Example sentences of "[verb] me [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |
| 2 | Nothing had prepared me for the overwhelming architectural beauty of Salamanca , and in particular for the grandeur of the university , the oldest in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe , with its noble façade in plateresque style . |
| 3 | I laughed when my mother told me of the entire postnatal fortnight spent in the maternity hospital , with bedpans and blanket baths and fierce ward sisters who wagged fingers at you if you as much as stuck a big toe over the side of the bed . |
| 4 | ‘ Tell me about the funny Dutch houses and Red Indians , ’ he would ask . |
| 5 | Those amiable but blatantly incompetent buffoons have brought me to the wrong fucking airport ! |
| 6 | I bet you never saw me as the faithful little wife . |
| 7 | I did n't lack support ; the Spanish public knew me from the European Indoor . |
| 8 | Some years later I was at dinner with Brian Huggett and he got up and said , ‘ I should n't be talking to this man because he robbed me of the British Open . |
| 9 | He reminds me of the average royal personage , who is one person in company and another when alone … |
| 10 | Gradually I drifted apart from Beth and Ida , but I am always grateful to them because they also introduced me to the other great interest in their lives — ballet . |
| 11 | MODEL Sophia Berggren has been telling me about the unusual special effects used for her current Clairol hair colouring advertisement . |
| 12 | Nothing in sex will concern me except the pure physical pleasure ; I shall be incapable of love , of Don Juan 's pride of conquest , even of caring whether the woman is pleased or bored with my company . |
| 13 | That brings me to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield . |