Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] me [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was selling houses and apartments on a commission basis , and I think that my English accent stood me in good stead . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 3 | Frankly , this proposal reminded me of one of the quotations with which Taylor prefaces his chapter on ‘ Value-added Processes in Information Analysis ’ : |
| 4 | A theatrical gentleman approached me after one of the performances , said he was impressed by my singing , and that he could obtain a part for me with the Schikenader Company in Vienna . |
| 5 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about future numbers . |
| 6 | Yet I found that the breadth of my Scottish education stood me in good stead in the work of assessing and editing material from the whole agenda of a serious newspaper . |
| 7 | I suppose that simple precept from that old foreman stood me in good stead for thirty odd years , until now . ’ |
| 8 | The old man told me in this connection : |
| 9 | One such benefactor called me on that recent morning when the old fellow with the hooked nose drifted into his final coma . |
| 10 | Black sportsmen presented me with vivid examples running counter to the stereotypical black youth and , as such , they lent themselves perfectly to my general purposes , for I am hopefully in the process of shattering some of the popular images of blacks . |
| 11 | My life lay away from them now , and the problems I had brought to work with me that morning reclaimed me with redoubled urgency . |
| 12 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 13 | Their neat bottoms reminded me of those of failed bullfighters . |
| 14 | The staff and right leg propelled me for forty yards until the leg gave way and the injured one , without a thought , took the strain and I ended up on my hands and knees ranting and raving . |
| 15 | There were indeed some who shook their heads and moaned , but on the whole buoyancy , bullishness and general enthusiasm hit me from all sides . |
| 16 | The outcome ca n't be good ’ , one student told me in 1984 . |
| 17 | The same Inspector had me on another thing . |
| 18 | On my final day at Berkeley , my fourth-form pupils presented me with some flowers and a small mounted copy of Claude Lorrain 's ‘ Hagar and the Angel ’ . |
| 19 | The same hospital called me in early for a quick and very successful cataract operation ( lens implant ) , seemingly in order to treat as many patients as possible before the go-slow came into effect . |
| 20 | ‘ You and your bloody mates fingered me for those three other burglaries . |
| 21 | A thin disdainful blonde girl led me up narrow stairs to a room filled completely by a single bed . |
| 22 | A small Palestinian boy led me up some steps to the side of the building and the woman ushered me inside . |
| 23 | I had found one honest man here , and that terrible , distant scream told me of another . |
| 24 | My new project led me into unexplored realms of psychology which I might otherwise have ignored . |
| 25 | The whole field left me for dead . |
| 26 | More sympathetic souls cautioned me against hasty decisions , but the ripples subsided fairly quickly . |