Example sentences of "it [vb past] me [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time I had this scrubbing brush and I used to spend the whole day scrubbing and I used to have a big pan and I used to boil my clothes up in it — it drove me round the bend … |
| 2 | It joined me for the rest of the holiday , much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers . |
| 3 | ‘ It hauled me to the ground with a thump and started mauling me on the back and neck . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I remember it touched me on the shoulder . ’ |
| 5 | The first thing I was conscious of was the smell ; I 'd ceased to notice it when I was in and out all the time , but after a week away from it , it hit me in the face . |
| 6 | At the time it shocked me to the core . |
| 7 | I do n't know what it was about , but I know that it shocked me into the sort of terror that I did n't know I was capable of . |
| 8 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 9 | That is what it took me in the spring of last year , at any rate . |
| 10 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |
| 11 | It reminded me of the voice that had started all this , the night my dad died . |
| 12 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ What really attracted me to this hat was its shape — it reminded me of the ones American tourists wear . ’ |
| 14 | It reminded me of the London tubes during an air raid . |
| 15 | This is because it reminded me of the type of frame one might put around a tapestry or sampler , and I feel this symmetrical design is somewhat reminiscent of sampler work and needlework in general . |
| 16 | It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about . |
| 17 | It reminded me of the comparison the Stud Brothers made between you and |
| 18 | ‘ It left me as the sweeper , ’ he said . |
| 19 | It struck me at the time that there was something rather apt about such a pedestrian people developing such a pedestrian means of covert assassination — ’ He broke off to laugh at his own pun . |
| 20 | That was his word , and it struck me at the time that it was extreme language for a man of his temperament . |
| 21 | Yes , and I guess it kicked me in the face when I was already down … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Because ‘ e 's my mate , and it annoyed me at the time to see ‘ im get ahead of me . ’ |