Example sentences of "thing that [vb -s] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there 's one thing that disgusts me it 's cold porridge . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's the only thing that suits me ’ |
| 3 | ’ The thing that bothers me about English training is that although acting is as demanding as ballet or opera , dancers and singers work out every day . |
| 4 | That , er , Chairman , if I could say the thing that bothers me here is that , it always has done about food , is that we should be keeping up to date with information , all these decisions and all this advice . |
| 5 | ‘ The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland . |
| 6 | er I think we get a saturation point and the thing that annoys me is that young fellow who came to the club had a got , we got a special went to the special trouble of getting a for him and I can not get it off him and he lives up Newton way somewhere I 've been to him three times |
| 7 | Weak form : ‘ The price is the thing that annoys me ’ |
| 8 | the thing that annoys me most is that , the amount of bad memories people have , I mean not bad memories as in bad thoughts , but bad |
| 9 | The first thing that strikes me is that my aunt — an almost complete stranger as far as I was concerned — should have been there at all , within the family circle where no friend or neighbour was allowed , and thus in a privileged position to make personal remarks of the type which would not have been tolerated from any other quarter . |
| 10 | ‘ Sometimes it really gets me down , ’ he admits , ‘ but the thing that keeps me goin' is live performances . |
| 11 | He said ‘ The one thing that keeps me going is knowing that for every step I take and every pound donated we are one step nearer to finding a cure . ’ |
| 12 | Erm , one of the things that depresses me , is probably the main thing that depresses me is not being valued for what I am or what I do and I think many women suffer from depression because their strengths and their creativity are not recognised and valued . |
| 13 | The only thing that gets me steamed up is when they have a go at you . |
| 14 | no , no , well when I , when I get it , the thing that gets me going is this , that complete car cost me er six thousand , eight hundred |
| 15 | The thing that gets me though is erm , when they done these exercise you 've got |
| 16 | And you know the thing , no wait a minute , the thing that gets me is you know when James fancied me ? |
| 17 | LADY DAVERS : Aye , that 's the thing that kills me , [ calmly to PAMELA , a last , vicious attack ] have no fear , wench , no fear . |
| 18 | The main thing that upsets me is the fact that she 's a bastard . |
| 19 | The thing that upsets me when I see all these pregnant people walking around is that I did n't do it . |
| 20 | One thing that infuriates me , though , is juice cups . |
| 21 | ‘ The real thing that shocks me is my own stupidity , ’ Sabine said curtly , brushing away the caressing hand . |
| 22 | The thing that saddens me is that we 're supposed to have a T U C , that organization is supposed to draw together the various trade unions and what are we seeing , an ideal opportunity slipped from our grasp when the miners were facing the issue of jobs to public service workers should have linked up with the miners and we should have took the government on |
| 23 | I tell you another thing that amazes me , how any one with a Sovereign right , were a Sovereign in those days , could have given up the palace of Westminster which is so beautiful , palace , together I suppose reigned after the Duke of is it ? |
| 24 | The thing that disturbs me about statistics is that they can be interpreted to mean anything . |
| 25 | Right erm the thing that disturbs me actually is this advertising budget so could you can you tell us erm what the timing of this advertising is in terms of Yeah can you turn that over please . |
| 26 | It 's the one thing that puts me off breeding — I love children , but I ca n't stand babies . ’ |
| 27 | That shooting The London boxing promoter Mickey Duff said : ‘ The only thing that worries me at the moment is his speedy recovery . ’ |
| 28 | He expressed his feelings so many times in the same way that when he could not see me I would find myself mouthing the words with him : ‘ The thing that worries me is bandits and deep sand . ’ |
| 29 | The thing that worries me about scientists is that they say one thing one day — like cholesterol is bad for you — and another thing the next day . ’ |
| 30 | But there is just one thing that worries me : tucked away in the bottom left-hand corner on the back cover of the jewel case is the innocent phrase ‘ Works revised by Roberto Duarte ’ ; it is explained nowhere else . |