Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] me [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do .
2 There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground .
3 You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink , perhaps by showing me a colour chart .
4 ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’
5 Is there anyone who would act as a referee or recommend me for the job ?
6 ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’
7 I 've cut the ropes that bind me to the shore , she thought , and sinking down onto the arm of Meredith 's chair she listened , smiling , to one of the pirates confiding that when he was in town he consulted the same dentist as dear Johnny .
8 ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’
9 So that got me over the turkey .
10 And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range .
11 " Tell me , my sister , " said Vasilissa , " who was the white knight that passed me in the forest ? "
12 The walk that defeated me on the way up seemed to take about five minutes coming down , and despite the forced cheery countenance of my friends , I knew I had ruined the day .
13 That shooting The London boxing promoter Mickey Duff said : ‘ The only thing that worries me at the moment is his speedy recovery . ’
14 It was Mr Hurd 's first paragraph that drew me to the rest of the review .
15 Because now I know there 's nothing behind the fancy shirt that interests me in the slightest . ’
16 so the second level of using theory was to actually begin to find out what I could do to help myself and that threw me into the middle of ‘ what is knowledge ? ’
17 Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living .
18 I think that one of the things that get me at the moment is the time keeping , it 's very bad
19 One of the first things to happen after my arrival at Bourn was the phasing out of Stirling bombers , so that the one that followed me around the perimeter track must have been one of the last to operate from there .
20 Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph .
21 So I guess the bucket of cold water that hit me in the face did n't come as much of a surprise .
22 THE only thing that puzzles me about the Government decision to ban the Northern Irish Protestant terror gang , the UDA , is why it has taken them so long to do it .
23 Telling the whole truth about the Ayr salmon , rather than letting me off the hook , only improved the tale .
24 Let It Rock did unbelievably good business Friday night or Saturday morning a lorry would turn up with a delivery of creepers — the very things that enticed me into the shop in the first place .
25 The war drums throbbed , a muffled , far-carrying , never-ceasing sound that thrilled me to the core ; the five-foot trumpets brayed .
26 FROM Sasbach my next target was the Danube , a drive that took me through the Black Forest .
27 A presence that disturbs me with the joy
28 One thing that intrigued me in the course of my meeting with Kagan was his careful enquiries about what duties were involved in membership of the House of Lords .
29 It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer .
30 Thus it is not their sex but their preponderance that moves me on the grounds of statistical fairness to refer to them as she .
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