Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] me [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There had been little birdsong in the devastated places I had come from and I think it was the striking on my ear of the calling of a blackbird , so meaningful somehow as it sounded out clearly from the delicious chatter in those trees that made me feel the war was over . |
2 | It was pure chance that made me notice the writing on the top file , as I pushed open the window . |
3 | I now thank that friend who first put the direct question to me and made me make the decision . |
4 | He took his job very seriously and made me rewrite the book to make it understandable to nonscientists like himself . |
5 | One of them sat in the back — again — and made me follow the Escort , but at least this time they were plainclothes men not uniformed , so my street cred did n't suffer . |
6 | Not in a very big way , but I 've got an eye for that sort of thing and I told him I would n't split on him if he resigned and helped me choose the successor I wanted . |