Example sentences of "[vb base] me [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pardon me asking , sir , but what ever happened to your pilot 's licence ? ’ |
| 2 | Mr Crum would dismiss ye on the spot if you presented yourself at the warehouse wearing those … those … dancing girls ’ things … probably send me packing as well if I was along with you . ’ |
| 3 | She told me that if I left Roy and went home she would forgive me having Carla and everything … forgive me bringing shame on them by marrying a hoodlum . |
| 4 | Er forgive me interrupting , |
| 5 | Forgive me smiling but does everybody do that , fall over the step there ? |
| 6 | ‘ Forgive me asking , but how old are you ? ’ |
| 7 | And forgive me asking an indelicate question but how are you off for money — on the whole trip ? |
| 8 | — and you catch me catching it — — bringing your blush to the surface |
| 9 | ‘ When you catch me eating cottage cheese straight from the fridge at three in the morning ! |
| 10 | things that cause me blocking , bondage , fear , sin , shortcoming ( where I will sometimes need another 's help especially if they involve my past . |
| 11 | Stop me borrowing it and . |
| 12 | I 've got some wonderful friends , but I do n't want to get too close to anybody in case they stop me eating . |
| 13 | you 've got ta be eighteen before you you stop me doing other things |
| 14 | Very good , the only way she , say , stop me going out tonight |
| 15 | His father would now and again telephone me saying that David was down to his last few pounds and that he worried about money . |
| 16 | Well I had learnt shorthand and typing at school but erm the money was necessary at home you see , and er with my sister working there , at H and T Hornes , er she spoke for me and er I had an interview and and they put me up in the nursery , we used to call it the nursery see because we were all fourteens up there and er then they called it the cylinder shop and er my foreman was a fella name Archie and erm everything was very very strict indeed , we could not move away from our board you could n't speak to the next one that was working by you , and er there was a fella named Mr and he was he , I did n't work for him I worked for Mr , but some you cou you were afraid to move because of this man and he he he 'd stare at you and he 'd look at you and anyway erm they put me assembling and it was very interesting indeed , there was a tall stand on , we called it the bench , a tall stand with a screw on the top and then to as begin to assemble the locks you had to take what we would call the body , screw it into the er little on the stand and then we had tweezers , there were , in the body there were five springs and then you had to have five breast pins and when you got the springs in you .. we have to have a plug at the back so as we could put each pin and push the plug over that a dummy plug we called it and so that was five pins were in and then there was a ball er when that , when we came to put it in our vice , we had to put the V I C E not V O voice . |
| 17 | You recall me writing to my bankers in Ashby-de-la-Zouch ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Save me callin' again , me old darling , ’ he said , making for the stairs . |
| 19 | Save me getting up . |
| 20 | Well no I did it last week and one of the references I could n't remember the name of the woman , so I just put Mrs blank and I just left it so I thought I 'd do it again cos there were a couple of bits I did wrong and a bit dodgy , so I though save me writing it I 'll just do it all over again but it looks like I 'm not gon na be able to now because we 've brought out here for a piddling stupid fire drill ! |
| 21 | Save me buying twice |
| 22 | Some did , save me going to bed ! |
| 23 | Oh , you bringing it down to me save me coming to ask , oh no . |
| 24 | right , what I would suggest , is somebody take , what I was going to say is if you time me reading this , okay we get an idea of how long exactly we need to make . |
| 25 | Too late in the day because all the hotels are full and I end up tramping round in the dark , lugging my pack and money ( cash , a great wad of hard currency ) , nervous of the hatchet-faced youths who watch me meandering round , concentrating so intently on making it look as though I know exactly where I 'm heading that I soon have no idea where I am on the mapless streets of Algiers . |
| 26 | " You come and watch me cutting the grass , " Quentin suggested , but the twins shook their heads , not understanding because such a long time had passed since there 'd last been grass-cutting . |
| 27 | They watch me running . |
| 28 | The rocks of the Bomb Circle usually get me thinking and this time was no exception , especially considering the way I 'd lain down inside them like some Christ or something , opened to the sky , dreaming of death . |
| 29 | couple of hours get me going . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't use that monicker , if yer get me meanin' . |