Example sentences of "[noun] of [adj] [noun] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Association of Industrial Editors awarded me the 1992/93 Chairman 's Award about ten days ago , which was a real surprise and honour — in respect of voluntary input over five years , most notably efforts re Education & Professional Development . |
| 2 | I smack my hypothetical forehead as the mention of holy men reminds me — what about the delicious plum now ripening on the ben Issachar family tree . |
| 3 | And the mention of twenty years reminds me that that must be the number of summers you own to , Miss Abbott and that being young and having spent the afternoon in the sea air , you must be hungry . ’ |
| 4 | Of course , I had no idea whether these ladies were right or wrong , but the revelation of fragments of past lives helped me come to terms with my true nature , and to understand why I had been troubled in the past . |
| 5 | ‘ The revelation of these fragments of past lives helped me to come to terms with my true nature , and to understand why I had been troubled in the past . ’ |
| 6 | I want the bricks of this motel to release me and her from this timed Hell . |
| 7 | A quick bit of mental maths told me that 4.30am was the ideal time for photographs ; then the sun would fill the natural arc of Godafoss with light , a low , warm-coloured morning delight . |
| 8 | ‘ I need some help … somebody with a bit of heavy armoury to back me up . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It 's just that these kind of obsessive-compulsive personalities provide me with research fodder . |
| 10 | Yet the lushness of the case upon case of battered gold left me as cold as the side chapels of Europe with their trésors de la cathédrale . |
| 11 | I really did n't intend to join this regiment , in fact I was making efforts to rejoin the Yeomanry , who are out here [ his former regiment had landed in Algeria as part of the 6th Armoured Division in the First Army and had supported the 1st Guards Brigade in the battle for Tunis ] , but the C.O. of this regiment chose me by interview and I had to go , being only a very small cog in the wheels of war . |
| 12 | I know that all its fellow members of the Central Council of Physical Recreation join me in congratulating the Medau Society on its fortieth anniversary . |
| 13 | An eery echoing spiralling climb of 168 steps took me up to the light itself and 180 degree views stretching to hazy nothingness to the west and north ; Harris hills to the south-west ; the Cuillins of Skye to the south and the mainland mountains to the east . |
| 14 | The patterning of fine wrinkles reminded me of an aerial photo of Easter Island . |
| 15 | A sort of bovine preoccupation enveloped me when Rebecca was on the way . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | Once the gales have blown themselves out and the depressions have ‘ filled ’ or moved away , we usually get a spell of settled weather when things return to normal.The few days of settled weather allow me to spend some hours fishing offshore for ling and tusk which , as well as providing me with relaxation and sport , is satisfyingly justified in my own mind because it is providing food for the family during the winter to come . |
| 18 | Not that , probably , I would have found much in common with Kington Aimes , the humorous novelist , or Douglas Parkin , the Northern poet , or the two left-wing critics , but the dearth of English tones left me feeling even more culturally isolated than usual . |
| 19 | The sound of gentle stillness reminds me of a field of ripening corn stirred by a gentle summer breeze , or the sound of waves on a sandy beach , some distance away . |
| 20 | Whilst I was in Aachen the Head of Swedish Radio invited me to Stockholm to conduct the new Radio Orchestra and I was asked if I would do the Sixth Symphony , which was quite new then and very little known . |
| 21 | Did that commingling of unrelated flavours remind me of another dish , or had it produced a breakthrough in gastronomy ? |
| 22 | An examination of the curricula of twenty LEAs enabled me to discover the word ‘ death ’ to be included in a third of the schemes for the different age groups from 7 to 14 , although tucked away beneath such general headings as ‘ Beliefs , Practices , Customs and Artefacts ’ ; ‘ Rites of Passage ( e.g. Initiation through Baptism , Burial Rites ’ ) ; ‘ Self-understanding ( e.g. Integrity , Pride , Humility , Loneliness , Suffering , Bereavement and Death ’ ) . |
| 23 | The compellingly simple design of six foot square of sheer glass frightens me . |
| 24 | I think the shock of that recognition drove me a little crazy myself . |
| 25 | The shock of cold water makes me cry out with surprise . |
| 26 | That she has so kindly obliged me this evening , and on Twelfth Night of all nights causes me no small surprise . ’ |
| 27 | My journey into the hinterland of industrial England led me on a trek across familiar territory among familiar people . |
| 28 | The names of familiar pubs exhaust me . |
| 29 | The prospect of that responsibility terrifies me , and I know I would n't be content to sit at home all day with a baby . |
| 30 | Sometimes the comparisons between the performance of this country and the performance of other countries amazes me . |