Example sentences of "[prep] me [conj] i [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | knew exactly that he was talking about me and I thought what ? |
| 2 | ‘ I climbed upon the science train because it was the only door that swung open for me after I got my degree . |
| 3 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 4 | I suspected it last night , and you confirmed it for me when I touched you in the lift on the way up to the restaurant tonight . |
| 5 | You were happy for me when I changed my religion should n't we be happy for Rosie ? ’ |
| 6 | but erm I said to her over there , I said er , well excuse me I said er da er er a doctor , I , I said took a urine test for me and I said I want to know that I , if he knew the results ? |
| 7 | The man had pity for me and I shot him ! ’ |
| 8 | did he say for me and I thought I was going to go |
| 9 | ( This was very strange for me and I found it hard to talk about . |
| 10 | I was distracted with grief this time , torn by guilt , and Eric had to look after me while I acted my part to perfection , though I say it myself . |
| 11 | Teacher : You were coming towards me and I thought you were going to run me over , Peter . |
| 12 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 13 | I dare say it 's silly of me but I thought we 'd wait till the coast was clear , so to speak , ’ she ended , smiling at her own accidental pun . |
| 14 | It shocked the life out of me when I realised you were a virgin . |
| 15 | More than sixty years after the event , while watching a child of his own try out his first steps , he suddenly stated in reminiscence and satisfaction to his most intimate Spanish friend , ‘ I remember that I learned to walk by pushing a big tin box of sweet biscuits in front of me because I knew what was inside . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The bike skidded on past ahead of me and I followed it in to the side of the road . |
| 17 | Walking out of the Ladies , I suddenly saw Mum 's face in front of me like I saw it in the dream — sinking , drowning in bubbling mud — trying to spit the oozing slime out of her lipsticked mouth but the more she spat it out the more slithered in … |
| 18 | It 's not her fault Petya wo n't speak to me ; it 's just that he turned against me when I divorced his mother . |
| 19 | He said yes Mrs well then he followed me in the kitchen , stood behind me and I thought what the hell 's he hanging about for , I 'm gon na take it to him and the , his son- in-law was there |
| 20 | I could n't even raise my leg behind me and I thought it was a sign to give up . |
| 21 | Y'know I I drove the minibus with only somebody in with me before I drove it with people in it |
| 22 | I said that 's none of my business , nothing to do with me but I said I should think it 's a tragic waste for you and I say , it wastes your money but that 's entirely down to you . |
| 23 | Then Holmes checked with me that I had my gun , an army revolver . |
| 24 | There was a young American photographer with me and I saw him get caught up in it and I pulled him aside and said ‘ Do n't even take it because that 's the picture that Newsweek is going to publish . |
| 25 | I had my camera with me and I saw there was a ladder up on the top deck and when I got up on the top deck it was quite a giddy height , not to be bit I looked at the mast then I climbed up the mast up three quarters of the way up the mast and er the view from up there looked right down on the causeway . |
| 26 | I had brought my bag with me and I left it in Armstrong along with my wallet , spare cash and watch , just taking enough to pay for a ticket and a towel . |
| 27 | Her father 's conviction unhinged what precarious stability she 'd managed to maintain and after she came out of the psychiatric hospital she got in touch with me and I gave her a job . |
| 28 | You wonder that it should seem to me at first all illusion But how natural — It is true of me … very true … that I have not a high appreciation of what passes in the world under the name of love ; & that a distrust of the thing had grown to be a habit of mind with me when I knew you first . |
| 29 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 30 | And after that it seemed so horrible , is there something even more wrong with me because I thought it was so horrible ? ’ |