Example sentences of "me [conj] [pron] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 2 | They let me have one last look and told me that it belonged to someone in another band — which made me feel really guilty . |
| 3 | You may tell me that I went to the wrong place to begin with — and I can now agree . |
| 4 | ‘ And she has made the same promise to me that I made to my mum and dad . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ One more thing — Matthew Choak told me that he went to Penzance on Friday night to see the film , Straw Dogs . |
| 6 | When he told me that he wanted to be an actor like Owen Jones , I was very surprised but instinctively excited and challenged . |
| 7 | ‘ It saddens me that there has to be people who are ill in life . |
| 8 | I it strikes me that there seems to be some really muddled thinking erm coming from the District Council , erm with real sort of erm er erm contradictions . |
| 9 | Mr Chairman , just one quick , and that is it seems to me that there seems to be very few councillors attending . |
| 10 | It seems to me that anyone attracted to practising psychology or psychotherapy or psychiatry has not been so without some needs of their own . |
| 11 | ‘ And let her know that you cared so little for me that you had to be reminded ? |
| 12 | Janice looks ashen with worry , and does n't see me although she appears to be looking hardest of all . |
| 13 | The confusion between what belongs to me and what belongs to you ( in emotional terms ) goes on throughout life . |
| 14 | Oh , the night before me and we went to bed , had a lovely night and then last night we could n't last . |
| 15 | The doctor started work the day I went in , and she pre-warned me and I said to him , no big cuts please ? |
| 16 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 17 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 18 | It lends itself to me and I return to the theatre strangely renewed . |
| 19 | I do n't know , but she , I , she waved to me and I waved to her and I picked it up and I said do you want this ? |
| 20 | Nothing could daunt me and I talked to everyone with the same message : ‘ Cancer was absolutely great because it put you in touch with yourself and the world . ’ |
| 21 | He threw himself at me and I jumped to one side , leaving him to fall on the deck . |
| 22 | The wedding dress hung loosely on me and I appeared to myself , reflected in the cheval mirror , gratifyingly ridiculous . |
| 23 | We got a few laughs and the local press gave me a good write-up , and the church warden came to me and he said to me ‘ Frank , you should be an actor , ’ and I thought God had spoken because in those days , he was representing God as far as I was concerned … . |
| 24 | My former wife disliked not only the taste of it herself but refused to come near me if I succumbed to its temptation . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They asked me if I wanted to . |
| 26 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 27 | No they asked me if I wanted to and I said no . |
| 28 | The chap was furious and said he 'd put me in a cell without anyone on either side of me if I talked to you again . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 30 | My Dad would murder me if it happened to me . ’ |