Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] me " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This partially revived me after the £1,314 price tag made me feel faint . |
| 2 | Harvey passed me two New York numbers on the Hanover exchange . |
| 3 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 4 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 5 | Albert as chairman asked me a number of questions to which he already knew the answers for the good reason that we had already gone over them in Fulham . |
| 6 | The Tourist Board asked me , ‘ Could you not write about real places so we can send people there ? ’ |
| 7 | You know me , Danny , I do n't go roun' askin' fer trouble but this geezer got me goin' . |
| 8 | The fact that my innocent inquiry had provoked such a defensive , almost hostile response got me thinking about what has been happening to the labour force since the mid-1970s . |
| 9 | The Government insisted its policy was a straightforward ‘ no deals with terrorists ’ , but the idea that ‘ no deals ’ could be accepted as a comprehensive response appalled me . |
| 10 | I would have liked to take the Crusades as my special subject , but my inadequacy in Latin deterred me . |
| 11 | What strange quirk of the heart made me feel so much a part of the life of this place ? |
| 12 | Well , Ibrahim asked me to call in at Mohammed Fingari 's to get a package for him . |
| 13 | Now , the topic that Sheila asked me to talk about was skin care . |
| 14 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 15 | I said , I 'll tell you what , I said er cos my mum lent me seven hundred |
| 16 | ‘ My parents ' break-up made me grow up very quickly which really helps quite a lot in my profession , ’ he says . |
| 17 | ‘ Yer Mum asked me to call in and clear away the crocks and tek the chairs outside ready ter goo back ter the mission 'all . ’ |
| 18 | Mum asked me to ice his birthday cake while they were out and decorate it with chocolate leaves which I had to make first . |
| 19 | Well I said to her er your mum asked me last night . |
| 20 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 21 | Harvey led me to a room which he unlocked with a key . |
| 22 | Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald got me drunk and stole my wallet . |
| 23 | ‘ William made me sell it . |
| 24 | But when I returned from military service in 1960 , my employers asked me to represent them south of the border , in that troutless land beyond Mr Hadrian 's Wall known as England . |
| 25 | I had another coffee ; I was confused , irritable and dizzy as I stood by the buffet and watched the station cleaners , suddenly desperate to be on my way before tiredness made me change my mind . |
| 26 | Any excuse got me out of the office . |
| 27 | Money made me gu out an rob |
| 28 | Their ugly faces and unpleasant smell made me feel quite ill . |
| 29 | Mum made me go into town with her to spend my Christmas money on clothes . |
| 30 | Cos mum made me laugh tonight but she came in and she said oh you can have a hot cross bun there , I said well I think I 'll have a piece of chocolate cake and she said alright then ! |