Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] me [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The workshop session on the importance of the measurement and analysis of data made me understand the purpose of the charts and graphs displayed on office walls at Runcorn Heath . |
| 2 | Lady Augusta xenophobically added : ‘ … a sort of national prejudice made me attribute the grace and dignity of the scene , for what there was of either came from her , to the blood of Kirkpatrick ! ! ! ’ , a reference to Eugénie 's Scottish grandfather |
| 3 | An Anglo-Catholic priest helped me accept the desert experiences of prayer — no-one had ever told me , after an experience of personal renewal , to expect the stripping and refining that was not a falling from grace but a growth in it . |
| 4 | I 'll swear those squirrels heard me name the day ! |
| 5 | ‘ Once Stalin made me dance the Gopak , squat down on my haunches and kick out my heels , ’ writes Khrushchev , an image hard to call up in view of his shape , but — ‘ When Stalin says ‘ Dance ’ , a wise man dances , ’ added the peasant proverb-spinner in his accustomed vein . |
| 6 | Watch out Christopher let me move the table . |
| 7 | But a desire to be fair , a wish to be absolutely certain , and an understandable reluctance to accuse someone of perfidy who has been a friend of mine for six difficult years made me pull the telephone back to my mouth . |
| 8 | Hints that merry muses were at work on Woman 's Hour that day made me re-tune the tranny to FM to catch the results . |
| 9 | The woman said : ‘ A policeman made me move the car . |
| 10 | ‘ Peter Seabrook helped me build the pond on the programme , ’ he pointed out . |
| 11 | One of the guys at the gate helped me give the Fiasco a push . |
| 12 | Michael made me write the letter — three men are coming to kill you — three of the Six ! |