Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [v-ing] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone must pay for the Privilege of having me spend valuable time in directing the operations of bone-headed policemen like you ! |
| 2 | Following his conviction Rashid told journalists that the guilty verdict " was a gift for the Americans " and that " the court had to find me guilty to balance the decision against extraditing me " . |
| 3 | He refused to take the responsibility of letting me go with only fifteen , and intended to recall his men . |
| 4 | You might say it as a boast — perhaps in the hope of rendering me envious or jealous . |
| 5 | It never occurred to me that other children were n't spoiled as a matter of course , the way I was , and it would be years — and my father would be dead — before I understood that the expense of sending me to a boarding school was just an excuse , and the simple , sentimental truth was that they knew they would have missed me . |
| 6 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm afraid you wo n't have the pleasure of seeing me onstage . |
| 8 | However natural it is , it still has the effect of making me cry when I catch sight of myself and nurses have visibly cringed upon seeing them . |
| 9 | This may all sound very trivial but it has the effect of making me almost hate my body to the extent that I feel ashamed to let John see me naked . |
| 10 | There were a couple of men waiting for me in the car park tonight , said they had a message for me from a ‘ friend ’ that ran along the lines of warning me to keep my nose out of things that did n't concern me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Mr Swinton has so much already , ’ Alexandra said , her voice almost steady , ‘ that he asked if you might have the basket for bringing me out here on Christmas night . ’ |
| 12 | Of course , there 's the question of my present contract , but I feel sure I can bribe the boss into helping me get out of it without too much hassle . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I really owe a lot of thanks to the gypsies for helping me in my start . ’ |
| 14 | I knew that they would be criticized by the Fontanellatesi for allowing me to go away and live in a distant city among thousands of Allied soldiers . |
| 15 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |
| 16 | " When you did me the honour of appointing me to the Mastership of Stockport School I was led to suppose that the Income , inclusive of Ten Pounds paid by your Worshipful Company , amounted to nearly Three Hundred Pounds per annum , and from an Enquiry , however , during my Residence here , I have had the Mortification to find that the whole Salary was not more than £25 10 10½d , so that it was impossible for me to remain in the Situation without a Prospect of Church Preferment in the Neighbourhood , which I have no reason to hope for . |
| 17 | Annabelle 's father , George , and her mother , Martha , have done me the honour of offering me the opportunity to make a speech on this wonderful occasion and propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven . |
| 18 | You 'll probably want to talk about it without the embarrassment of having me here to listen . |
| 19 | ‘ In very strong winds I ca n't prevent the sail from lifting me out of the water . ’ |
| 20 | The name reminded me of that , but the peculiar detachment of shock prevented the reminder from disturbing me in the slightest . |
| 21 | In the case of upshot , it is the illocutionary or perlocutionary force , what the speaker is trying to do with his or her words , which is made explicit , and this may be prefaced by utterances like : ‘ Are you trying to annoy me ? ’ or ‘ What 's the point of telling me this ? ’ or ‘ I was only trying to be friendly ’ . |
| 22 | What 's the point of telling me what I should have done ? |
| 23 | ‘ I mean — what 's the point of dragging me back here , to my own home ? ’ |
| 24 | My own tears , hot noisy gulping that burns and blotches , that neither you nor any of the women in the group is going to offer to staunch , tears of anger for myself and all of us , anger with the women in the group for making me face up to what I 'm doing to you , for making me want to take out those dusty bundles of old stories from where they 've lain for my lifetime tied up with pink ribbon and reread them and throw them away . |
| 25 | Firstly , may I thank Mr Bence and the editors for allowing me a few lines in which to formally meet you all . |
| 26 | I would like to thank the organisers for inviting me to speak at this conference and to say that I am very pleased to be here . |
| 27 | I would like to thank the organisers for inviting me here today . |
| 28 | Mr Broadhurst was by now in the habit of picking me up from Varndean Grammar on Wednesday afternoons , accompanying me to Pool Valley , and then on home by bus . |
| 29 | I 've been known to book a court and play tennis with Caroline ( who has the habit of beating me ) . |
| 30 | P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place . |