Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] me [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any excuse got me out of the office . |
| 2 | Phil , his ever-cheerful self , telling me he has stood up his girlfriend to see me through till the end . |
| 3 | I was scarcely conscious but Pat helped me out of the machine and as the dinghy had n't emerged after the ditching we had to swim about 250 yards to the beach . |
| 4 | ‘ We had breakfast and Mummy dropped me off at the playground , ’ Verena told police . |
| 5 | I do n't suppose I was more than 10 when the harvesters sent me off to the nearest pub to get some cider in a couple of bottles . |
| 6 | An eery echoing spiralling climb of 168 steps took me up to the light itself and 180 degree views stretching to hazy nothingness to the west and north ; Harris hills to the south-west ; the Cuillins of Skye to the south and the mainland mountains to the east . |
| 7 | Dana saw me off at the station . |
| 8 | Each evening when we tidied away our papers I expected Edward to invite me over to the Lodge for a drink or a meal , and the invitation was not extended . |
| 9 | They pulled me up off the floor with my hands up behind my back and they were walking me out of the chemist with my arms up and my head pushed down and one of them was kicking me in the back of my legs to get me over to the car . |
| 10 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 11 | Oh , when she came with the baby and the young girl to see me off at the station , I was unable to speak . |
| 12 | Once it was home , the stalwart Alan helped me up to the loft with it , where it awaits my occupation in due course . |
| 13 | One punter refers to a typically fateful day : 1 August 1988 - " … the day I returned from a holiday abroad , Harvard telephoned me out of the blue ( 8th April 1986 ) , and a chap who sounded like an enthusiastic young cockney told me how wonderful Towerbell was and that it was going places with top stars in tow ! " |
| 14 | Mr. Mendez sent me out to the equipment shed to start the inventory . |
| 15 | The District Military Council sent me over to the Area Military Commissariat as an adviser , but these young men do n't want an old man 's advice . |
| 16 | ‘ I needed last Wednesday 's Coca-Cola Cup game against Bristol Rovers to get me back into the swing of things after a three-match suspension . |
| 17 | And what makes you think I choose Pickerage to toss me off in the bogs ? ’ |
| 18 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
| 19 | His eyes now lit by a weak leer of hope , Barometer Barnes closed me out on the pink 35–43 . |
| 20 | The Land Rover dropped me off on the edge of the town , surprisingly on a tarmac road , and I arranged to meet the lads nine miles further on . |
| 21 | On this occasion , M. Dupont followed me out of the door . |
| 22 | When Ted took me out into the sea , we had fifty fish |
| 23 | I have to go to bed early and then Mum gets me up in the morning she 's going get up ! |
| 24 | My route takes me up into the Chiltern foothills , and a labyrinth of green lanes . |
| 25 | As he lived in the city , Mr Coary drove me up to the Noones ’ for my bag and then took me all the way back to O'Brien 's Hotel in Dublin , where I had stayed long before . |
| 26 | They vied with each other to fill me in on the gruesome details . |
| 27 | ‘ The water 's risen two floors from where Bryce pulled me in off the telegraph pole , ’ Maggie reported . |
| 28 | When , in 1974 an American friend brought me over from the States a copy of Elizabeth Gould-Davis 's The First Sex , I had a scholar 's confirmation of my conclusions . |
| 29 | I shall not , however , let my hon. Friend hold me back during the few minutes that I shall use to unbridle myself . |
| 30 | you know when they were two days old , Trevor took me through to the hospital |