Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] me [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone shows me the rough of my new ears and nostrils . |
| 2 | Someone tells me the other day that I , I 've you know y |
| 3 | It 's like you say , someone gives me the willies . |
| 4 | ‘ Nobody calls me a bastard . ’ |
| 5 | Today I have had a reply to a parliamentary question to the Minister , which tells me the latest figures of young people currently in young offender institutions . |
| 6 | erm I 'd like to be able to present something in front of me which prompts me a bit better than I do at the moment I tend to get lost in what 's in front of me . |
| 7 | The second and third weekend I get to the lake just before daybreak armed with a pair of binoculars and settle down for a couple of hours in a spot which gives me a good view of all , or most , of the water . |
| 8 | Then I solved the problem by getting a special radar device installed in my brain , which gives me a headache . |
| 9 | I always feel happier or calmer with a pen in my hand , for writing is the one activity which gives me an unquestionable dignity and , if I may dare to claim it , an unconquerable pride . |
| 10 | ‘ I go to a lot of fellowship meetings and I see a counsellor once a week which gives me the tools to handle life on a day-to-day basis . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 12 | I have far fewer friends and I am partially sighted , which makes me a lot more vulnerable ; but whatever happens physically , I have always said that it was what happened mentally that mattered . |
| 13 | I have far few friends and I am partially sighted , which makes me a lot more vulnerable ; but whatever happens physically , I have always said that it was what happened mentally that mattered . |
| 14 | I suppose on the studio engineer evolutionary scale I rate about as high as the average amoeba , which makes me the perfect test pilot for this series of videos . |
| 15 | But as she needs me a hell of a lot more than I need her , we get along . ’ |
| 16 | She owes me a letter , thank heavens , somebody who owes me a letter instead of vice versa . |
| 17 | ‘ I keep in touch with both my sisters and my brother 's wife — she rings me every week or I ring her : And my niece and nephew — well , life would n't be worth living without them . |
| 18 | I scrounged that off Tom McAskill who owes me a favour ’ |
| 19 | I 've arranged with a friend who owes me a favour that I 'll supply the supervisor for medical equipment being flown to Bucharest . |
| 20 | She owes me a letter , thank heavens , somebody who owes me a letter instead of vice versa . |
| 21 | She seems to think that , just because she fancies me the feeling should be mutual ! ’ |
| 22 | She shows me the marrow , which looks like thick dark blood , and the tiny sliver of bone she has removed . |
| 23 | So she shows me the outfit : silk , black and white checks , turquoise squiggles , all gold and silver and apricot with matching trousers . |
| 24 | She hands me a caterpillar |
| 25 | She hands me a cup of coffee . |
| 26 | When she 's done , she hands me the mirror and I have a look . |
| 27 | She hands me the hat and moves me into the middle of the pavement . |
| 28 | The new entrant in this category , and one who interests me a lot , is Fred Couples . |
| 29 | On arrival I have a chat with the Duty Sergeant , who hands me a map with a route or ‘ beat ’ on it . |
| 30 | She phones me every other day . |