Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] me " in BNC.
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1 | And if folk ask me why , I shall just say , ‘ Oh , that 's my wife — she 's a lunar-tick ! ’ ’ |
2 | Also will he confirm that in August 1991 he said : ’ I think the people trust me . |
3 | I said , ‘ You small-minded people make me fucking sick . |
4 | He said , ‘ You people make me sick . ’ |
5 | Beforehand , her PR people urge me not to ask her about Eric Clapton ( with whom she has been seen dining on at least one occasion at San Lorenzo 's in London ) , but that she would be willing to talk about her alcoholism . |
6 | ‘ Everywhere I go people expect me to be the happy person they see on TV . |
7 | But of course I am aware that people want me to do lots of things because I am Kylie Minogue . ’ |
8 | People want me to be funny all the time . |
9 | There was a trace of exasperation in his voice as he said : ‘ I 've told my promoter Dan Duva that I want to fight all those contenders that the people want me to fight . |
10 | At one point he said , ‘ Why do these different people want me ? |
11 | ‘ People bother me , ’ G.B.S. told his housekeeper near the end of his life . |
12 | PEOPLE send me the funniest letters . |
13 | So many people ply me with drinks in the D and F these days that I tend to remember them as I saw them , in a blur . |
14 | Mr Chairman I 'm , I 'm a little bit concerned about er number two er there 's something that is , we promised to reply straightforward written enquiry with without sort of commenting on whether it 's two weeks , two days , or whatever , I am a little concerned that some of the replies people show me that have had from Highways Department , erm , they really whoever writes them do n't go into any detail , I 've had , I 've seen letters recently where , where somebody said it will be dealt with in about four weeks ' time , well that 's okay , maybe they 've good and valid reasons why about four weeks is about right for their particular problem , but they do n't know why it 's gon na take four weeks , they say oh god they should be able to do that in a couple of days there 's no problem it 's an easy little job , I , I feel that the , our officers when they reply they should give some amount of detail and if they give a time span in which they 're gon na put something right , they should say why it 's gon na take that long . |
15 | People stop me in the street , badger me |
16 | When people stop me , like the lady in the local post office … |
17 | It irritates me when people give me phoney information . |
18 | I can smile — when people give me something to smile about . ’ |
19 | I 'm not trying to be a teacher , but if people give me their time , they should be repaid . |
20 | ‘ They know who I am , so these people give me respect , ’ said Pakeezah when Mrs Bannerji had disappeared . |
21 | What it was was I 'm in charge , no you 're not and if you meet two people give me two people who are both power like |
22 | People meet me and they get all excited because they think I 'm going to have something funny to say . |
23 | All those people wear me out . |
24 | People describe me as ‘ hysterical' ; this only makes me feel worse . |
25 | ‘ People know me in Weatherbury . |
26 | ‘ Because , ’ he went on , ‘ I give you fair warning , not many people know me very well . |
27 | People tell me it was n't anything like that sort of time . |
28 | People tell me that if I was a bit taller , I 'd be a dead ringer for that Malcolm Allison geezer . |
29 | People tell me that she looks like me : elegant while concealing an active disposition behind a refined behaviour . |
30 | People tell me they 'll fade and that I should n't worry about them , or that I should n't bother about things like that when I 've got a baby , but I ca n't help it . |