Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] me [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that he was such an emotional mess helped me to keep the necessary distance . |
| 2 | Your editorial on page one of the Summer 1991 issue prompted me to record the following thoughts which have a direct bearing on the subject of active participation . |
| 3 | ‘ My wife wants me to take the early retirement , move away from Murmansk . |
| 4 | One day the King invited me to watch the regular entertainments , which are greatly enjoyed by him , his family , and his lords and ladies . |
| 5 | He himself is moved to relieve his distress , but why should my imaginative simulation move me to do the same ? |
| 6 | But the dog , toad between teeth , jaws primed to gnash , began to foam , in spurts , like a washing machine , and dropped the beast on its uneven back leaving me to confront the hideous creature putting itself to rights . |
| 7 | I hope to have learnt something by doing this painting to help me to get the next one that much better . |
| 8 | Following the further arguments of which we have had the benefit , I should find it very difficult , in conscience , to reach a conclusion adverse to the appellants on the basis of a technical rule of construction requiring me to ignore the very material which in this case indicates unequivocally which of the two possible interpretations of section 63(2) of the Act of 1976 was intended by Parliament . |