Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] me [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that got me into the last three so I had to do it all again at the Barbican which I think was to see if I could fill that theatre with enough presence and vocal range . |
| 2 | Because now I know there 's nothing behind the fancy shirt that interests me in the slightest . ’ |
| 3 | Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living . |
| 4 | Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph . |
| 5 | FROM Sasbach my next target was the Danube , a drive that took me through the Black Forest . |
| 6 | That remi you 've C Cynthia saying that reminds me of the other thing that came out in feedback . |
| 7 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 8 | I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . |
| 9 | She recalled his saying , ‘ I want you to love and desire me with the same degree of passion that Lucia loved and desired my namesake . ’ |
| 10 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 11 | Instead of joining the press of bodies that jammed up the aisle towards the crush bar , he took my arm once again and drew me in the opposite direction . |
| 12 | She had been a major influence in my life , and helped me through the rough patches . |
| 13 | The feeling of numb unreality persisted and anaesthetised me through the arduous business of identifying the body and making the necessary arrangements . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , come on , Deveraugh , quit messing around and let me on the damn boat . ’ |
| 15 | Now I need you to back up my story and put me in the clear . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , come inside and have a cup of tea , ’ she said , and showed me into the front room of the house . |
| 17 | He was running on three legs and holding me in the fourth . |
| 18 | Bradford TEC responded immediately , helped me understand its systems and guided me in the right direction on form-filling , etc . |
| 19 | She grabbed my arm and pulled me to the outer door . |
| 20 | And yeah , they 've gone and re-credited me for the fifteen pound ! |
| 21 | Well , gravity was stretching me one way-in the direction pointing to the centre of the hole — and crushing me in the sideways direction , right ? |
| 22 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 23 | My companion put it to me that an initiative must now be taken , and reminded me of the unrecorded conversation at the time of my appointment . |
| 24 | When Jean-Claude emerged from the hide-out , he held out his arm and dragged me into the dark cave . |
| 25 | I would be most grateful if you could recommend and advise me on the aforementioned , plus compressors . |
| 26 | She got what she wanted and left me with the rough end of the stick … . |
| 27 | The annual general meeting our A G M is next week where , where we , we elect all the officers , the Guild officers , who will serve with me , and help me on the forthcoming year . |
| 28 | Here to stay for at least for another year and to haunt me for the next fifteen . |
| 29 | PAMELA : You oblige and improve me at the same time . |
| 30 | At once she burst into tears and hugging me for the first time in years ( it seemed ) , cried , ‘ If only I had their faith ! ’ |