Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of [noun] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the further arguments of which we have had the benefit , I should find it very difficult , in conscience , to reach a conclusion adverse to the appellants on the basis of a technical rule of construction requiring me to ignore the very material which in this case indicates unequivocally which of the two possible interpretations of section 63(2) of the Act of 1976 was intended by Parliament . |
| 2 | I hoped that the off-licence opened soon because the journey to Dover could only be improved by getting drunk ; besides , a few cans of lager helped me through the morning pretty well , and killed off hunger till late afternoon . |
| 3 | I need a different kind of exorcism to free me from what he did to me . |
| 4 | ‘ You know what the Brits in this part of Tuscany call me ? ’ he asked her . |
| 5 | Thus I learned that Chaplin was dead and so was Elvis ( I 'd thought the former long since gone but this intelligence of Presley startled me ) , that Iranians had held Americans hostage , administered show trials and televised humiliation ; that a geriatric cowboy had become President of the mightiest nation on earth all in all , show biz news . |
| 6 | Then I was put on some sort of medication to help me calm down because I kept on getting knotted up , getting uptight . |
| 7 | This sort of evidence leads me to the conclusion that the continents , rather than sailing about the earth until they met in catastrophic collisions , separated and came together again repeatedly along the same general lines . |
| 8 | I realized that in fact she was absolutely determined on going , she had n't the imagination to act out this sort of scene to punish me , nor , to be fair , would she ever have been so spiteful if she had . |
| 9 | Now this sort of thing bothers me . |
| 10 | Within minutes the brown patch of sky enveloped me , as a violent storm swept across the dunes . |
| 11 | I shall seek to evaluate the Maastricht proposals in the light of these different levels of loyalty to help me to decide whether what is on offer is worth supporting . |
| 12 | This absence of news made me all the more careful , and an hour after leaving camp I arrived without mishap at an open glade near the top of the hill , within a hundred yards of the forest road . |
| 13 | This peculiar state of affairs mystified me , as I had expected the presence of a local bus IDE host card to make itself felt in a big way . |
| 14 | Now one of the most important things that we 've established erm is that er you need to sit down still with the secretary of the club and say right now you 've got this list of businesses tell me more about them . |
| 15 | I could reassure you with talk of progress and produce another pile of evidence to back me up : more family planning , more education , more employment , constitutional changes . |
| 16 | Another couple of lads joined me at Middlesbrough station and off we went to be gentlemen 's gentlemen . |
| 17 | We became good friends and I remember his comments one day when we were discussing the ever-rising cost of living ; Lawren said , wrinkling that high forehead under the white mane of hair , ‘ This high cost of living worries me ; one of these days , if it continues to rise , I 'll have to dip into capital ! ’ |
| 18 | Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right . |
| 19 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
| 20 | I have not been supplied details of the BMA/BUPA scheme , but the chief executive of BUPA tells me that between 1981 and 1991 total BUPA benefit payments rose 280% while BUPA membership rose 10% . |
| 21 | I think he was just as keen to look after us then , and his optimism , cheerfulness and absolute lack of self-pity made me , for one , feel very very small . |
| 22 | ‘ It made me angry , and that sort of thing makes me get stuck in . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Well , all right , so I thought the decision was surprising , but I 'd long since realized that if I allowed that sort of thing to keep me awake at night I was going to be a chronic insomniac . |
| 24 | I 'd tried waiting for the natural course of events to bring me the way of the creche , some errand Mrs Goreng might send me on , but it had n't worked out that way . |
| 25 | These words of wisdom remind me of a student who came to see me many years ago after the long vacation during which she had begun her undergraduate dissertation ( with another tutor who had left the university that summer , I must emphasize ) . |
| 26 | Maybe Madison Avenue is too much with me , but a recent encounter with the National Institutes of Health left me convinced that biomedical research like air freshener and tapered nappies , creates markets to ensure its survival . |
| 27 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 28 | The chill little touch of criticism roused me . |
| 29 | Deputed to get his own disguise , he went off fuming to a wig shop : ‘ And the lady started to go through all kinds of salesmanship to sell me the wig and if I wanted to swim , I did n't want to swim , and I 'm sitting there knowing that this meeting is going to start very soon and I can not — lady , let's get on with it , I do n't give a damn , just give me a wig . ’ |
| 30 | Those sorts of things inspired me , and the reason those records sound like they do is because they used that equipment . |