Example sentences of "me [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted me to drive on and I was in no position to argue . |
| 2 | His only answer was a wave of the arm , signalling me to drive on . |
| 3 | How long would it take me to drive up there ? ’ |
| 4 | But sometimes the Earl would ring me at home at night and ask me to drive back to Althorp because the Countess was in floods of tears . |
| 5 | Would it hold up for the half-minute or so it would take me to drive across ? |
| 6 | He did n't need me building up yet more false hopes which did nothing except try his patience . |
| 7 | These measurements were vital to Jack Mason who relied upon me to confirm where he should hit his shots and how hard . |
| 8 | However , these were now too low and my prospects too poor for me to continue along that track . |
| 9 | I can imagine what he 'll think if you ring him up and say you 've found me weeping over my special patient ! |
| 10 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |
| 11 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 12 | Statue of me Gazing out |
| 13 | And then and then like you know and then she went off in a mood cos I cos I go to let's me sit opposite you like hinting like oh I do n't want to sit there . |
| 14 | Extract 1 : The ghost One day me met a witch Jamaica [ inaudible ] me ( gor ra ) mother — me saw her dere , me sit down an she tell me all the story alrigh% ? |
| 15 | ‘ But Mr Carson said ‘ Are you going to make me sit down ? ’ |
| 16 | mummy me sit down and , and |
| 17 | If Mr Jackson sees me all grown up , then maybe he 'll let me stay here . |
| 18 | ‘ At least let me stay here for a while until I get my head clear . ’ |
| 19 | Would not let me stay here … |
| 20 | ‘ At least , let me stay here for a few days . |
| 21 | ‘ Let me stay here ! |
| 22 | Well , tell him it 's kind of him to agree to let me stay here , but I 'm turning down his invitation . ’ |
| 23 | Then with greater determination , ‘ You ca n't make me stay here . ’ |
| 24 | My mam moved away but the landlord would n't let me stay on because I was on social security . |
| 25 | Even when he was n't there he 'd let me stay on . |
| 26 | The Miss Cardings next door , they would have let me stay there until I got myself sorted out . |
| 27 | ‘ And since you know it , I do n't understand why you 're making me stay there . |
| 28 | Or when Tom says , ‘ My teacher made me stay in today ’ , parents would do well to resist the temptation to answer , ‘ Now what have you done ? ’ , or ‘ I suppose you deserved it ’ , replies which would have inflamed his feelings . |
| 29 | I 'm really disappointed cos I do n't think my mum will let me stay now ! |
| 30 | My God , George thought , cringing , he wants me to kill off more of that fossilised brain . |