Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] me [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one .
2 Another thing that cut me off from the other kids was going to the grammar school — and having to wear a bright green blazer every day .
3 He put my felonious body in the stocks of his arm and led me off in the direction of what passed for a garden at Sussex , a series of brick-edged parallelograms that could n't have looked more artificial if they had been planted with cathode-ray tubes , instead of hardy perennials .
4 They 're erm , I erm , said goodbye come and pick me up by the school .
5 I could see the beginning of cloud formations in the far west that looked as though they might thicken up and , since I wanted to get some shots of the Cove while the light was still good , I set off by Water Sinks , where the water from the Tarn sinks and does n't reappear again until some miles down the valley at Aire Head , and followed the footpath that would take me west of Watlowes dry valley and bring me down to the Cove by the pasture land above the Pennine Way .
6 Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin .
7 He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew .
8 So then I began to be really pretty busy with running the office and then keeping my home , but I 'd got a husband who was very , very , handy and helped me out in the home you know .
9 The old gentleman who was the owner of the shop encouraged me and helped me along into the business .
10 McLaren 's conviction that Branson wanted revenge , to find a way to seize control of the Pistols for good , ‘ and cut me off at the pass ’ , now became an obsession .
11 He asked if I was in trouble and drove me back to the car park , where he produced a tow-rope .
12 He rattled a huge ring of keys and let me out of the cell .
13 He ate it in two bites , like a dog , and put me back on the gravestone .
14 The boy carried me in my travelling box , and put me down on the beach , while he looked for birds ' eggs among the rocks .
15 I remember she crouched down and lifted me on to the table .
16 Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor .
17 Instead of getting someone to calm me down and talk to me , a whole bunch of them came and jumped on me and rushed me down to the block and left me there .
18 Andy yelled , throwing the keys down and grabbing me by the collar and slamming me back against the side of the Landie .
19 He put an arm round my shoulder and walked me back towards the church door .
20 A Corporal appeared and beckoned me through to the kitchen ; he was taller and thinner than the other one and his arms were covered with rough tattoos executed in Indian ink ; on his right forearm were the words , ( My courage for my father , my heart for my mother , my prick for a whore ) .
21 The Austrian officials were quite another matter ; middle-aged , self-confident , well dressed and courteous , they enquired how long I intended to stay , glanced in the boot , and waved me on with the hope that I would enjoy my stay .
22 When I left , my place was taken by a dog : ‘ He took me over completely , and came everywhere but to Church with me , and saw me back to the hotel at night .
23 " Dear mermaids , wo n't you please turn the wheel and spin me down to the sea-king 's palace ? "
24 Finally a soldier arrived and took me back to the Star Room .
25 Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance .
26 They knocked him off and dressed me up for the suit with arrows . ’
27 You can not ask me to help you at one moment , and leave me out in the cold the next . ’
28 Not like , I mean I was making my way there , he was making his way there and I would n't want them to come and pick me up in the car
29 The problem was finally solved by fixing a wire to my ankle and running it under the rock to an aqualunged diver , who on a signal from Stuart would tug on the wire and pull me down with the speed of an express lift , and would let go when my face turned blue .
30 He turned round and kicked me out of the classroom for doing it .
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