Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb -s] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know how long I got left , but gettin' high helps me pass the time . ’ |
| 3 | Pat just bores me with his rantings . ’ |
| 4 | I go to a gym regularly and I use to swim for Liverpool so swimming still keeps me fit . |
| 5 | Nothing that the Minister has said today convinces me that his heart and his mind have been won over to the case for a funding council . |
| 6 | So gi given the unless somebody 's out unless you 're if he 'd actually tells me to do it I will say I was sort of oh alright and do it . |
| 7 | And sending each other massive consultancy bills , I think to myself , while my well practised straight face almost lets me down with both this thought and that of the possible scenario in the Heathrow customs hall . |
| 8 | Flying still excites me with that curious mixture of fear — knowing the plane has the aerodynamics of a brick once the forward thrust is lost — and the knowledge that at the other end of the journey there will be new sounds and smells and things to look at . |
| 9 | He damn near bankrupts me and all but gets me arrested . |
| 10 | I think you 've got quite a significant amount of money which you could offset what we 've been saying just grieves me . |
| 11 | Mildly , he said , ‘ If you insist on facing things , why not think about how the way you 've behaved hardly leads me to think on you as a sensitive soul . |
| 12 | The way he went away hurts me to this day . |
| 13 | Then someone peers out the little square panel , and finally some bolts are drawn back and a Rasta I never saw before beckons me inside . |
| 14 | Along with the Etudes on the fourth disc is Children 's Corner , and here again the playing often strikes me as dull , as in the ‘ Serenade of the doll ’ and ‘ The snow is dancing ’ , which are both on the slow side . |
| 15 | Yet the central thrust of what I was trying to say still strikes me as having some validity . |
| 16 | Gooseneck absolutely assures me they always wash their hands before touching any food and anyway , I believe they are all selected extremely carefully . |
| 17 | Working also gives me a great sense of independence . |