Example sentences of "[prep] making me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was pretty obvious he was after making me look like a rent boy . |
| 2 | Next Derek came up with the bright idea of making me walk to see how far I could get . |
| 3 | He had an uncanny way of making me feel simple . |
| 4 | Again I wondered at Edward 's way of making me feel like the useless son out of a folk-tale who had stumbled by chance into the hollow hills . |
| 5 | And of course , when this all happened , and I 'm listening to what people are saying tonight , it 's it 's sort of making me feel a bit sick what they 're saying . |
| 6 | " Well , why the bloody Hell did n't you say so out there when we was with them instead of making me look like a bloody fool ? " |
| 7 | However natural it is , it still has the effect of making me cry when I catch sight of myself and nurses have visibly cringed upon seeing them . |
| 8 | One such is Marilyn Lawrence 's The Anorexic Experience ( The Women 's Press , 1984 ) , which I found did talk about my experiences without making me feel weirder than ever , or a mere statistic . |
| 9 | I forgive you for making me suffer , but how can I forgive you for dying ? ’ |
| 10 | My own tears , hot noisy gulping that burns and blotches , that neither you nor any of the women in the group is going to offer to staunch , tears of anger for myself and all of us , anger with the women in the group for making me face up to what I 'm doing to you , for making me want to take out those dusty bundles of old stories from where they 've lain for my lifetime tied up with pink ribbon and reread them and throw them away . |
| 11 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 12 | My own tears , hot noisy gulping that burns and blotches , that neither you nor any of the women in the group is going to offer to staunch , tears of anger for myself and all of us , anger with the women in the group for making me face up to what I 'm doing to you , for making me want to take out those dusty bundles of old stories from where they 've lain for my lifetime tied up with pink ribbon and reread them and throw them away . |
| 13 | How I hated my elders for their frailty , for making me feel responsible for them . |
| 14 | She gave me that icy smile which is reserved for making me feel uncomfortable . |
| 15 | ABBERLEY : Promise me not to — I could kill you for making me ask you that . |
| 16 | Damn you , Kenneth Harris , thought Melissa , for making me doubt Barney all over again . |
| 17 | As the President said the C E C are asking you to support four one O , four one three er with the qualification I 'll give you later four one four and four one five and er just thank you Linda for making me write up all the notes about that resolution and pulling out at the last minute . |
| 18 | Thank you for making me look a fool ? |
| 19 | I did n't really imagine he 'd chosen the paint for the front door on that basis , but I liked the door being that colour , though it hurt stupidly by making me remember a lot of things . |
| 20 | It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot . |
| 21 | " Maybe , but they wo n't get rid of me by making me clasp hands with you . |