tape . |
14 | er can you just stop me on that my Lord |
15 | why I , I wanted to go around with you , but I wanted you , what I was thinking of when I was sat in the car that you , when you come back you could take me round when you 've been round |
16 | They wo n't take me on once they know I 've got a disability . ’ |
17 | Will the diploma take me up if I had them two ? |
18 | ‘ They ca n't take me off if I 'm the skipper , ’ he reasons . |
19 | Yer can pay me back when yer can . ’ |
20 | then you can pay me off if you want . |
21 | Here 's him — no parents , no roof over his head , on the streets , sleeping God knows where — and here 's me moaning on about waiting sixteen hours for my boy-friend to ring and being terrified that Mummy and Daddy 'll tell me off when I get back to the Nest . |
22 | I can picture Marie — how she 'd tell me off if she could see me . |
23 | Well I 've got two strong daughters so I suppose they 'll hold me up when I 'm when I 'm you know sort of decrepit and ready . |
24 | Ah ! rang , you should have said you could n't pick me up cos you 'd been to the pub . |
25 | I 'd hoped she 'd just pick me up and we 'd be on our way , but Ash had n't seen Aunt Ilsa for a long time and insisted on exchanging more than just pleasantries with her and Mr G. |
26 | ‘ So he came to you and said can you put me up and you did ? ’ asked an unfeeling Coffin . |
27 | Then she added , — Sheila can put me up until I find a place . |
28 | I have a friend in London who 'll put me up until I get myself sorted out . |
29 | You 'd best put me down if you know what 's good for you . ’ |
30 | Yeah , I thought of being that once but I would n't mind it in the wards , but I would n't want to be in the operating theatre , I do n't know why , the blood do n't put me off or anything , but |