Example sentences of "me [adv prt] and [verb] me " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 2 | When our mam died — our dad had been killed down the pit long before — he took me in and brought me up . |
| 3 | I waved him away as Karen thoughtfully tucked me in and zipped me up . |
| 4 | ‘ Patience , Emily , all in good time , what about inviting me in and offering me a drink , the grass here is quite damp you know , and in those silly slippers , you 'll catch your death . ’ |
| 5 | She was a kind woman and whenever I called with a message she would sit me down and fetch me a biscuit or a glass of milk . |
| 6 | Paul ( Myers ) sat me down and asked me what I liked to play , and I mentioned all the things I do , including these transcriptions . |
| 7 | Put me down and join me there . ’ |
| 8 | He saw that two men were now holding me , pushing me down and punching me and he recognized the man who was walking up the stairs . |
| 9 | And it sort of weighed me down and slowed me down till my legs could n't hardly move . |
| 10 | He follows me down and holds me in his arms . |
| 11 | The serjeant-at-arms , hidden behind the guard of his conical helmet , dragged me down and pushed me into a chamber where a candle glowed in the darkness . |
| 12 | I had not before realised that my canoe had been following me but I soon felt it as the point hit my back and then went down underneath me , dragging me down and sandwiching me between the canoe and the tree . |
| 13 | Up and up we went and when I could walk no longer he lay me down and covered me with kisses and love bites . |
| 14 | Or you , bring me over and introduce me . |
| 15 | Then I just rushed out of the pub and started runnin' , then you got in me way and knocked me over and sprained me ankle . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The ref called me over and gave me my marching orders , ’ said Mick . |
| 17 | ‘ The ref called me over and gave me my marching orders . |
| 18 | He beckons me over and introduces me to Maggie . |
| 19 | I was also warned to stay away from the tennis court if anyone was playing , but on one Saturday , a party was in progress and Miss Betty Farr , who must have been in her early twenties , spotted me trying not to be seen , called me over and plied me with cakes and lemonade . |
| 20 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 21 | I fell asleep and remember him lifting me off and putting me on the settee cushion but I 'd had a tiring evening and hardly stirred . |
| 22 | Unless you intend tying me up and locking me in my room ? ’ |
| 23 | What if , like my poor neighbour , I was to be so riddled with cancer , that after cutting me open , they just sewed me up and sent me home ? |
| 24 | The wind picks me up and pushes me in front of it like an irate mother with a naughty child . |
| 25 | The title of Tie Me Up and Bind Me Robin was derived from a quote from Maid Marion in the wholly innocent 1955 series Robin Hood . |
| 26 | I thought back over all the good times — all the laughs we had shared — and all the wonderful things they had done to try to build me up and keep me going . |
| 27 | I thought the part that , you know , she forgot it er well I know she did n't forget it , she just did it on purpose , but three days after my birthday it 's her wee brother 's first birthday and she had , she had the nerve to ring me up and invite me to her brother 's first birthday party accept and go up there with a present and a card and all and she could n't even have rang me up to say happy birthday So I have n't |
| 28 | No spare parts were available but a small bus-load of Indian servants from our diocesan girls ’ school in Rangoon picked me up and took me on with them . |
| 29 | Mrs Mrs rang me up and ask me about the one |
| 30 | They 're gon na phone me up and tell me when it 's so |