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

No	Sentence
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	‘ We had breakfast and Mummy dropped me off at the playground , ’ Verena told police .
4	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 .
5	Oh , when she came with the baby and the young girl to see me off at the station , I was unable to speak .
6	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 .
7	I have to go to bed early and then Mum gets me up in the morning she 's going get up !
8	My route takes me up into the Chiltern foothills , and a labyrinth of green lanes .
9	They vied with each other to fill me in on the gruesome details .
10	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 .
11	I shall not , however , let my hon. Friend hold me back during the few minutes that I shall use to unbridle myself .
12	My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell .
13	When we got to the airport at Stansted , she 'd even arranged for the Captain to escort me on to the plane .
14	This brought the chucker-out to see what the commotion was about , but luckily he could n't tell what row it had come from because the old woman snatched me up by the hem of my frock and sat me on the seat .
15	Once my lady 's sister was staying at Hurst Castle not far off , and there was to be a grand ball , and her ladyship sent me over in the coach to dress her sister 's hair , Lady Winton that was .
16	My decision early on to build site-specific works in steel took me out of the traditional studio .
17	I expected no different when his Lordship sent me out on the morning of the 19th .
18	The following morning saw me back at the surgery in order to collect not only my screwdriver but also the death certificate , duly signed by two doctors ( yes , they had managed to find the mortuary ) , without which I could not obtain a Registration of Death certificate , without which Nigel could not be cremated .
19	That 's why , the morning the porter took me down to the forest , you sent Dame Catherine after me to see where we were going .
20	On Monday , the first day of the fair , Mum took me down to The Market Place after school and , armed with my fare , I got on to the children 's roundabout .
21	And he tells him the story and he goes and the man threw me out of the taxi .
22	He put me on a stretcher , had me carried about half a mile across fields to an ambulance , which in turn took me down to the local advanced dressing station .
23	The last leg took me down through the fringes of the Forest of Dean along a narrowing spur .
24	That damn' word brought me back to the harsh reality of my situation : not just the discovery of a traitor or bringing a murderer to book but vengeance for Agnes and , of course , the Herculean task which the Great Killer had assigned me !
25	We can both feel the strain plucking at the atmosphere , so when I say I 'll return the keys to the landlord she gives me his address to get me out of the way .
26	He said : ‘ I have been out for nearly 14 months and now there is a great rush to get me back in the squad .
27	The second man pushed me back against the wall .
28	A middle-aged man picked me up on the M4 near Swindon and offered me a lift to London , which was very convenient .
29	The hand pulled me up towards the ceiling .
30	A horrendous gash to my left elbow , and severe bruising on the hip put me out of the races , and I appreciated the advantages of the safety bike that quickly replaced the penny-farthing !