Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [noun] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Neil is very litigious for an editor ( ‘ Randy Andy Gets a Grandy ’ , you may remember , as The Sun put it in January ) , so although Pamella told me lots of … interesting things about him , I 'd better tread carefully . |
| 2 | It was not long before Tony joined me in an attempt to free himself of the sizzling mushrooms . |
| 3 | I 'd denied it all when Doreen confronted me , but she must have confided her suspicions to the word-processor and left the floppy disc on her bedside table . |
| 4 | As a result I undergo a bout of conscience , taking the short rod only when Odd-Knut assures me that we will eat whatever we catch , and that we will probably not catch anything . |
| 5 | But what a delight it was to come across your adventure , particularly so as Sept saw me doing 6 days canoeing the Zam with Shearwater , rafting Vic Falls 4–19 and a flip at 18 , and I spent 2 days at Kariba lake on a houseboat . |
| 6 | ‘ But I did only as Lachlan ordered me . |
| 7 | This kind of thinking has n't featured in election campaigning , so though friends warn me that I 'll be submerged in a great placid pool of meditation , I 'm off to Dartington to gather a few hints on the ideas that ought to guide our future . |
| 8 | Erm I do n't think we can spend a long time considering them , it 's just if people bear me whisking through them our brains . |
| 9 | I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’ |
| 10 | Many women I spoke to hardly bothered with a Dupatta indoors while others told me in whispers that they wore it only because their mothers-in-law insisted . |
| 11 | Shortly after Sister sent me to chaperon the patient in Room Two . |
| 12 | Now you see why I 'll be quite content to slip away when God calls me to go . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I remembered , ’ said Wexford , ‘ as soon as Cullam told me whose the body was . |
| 14 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 15 | Linda was here like when mum told me . |
| 16 | ‘ But if I start looking up my own arsehole and acting differently when people parody me , I do n't think that 's a good way for me to live . |
| 17 | But I ca , honestly when Pete phoned me up and like , I was getting so worried ! |
| 18 | We flew economy — I may have to make this trip regularly if Stanford accept me , and my insurance does n't cover me , so every penny counts . |
| 19 | ‘ Simply because Rob wanted me to meet Heather . ’ |
| 20 | And even the anger was mainly at myself because I could n't stop wanting you , even after Matilda warned me of your … usefulness . ’ |
| 21 | She lost all sense of direction and , ‘ I never knew quite where Raynor took me , ’ she said afterwards . |
| 22 | I did n't begin to feel again until anger kissed me back to life at the inquest . |