Example sentences of "[prep] my [noun] [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | simply to shut off my brain to enable me to sleep , much the same as the |
| 2 | She says it slipped and set off the magic eye which set the baler off which crushed the bottom part of my leg causing me to lose the tissue and muscle from my ankle up to my shin . |
| 3 | The promptings of my mind told me to get out of computing and go to live in Shropshire on a small dairy farm making highly profitable specialist products such as goat 's milk yoghurt , sheep 's cheese and traditional butter . |
| 4 | The insanity of my reality made me feel stupid and powerless . |
| 5 | The nurses turned me on my side and the doctor put a needle into a vein behind my knuckle to make me relax . |
| 6 | The sinking feeling I get when I fold it up again and stuff the envelope under my bed makes me realise how much I wanted it to come up with some answers . |
| 7 | She saw me looking at her and thrusting the bag under my nose invited me to take a pinch . |
| 8 | It 's not expensive to live here and I earn enough from my lessons to keep me going . |
| 9 | A jolt of pain in my head made me wonder whether it was such a good idea . |
| 10 | Before the editors of trade magazines start sticking sub-editors ' spikes in my effigy let me explain that their publications perform a valuable function and are extremely interesting to their readers . |
| 11 | I recoiled so much I thought I was going to topple backwards but the cable round my legs kept me anchored to the beer keg . |
| 12 | We 'd be sitting or standing watching the traffic go by , Dawn alternately flapping about desperately trying to get away and perching on my glove letting me stroke and soothe her . |
| 13 | I 'm beginning to put my life together again now and I 'm concentrating on my riding to help me get through . |
| 14 | they come up knocking at my door asking me to teach them boxing and even stopping me on the street . |