Example sentences of "[vb past] me [vb infin] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hungry but had to wait while he fiddled with a saucepan and then made me endure the smell of the meat coming from it . |
| 2 | It also made me realise the risk of skyline walking . |
| 3 | Yet a combination of things , active marketing by both the gallery and the artist herself , made me make the journey to Watermans . |
| 4 | Every time I visited him he made me polish the dust off the bottle , so it came as a huge relief when we were finally able to open it . |
| 5 | It was pure chance that made me notice the writing on the top file , as I pushed open the window . |
| 6 | It made me recall the list of supposed super-powers of Ardakkeans . |
| 7 | The workshop session on the importance of the measurement and analysis of data made me understand the purpose of the charts and graphs displayed on office walls at Runcorn Heath . |
| 8 | Hints that merry muses were at work on Woman 's Hour that day made me re-tune the tranny to FM to catch the results . |
| 9 | Harvey looked doubtful , but he let me take the gun from him . |
| 10 | That was the first time he let me see the extent of the bitterness that was poisoning him . |
| 11 | ‘ Peter Seabrook helped me build the pond on the programme , ’ he pointed out . |
| 12 | It also helped me retain the image of myself as someone special , set aside from the throng , this time because of superior talent . |
| 13 | It 's no exaggeration to say that I owe my start in politics to the G M B because after having worked , as Dick said , for the G M B for a number of years it was the support of the G M B which helped me win the nomination for Chesterly Street and in the early eighties I can remember when er the Labour Party was going through a difficult period it was officials and members of the G M B who were a steadying influence in my constituency , as they have been ever since . |
| 14 | Bolinger ( 1974 : 75 ) presents the difference between ( 15a ) and ( 15b ) below as one of " immediate " vs " mediate " assistance : ( 15a ) He helped me climb the stairs by propping me up with his shoulder ( He climbed with me ) . |
| 15 | ‘ You helped me buy the land for the new town when I first came to Haiti . |