Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] was [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Red was studying me clinically . |
| 2 | From the other end of the telephone , on another continent , in another world where people slept soundly in their beds and knew nothing of battle , the familiar voice that had ordered me into so many hells was sending me back , this time to the lowest rung . |
| 3 | The extraordinary atmosphere was keeping me so sky-high that my private feelings for John seemed to have detached themselves and slipped out of reach . |
| 4 | A very striking example was told me not long since by someone who attended a dinner party in Moscow soon after Gagarin 's space trip — the Gagarin who had reported that he did not see God in space ( see p. 57 ) . |
| 5 | For a moment I considered bolting , but I noticed that a young reptilian reception-clerk was watching me narrowly , as if he thought I might roll up a carpet and try to carry it out under my arm , and I became instantly obstreperous . |
| 6 | So the school 's first job was to cut me down to normal proportions — which they did . |
| 7 | ‘ I felt the whole world was swallowing me up . |
| 8 | er a local chap was rung me up yesterday Well rang me up |