Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] me [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So let me in on the secret . |
| 2 | ‘ You 'd better fill me in on the details , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Skirting a tinker camp , Mrs M. eventually put me down beside the fast-flowing River Moy at Ballina . |
| 4 | The strangest of stories ( And of course when I told her that , she just threw me out of the house , my own Mother … well , Goodnight Mother , I can tell you ) were treated as entirely credible . |
| 5 | It just takes me out of the house for an hour or two . ’ |
| 6 | Tell you what erm when we get into you can just drop me down to the greengrocer near the church because I 'm out of erm spring onions and if I wanted to add up to that bit of salad that we 've got |
| 7 | Ca n't you just take me back to the life your friends stole me from ? ’ |
| 8 | I 've worked out that a rent of tenpence a week on each log cabin , or sixpence for each bunk in a dormitory , will just pay me back by the end of this contract . |
| 9 | ‘ Just take me back to the villa , please ? ’ she managed to request , precariously clinging to her dignity . |
| 10 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 11 | Yes she still phoned me up in the morning and at vast expense to tell me how awful everything was . |
| 12 | At any rate , when I saw her approaching late at night from the last bus , I would feign sleep and lie rigid in bed , willing my eyes to stay shut , but the sagging weight of Val sitting on the edge of my bed and her heart-rending sighs usually wore me down in the end , and I had to open my eyes and listen . |
| 13 | Whatever I did , he 'd always put me back on the subs ' bench . |
| 14 | Four days later found me out in the garden learning the ‘ Western roll ’ over a beautifully ( if hastily ) made high jump frame . |
| 15 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 16 | Mainly to get me out of the house , probably , but when I told my father I was going to be an actor he immediately thought I 'd turned gay . |
| 17 | On one memorable occasion , Mac came to one of the dances and spent a lot of time with me , even escorting me back to the Waaf site afterwards , making intelligent conversation about his home in Canada and shaking hands gravely as he said goodnight — so different from the smash and grab tactics I was usually treated to when trying to bring an evening to a satisfactory close . |
| 18 | ‘ If you 'll kindly drop me off in the village , I have one or two things to do . |
| 19 | People keep mentioning this Peter Barnes guy , could someone please let me in on the joke . |
| 20 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 21 | It 's the inappropriate nature of my clothing that has consistently let me down through the years . |
| 22 | I remained in prison another two years until the government graciously let me out under the amnesty in May 1983 . |
| 23 | If they want to take it all away in the end and match me up with that slimy halfwit , why then take me up to the mountain and show me the world ? |
| 24 | He knocked my gun from my hand then pushed me up against the wall , pressing his own gun into my stomach . |
| 25 | When she 'd finished it was 17.31 and she almost pushed me out of the door . |
| 26 | I do n't collect criticisms , but the worst one I ever had was when they completely left me out of the write-up . |
| 27 | He hurriedly ushered me out of the room . |