Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] me [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | can I say that it gives me particular pleasure to introduce Steven not least , because Steven Hughes is one of our colleagues in parliament who does a fantastic job for the trade union movement . |
2 | and Boots own cleansing lotion for my mascara and that 's it , only buy mascara , eye liner and lipstick and blusher and that 's it and it does me six months of the year |
3 | Made two , erm , cooked two eggs , and it lasted me two days , whereas you know , usually if I go downstairs , I do n't have to make anything , because all their pre-prepared anyway . |
4 | But the guilt would not go away : I omitted the incident from the log and it took me two years to own up to it . |
5 | Ronnie Wood came over once and it took me three months to clean up the mess . |
6 | I remember when my husband was alive and we had a Sardinian couple with some unpronounceable name and it took me three months to teach her to make tea properly . |
7 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
8 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
9 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
10 | ‘ I know the age of everything in the garden , ’ he says , ‘ and it brings me great pleasure . ’ |
11 | It was something I had never done before and never would again , and it gave me great satisfaction . |
12 | This hardly tallies with the sentiments expressed in a letter in the possession of the College in which Coleman , writing on 24 February 1813 , gracefully declined an invitation to become President of the London Veterinary Society : ‘ Gentlemen , I received your letter , and it gives me great pleasure to see so much zeal for the improvement of the veterinary art in Gentlemen , whom any & every Teacher might well be proud to call his Pupils — I shall most willingly grant the use of the College Theatre for the examination and discussion of such points as may be considered by you most important for the advancement of the Veterinary Science … you rightly observe that a number of minds concentrated on one object can not fail to improve any art far beyond the reach of any individual and I have no doubt that the Public will ultimately derive great benefits from your united exertions . |
13 | And it gives me great pleasure to personally invite you and your guest , to spend a luxurious weekend on the Craigendarroch Country Estate , just a few miles from Balmoral in the heart of Royal Deeside . |
14 | I went down town yesterday and got some braising steak and it cost me five pounds sixty . |
15 | Erm and it cost me two quid I think for the four . |
16 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
17 | ‘ If it takes me seven centuries , I shall do it . ’ |
18 | I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’ |
19 | We 're talking about half an ounce , which does n't exactly sound like a weight problem , but it took me another day or so to take it off her . |
20 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |
21 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |
22 | But it hit me one day , he did n't care or he would have made that effort to come and see me and he did n't . |
23 | But it gives me great pleasure to introduce Mark Lennox Boyd , the parliamentary under secretary of state , the foreign and commonwealth office , a position he 's held for some time . |
24 | Because it brings me some comfort . ’ |
25 | Hank came in and did a lot of recordings , which I was glad of because it gave me some relief . |