Example sentences of "[vb -s] i [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dehydrated packet breakfast , dinner and supper drives me potty . |
| 2 | ‘ The way he turns on the television as soon as he walks into the room drives me nuts , ’ she says . |
| 3 | It drives me nuts to see all the jobs that are out there to be done . ’ |
| 4 | I told you , this phone drives me nuts ! |
| 5 | Auntie kindly offers me tea as well , but I 'm beginning to feel iffy myself , so excuse myself , go outside , and quietly get on with the clearing up . |
| 6 | She tells us how foolhardy we both are and offers me information on something called a ‘ towback ’ which her superiors have told her about . |
| 7 | His assistant Julian immediately offers me coffee , and explains in apologetic tones that Tony has been called out — ‘ but you 're down for 11.30 ’ — and that he 's expecting him back any moment . |
| 8 | ‘ Oi builds me innins . |
| 9 | And this causes me difficulties in that I have to either imagine what it was or come back again to see whatever the er item in question is . |
| 10 | BORINGLY familiar it may be as a measure the rise in the price of cigarettes in the latest budget gives me open , honest pleasure , though its smallness causes me disappointment . |
| 11 | Anything that causes me distress … ’ |
| 12 | No what amazes me Mr Chairman is that here we are , we 're being cost conscious on every ground and we 're saying we 're making a statement that we enter into an exercise that we have no idea , we 're not asking for the actual cost , we are asking , we are asking you must of had an idea what it would cost or I feel Mr Chairman that that , can I put it mildly , lack of planning and certainly financial planning possibly |
| 13 | So he has me do that and on other songs he has me play bass . |
| 14 | She wants me rails , these metal rails that I 've got . |
| 15 | ‘ You park your backside in that chair along of old Mother Scutt and watch how my little nurse finishes me leg real lovely . |
| 16 | It ai n't my address , my address , but if anyone else writes me letters then then please do n't . |
| 17 | And it hurts me eyes |
| 18 | Yet she comes in here and eats me cakes and biscuits . |
| 19 | My grant allows me £60 weekly a difference of £9 , I am now getting deeply in debt with my rent . |
| 20 | ‘ I thank God that Arrested Development and the Disposable Heroes are so powerful and mysterious , ’ says Me Phi . |
| 21 | ‘ Every time a cheque bounces it costs me £3 in bank charges . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've got three phone lines , to convert one of them to ISDN costs me £400 . |
| 23 | It ma'es me feel as if I 'd swallowed poison , an' had a bellyful , in a way . |
| 24 | To find myself in the company of so many eminent , discerning and open-minded independent shopkeepers , affords me pleasure beyond expression . |
| 25 | My dog can make me laugh , shows me affection constantly , keeps me company , gives me something to cuddle and stroke , and keeps me fit . |
| 26 | He wants me in a purple gown to match the set and shows me drawings of the dancers ' outfits . |
| 27 | He shows me charts of average weight and height , because now he is working on his motorbike , going from door to door selling insurance policies , and they use the charts to decide whether someone is at risk of a heart attack . |
| 28 | ‘ He buys me panties , bras and garter belts that are really sexy , ’ she said before going on to reveal , ‘ When I was designing underwear he kept saying , ‘ Make sure there are some sexy bits . ’ ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I pay ten pence rent , and the rest just about buys me paraffin for my stove and for my lamp , and a little milk and tea and bread and margarine . |
| 30 | He buys me underwear all the time . |