Example sentences of "[vb past] me [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was recently talking to the mother of a four year old boy about his progress at learning his letters , when I realized just how responsible and vulnerable she felt about his lack of progress , and that started me thinking about the educational process and the pressures that we put on ourselves and our children to succeed . |
| 2 | ‘ We were from different cultures , but they kept me going through the bad times . |
| 3 | The only thing that kept me going on the last lap of the journey was the rhythm of my steps . |
| 4 | Curiously it was the less forward-looking G major Sonata which in the faster figuration of its flanking movements once or twice had me longing for the greater clarity of a modern grand — likewise its greater ability to sing in the slow movement . |
| 5 | Well I worked there and then er quite a bit I had to w they had me working on the main road . |