Example sentences of "me [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Len looks at me andmutters , ‘ What 's he on about ? ’ |
| 2 | So water for me represents the ordinariness of life which Jesus can take and make very special . |
| 3 | ‘ Would you really , a man of your enormous wealth , sue someone like me for a sum that to you is little more than pocket-money , but to me represents my very livelihood ? |
| 4 | First to tell me wins a signed photo of Jon Newsome : - ) |
| 5 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 6 | Okay , suppose Come Up And See Me goes in the charts and they ring you up and say , ‘ Steve , how do you fancy going on Top Of The Pops ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's just one of those dreams the urban yuppy like me goes in for , ’ he said . |
| 8 | ‘ Part of me hates him , ’ he admitted , ‘ and the other part of me hates myself for feeling jealous of such a fantastic guy . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Part of me hates him , ’ he admitted , ‘ and the other part of me hates myself for feeling jealous of such a fantastic guy . ’ |
| 10 | We asked James what he thought about his new job : ‘ Erm … like … you know … this gorgeous girlie was buying me drinks all night … like … you know how it gets … right ! … yeah … well … |
| 11 | It often breaks her great big heart when she to me doth say , |
| 12 | And while with me doth dwell this wearied ghost , |
| 13 | If they knew I was under that sort of pressure , they 'd stop giving me rides altogether . |
| 14 | Then 'e ses ter me , ‘ Jus ' so 's yer do n't ferget , ’ then 'e put me lights out . ’ |
| 15 | I enjoy putting up a tent , I like campfires and food for me tastes so much better outside . |
| 16 | If you'se happen to be comin' here to Dublin at some time or other in the future — which praise the Lord you will be , for t is God 's own city — and you happen to be driving down O'Connell Street and you see me standin' here like dis , with me arms up ; then whether I 'm here or not , you stop . ’ |
| 17 | The thing here was that all the flowers were blue — delphiniums and cornflowers and forget me nots round a sundial in the middle of a smooth green velvet lawn . |
| 18 | Although I 'd had me doubts before , I will admit . |
| 19 | Leslie was disturbed to hear of this latest small trauma : ‘ It distresses me , ’ he wrote , ‘ to think of you being chivvied about in the way you are ; after all , the army supports me , and when it moves me thinks a wee bit about me . |
| 20 | Me thinks another pilgrim is trying to make a buck . |
| 21 | She would never say so , and I probably would n't think such a thing if I were n't pregnant , but pregnant — me thinks : she 's keeping something of me , something of the child I was , in those trunks down there , so as not to lose me entirely , so as not to lose my childhood completely . |
| 22 | Part of me thinks that he is setting a useful precedent . |
| 23 | The directors are demanding their cut , me thinks . |
| 24 | The directors are demanding their cut , me thinks . |
| 25 | Subject : Whelan has one me thinks |
| 26 | Hammam is on the board for Wimbledon ( director me thinks ) and he himself was ‘ brought to court ’ ( FA ) because he had sprayed some bad words in the away teams wardrobe before/after/during a game against Everton ( ? ) — do n't remember the details — but a high official in a club doing this should be sacked in my book : even worse i think he did get away with it — a small fee or something but nothing serious . |
| 27 | Thank God no more by me needs to be said . |
| 28 | Just the one hitch : they 're always taking me places where I do n't want to go . |
| 29 | It takes me places that I thought I 'd never see |
| 30 | I suppose the appeal to me has been making things happen and changing things and feeling quite British about it and proud of what in my very small way I have been able to do in this country and being able to export that abroad and make it a success there . |