Example sentences of "[vb pp] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That had frightened me at first but now I thought the Star Zoo was wonderful . |
| 2 | But if I had called out you would then have heard me across the stones . |
| 3 | ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said . |
| 4 | ‘ You have explained me to myself , Harry , ’ he said slowly . |
| 5 | Hard experience has taught me to be selective in my procrastination . |
| 6 | that was taught me by my grandmother , Annie Scanlon . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’ |
| 8 | I know that you 've never forgiven me for what happened , and I do n't blame you , darling . |
| 9 | I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective . |
| 10 | Have you forgiven me for calling you ‘ carrots ’ ? ’ |
| 11 | She 's forgiven me for being such an ass with my ultimatum the other day , ’ he added , then sighed , ‘ I do wish she was coming back to her flat . ’ |
| 12 | Yes they 've stripped me of my cash for tonight . |
| 13 | All the more disappointing therefore to learn later that some Seniors members who had blackballed me for Muirfield had now put in an objection to my joining this club too . |
| 14 | ‘ She should have consulted me about Apricot 's name , ’ said Ken . |
| 15 | And you see there 's no permanent fence to the fields and so therefore I could put gates up at that road if I wanted to , but the Council has never consulted me about going to look at it , or going over my road . |
| 16 | Then one day Kirsty met an old friend who happened to have consulted me in the past for regression therapy . |
| 17 | When , sometimes , I think back on the beauty of life on a South Seas island , I start to wonder how fate could possibly have propelled me from the rain and bedraggled leafless winter trees of England to such distant enchantment . |
| 18 | I had heard the bell toll … the wave of ecstasy which drove me on to this shore had pressed me into a dark , dull interior . |
| 19 | /He hath honoured me of late ( 31f. ) — she is able to sweep his scruples aside by mocking his cowardice and by showing her own readiness to be the accomplice in this ‘ terrible feat ’ . |
| 20 | You have treated me with great courtesy and kindness ; for all that I thank you . |
| 21 | He 'll be sorry he 's treated me like this , Ellen ! ’ |
| 22 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 23 | It 's altered me in ways I ca n't even describe . ’ |
| 24 | I was officially the gardener , but had come to fulfil also roles of secretary , comptroller of household , translator , interpreter , and stool-pigeon ( which they had always intended me to be ) . |
| 25 | Mellowes has assigned me to the duties of the administrative assistants , then to those of the statistical clerks . |
| 26 | The Commander has assigned me to you . |
| 27 | Twenty years later , Charles reminded an assembly of how " a part of the realm was assigned me by my lord and father … and in it the metropolitan see of Sens then lacked a pastor . |
| 28 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 29 | Bill 's call had shaken me in more ways than one , so I dispensed with discretion . |
| 30 | He could have broken me in two with one hand , but he could not break my spirit . |