Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a gap in the wall , and it goes right onto the platform — there ai n't no fence or nothing stopping me getting out . |
| 2 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 3 | I would be most grateful if you would telephone and speak to either Heidi or me to let me know if and when this would be convenient for you . |
| 4 | I 've learned to live with it , because if it looks horrid , or someone tells me it 's horrid , I wo n't read it . |
| 5 | Erm , Philip or somebody gave me the level premium . |
| 6 | Then I divvy up the crap into the rightful pedal bins and trolley them around the building , where nobody knows me . |
| 7 | We went through many dark passages until we reached a door , where she left me , taking her candle with her . |
| 8 | Tired and confused after the journey , I followed the servant into a large building , where she left me in a sitting-room . |
| 9 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 10 | She was so beautiful that I just melted and we went to this tiny little room , where she washed me . |
| 11 | With a karate chop to the nape of my neck , my masseuse gets me back where she wants me . |
| 12 | " There are witnesses here seeing you threaten me . " |
| 13 | ‘ We have both learnt our dialectic in the academic arena where knocks that would frighten the London literary coteries are given and taken in good part ; and even where you think me sometimes too pert you will not suspect me of malice . |
| 14 | You either undress yourself , or you help me . |
| 15 | If I do not like it or you keep me waiting , I will take my custom elsewhere . ’ |
| 16 | So I said do you want the truth or you want me to yourself ? |
| 17 | Like when we go to the laundrette , or she takes me to the swimming baths to have a hot shower . |
| 18 | Ca n't remember whether I owe Madge a letter or she owes me one . |
| 19 | They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours . |
| 20 | ‘ I said before , I wo n't go where they want me to go . |
| 21 | The gunner of the Fox gave me the final two fingers and I knew the third finger was coming up which meant the " K " gun would be right in my starboard earhole , I put my finger lip and gave the impression I was going to land , whereupon all the Foxes — by this time four or live of them — were given a signal by the leader , and they all turned on their backs and headed where they wanted me to follow . |
| 22 | Where they gave me meat and drink . ’ |
| 23 | Or they call me Ernie . |
| 24 | Ever since then , whenever I left a job or anyone gave me a present , I was given more of the same . |
| 25 | I kissed the rose , and that night , in bed , I placed it where he desired me to . |
| 26 | ‘ He escorted me to his lodgings , where he treated me with every kindness , and dried my clothes whilst I managed a few hours sleep . ’ |
| 27 | And the situations I imagine ( where he forsakes me ) are real . |
| 28 | He 'd like the power and he 'd like knowing he had me where he wanted me . |
| 29 | He took me in his arms and carried me downstairs to the library , where he put me in front of the fire , and gave me a glass of wine . |
| 30 | I 'll explain the circumstances exactly , and I 'll make very sure that everyone believes me . |