Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] me [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . ’ |
| 2 | Nour drew me as an English Miss : Ingleesy , prim , uneducated , unsophisticated . |
| 3 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 4 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 5 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 6 | In my teens , similar doubts lured me into the darker recesses of the family 's medical encyclopedia , there to discover I was Britain 's first recorded case of Futtock 's Syndrome . |
| 7 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 8 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 9 | In response to some implied criticism I made of his treatment of the sub-editor , Porua regarded me in a sneering silence and then said , ‘ Why should I have regard for my fellows ? |
| 10 | ‘ I have also been to the Guildhall , ’ he mournfully concluded ‘ The mayor told me in no uncertain terms how displeased His Grace the Regent Duke of Lancaster is at our lack of progress . |
| 11 | No , what I am looking at are the first direct signals to reach me from the dark constellation of Serafin . |
| 12 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
| 13 | ‘ I do not actually need the evidence of two people in one bedroom and the sight of crumpled covers to point me in the right direction . |
| 14 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 15 | Bonanza favoured me with a full-face view of him now . |
| 16 | A minibus took me through the early morning light to Makindye , in the southern suburbs of the city , where the first Uganda National Women 's Festival of Music and Drama was in full swing in a large church hall . |
| 17 | The social pressures of my peers precipitated me into a frenzied bout of heterosexuality , usually accompanied by drunkenness . |
| 18 | With the most impressive efficiency and a phone call to Tucson , the American Express Office in Avenida del Sol issued me with a fresh set after half an hour 's verification : necessary , Ian told me , because there are so many freeloaders who keep on going by selling their cheques and claiming they have been stolen . |
| 19 | The present generation of British and American literary Marxists remind me of the small boy in Joyce 's story , ‘ Araby ’ , who got to the bazaar just as it was closing . |
| 20 | My eyes fail me like every other part of my body . ’ |
| 21 | I held Elizabeth close , and as I held her , I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room . |
| 22 | My first girlfriend left me for a new man . |
| 23 | ‘ A small part of the fault was mine for not noticing that Eleanor considered me as a great deal more than her employer . |
| 24 | And mention of Ken brings me to a quick word about British gold panners . |
| 25 | I remember a hansom pipped me to a good prospect , in Threadneedle Street . |
| 26 | Elsie B graced me with a long chat which made me feel as if I 'd been in the presence of royalty , though I suspect not too many members of the Royal Family are at their desk as early as Elsie . |
| 27 | The unremitting four-mile ascent to the high pass over the ridge reduced me to a walking wet rag ; I was literally soaked to the skin and could feel rivulets chasing each other down my bosom . |
| 28 | Mum told me about the various forms of contraception but apart from that we did n't really talk about it . |
| 29 | The current advert for the Washburn Mercury guitar revolts me to the very depths of my soul . |
| 30 | The boy found me at the sweet shop across the street , and told me of the drama . |