Example sentences of "[vb pp] me [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you forgiven me for calling you ‘ carrots ’ ? ’ |
| 2 | And you see there 's no permanent fence to the fields and so therefore I could put gates up at that road if I wanted to , but the Council has never consulted me about going to look at it , or going over my road . |
| 3 | He has already stopped me from saving up for a large format SLR camera ; my trusty 35-mm model will do well enough for the closeups of butterflies and flowers that interest me . |
| 4 | Things which , to my mind have been totally illogical — and yet nothing on this earth would have stopped me from doing them . ’ |
| 5 | After you 'd totally devastated me by saying you did n't find me remotely attractive , I was left racking my brains to think of a way to change your mind . |
| 6 | People , my real friends , had respected me for coping so well after my mother 's death and for putting up with my financial situation at home . |
| 7 | It was this that had prevented me from resting half a day here or there , from starting late in the morning and from stopping early in the evening . |
| 8 | I interviewed him when he became First Sea Lord and on one or two other occasions , and I always slightly regretted that my commitment to current affairs had prevented me from taking up Associated Rediffusion 's offer to spend two years with him , at home and abroad , researching and scripting the thirteen programmes they were planning on his Life and Times — a task subsequently and admirably performed by John Terraine . |
| 9 | I have always been an outsider ; my epilepsy has prevented me from taking part in many normal pursuits such as drinking or dancing , and this has encouraged me to be an individualist in art . |
| 10 | Natural caution has prevented me from getting anyone into trouble . |
| 11 | The book proved very popular but I was left with a nagging regret that my limitations with a camera had prevented me from portraying the district in colour . |
| 12 | It did n't take much to persuade her to come and nothing would have prevented me from seeing precisely what it was that had turned my schoolfriend into what the Daily Express called ‘ a phenomena ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I think it 's prevented me from retreating into ultraspecialist activities . ’ |
| 14 | Yet it has not prevented me from having a very attractive family and being successful in my work . |
| 15 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |
| 16 | Living in close intimacy with Jean-Claude had not prepared me for confronting in musical shape the qualities I sensed and loved in him but could not define . |
| 17 | ‘ Izz , by your honesty you have saved me from doing something wicked . |
| 18 | That 's done me in lifting those boxes |
| 19 | When I expressed my appreciation of the honour he had done me by inviting me to his coronation , he replied that as the eldest son of his trusted friend , to whom he owed so much , it was proper that I should be present . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've got letters from people recently with big crosses on them , people who 've accused me of using my lyrics to subvert people . |
| 21 | Victoria had accused me of trying to thrust myself into the action while pretending I want to live a quiet life . |
| 22 | Yet already you have accused me of trying to endanger your mother 's life through risky water sports . |
| 23 | I am grateful to the hon. Member for Eccles ( Miss Lestor ) for having tabled the question , which otherwise the Opposition might have accused me of having planted . |
| 24 | ‘ You have accused me of attacking you , are you also going to suspect me of killing her ? ’ |
| 25 | Being able to see both points of view has helped me in doing what we are trying to do , namely having things made specially for us and creating our own brands . |
| 26 | No-one had told me about pulling teeth ) ‘ … this is the emergency kit , that 's the radio operator waving his arms at you , this the X-ray machine you 'll get the hang of it . ’ |
| 27 | I hope this has not inhibited me from sharing some of their struggle . |
| 28 | Well what this has involved me in has been a long study of a single school . |
| 29 | Well what this has involved me in has been a long study of a single school . |
| 30 | All of these have assisted me in compiling this book . |