Example sentences of "[vb base] me [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pain , boredom and badgering of some very kind nurses bring me to a steam-age typewriter in the hospital 's occupational therapy department . |
| 2 | Ho , master greybeard loon , ’ he was shouting to Kelly , ‘ come fill the cup , or stap me for a whey-faced knave . ’ |
| 3 | He never put me on a heavy job until at such times he thinks I was fit . |
| 4 | My best friends , Ada , Nora and Nives , all had bicycles , which put me at a serious disadvantage . |
| 5 | ‘ You know you put me in a bad position going off like that . |
| 6 | While I ca n't say I actually enjoyed the experience — as usual , two shirts flaked me out and put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day — I did find the whole process a whole lot easier on the nerves than throwing a glass of water across a shirt in the hope that somehow the creases , along with the water , would eventually evaporate . |
| 7 | A tall and smartly dressed Englishwoman took my hand and put me in a chauffeur-driven car and , suddenly , after three months of confinement behind barbed-wire fences , we were driving away , through the barrier and down the lanes thick and bright with the leaves and flowers of spring . |
| 8 | ‘ Get me to a fucking hospital , ’ he said , frantically shaking the arm of the man who sat next to him . |
| 9 | Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that . |
| 10 | Thou didst betray me to a lingering book |
| 11 | Contact me for a free Walk Pack which includes details of your nearest walk , the walk T-shirt and of course a sponsor form . |
| 12 | Do n't ask me now , ask me on a rainy day in London . ’ |
| 13 | Invade my space , compact my disc , shrink my knob and turn me into a blue hedgity-hog . |
| 14 | ‘ You remind me of a wild animal sometimes , poised ready to flee at the first sight of a hunter 's gun . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You remind me of a medieval fresco I saw on a church in Donegal once . |
| 16 | His palms cradle me in a green cup |
| 17 | ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’ |
| 18 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They do n't see me as a health professional who knows it all , but who does n't really understand ; they see me as a disabled person . ’ |
| 19 | But having a woman on the wing makes them realise they have hurt real people , they see me as a real person |
| 20 | People see me in a certain way at school , as someone outspoken and good at English ; then they see me with my head covered , and suddenly they seem to be thinking : submissive . |
| 21 | People have me in a little pocket of their minds in that role [ Ben Braddock ] and they do n't want to see me get out of it . |