Example sentences of "[verb] i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ABOVE As time went by , more and more people started bringing me injured birds to look after . |
2 | ‘ Anyway , I 've come to see me old mate Bella here . |
3 | Now they have brought forward a plan which is that they should lend me sufficient money to rent another house in which Mr Landor is to have the first floor , comprising three rooms , a book closet , and a terrace , and I am to reside on the ground floor and care for him receiving £30 a year for my trouble . |
4 | She is too afraid of her reaction : ‘ To this day , it drives me crazy listening to her various hypotheses , the way religion and superstition all merge with her own beliefs . |
5 | 15 ( 11 ) It Will Make Me Crazy Felix |
6 | 19 ( 15 ) It Will Make Me Crazy Felix |
7 | ‘ Fox , although allowing me complete control over the physical side of making the picture , were strong enough to prevent me changing the script , ’ he said . |
8 | Marion asked me other day what we were saving them for , I said well we saved them oh I remember ! |
9 | So erm then er oh he asked me other questions . |
10 | They asked me personal questions that I could not even repeat here today . |
11 | Er , not in the decision , I I spoke to Mr and he asked me certain questions . |
12 | The British official behind his high desk asked me numerous questions which I did n't understand . |
13 | ‘ Bring me liquid sustenance , for I have need of thy strongest mocha-java , merchantman … ’ |
14 | I have to make two remarks that bring me great pleasure . |
15 | I miss it , I missed it on Sunday , they bring me yorkshire puddings in |
16 | ‘ Many parents bring me rebellious teenagers with the plea , ‘ Please change her , doctor ! ' ’ |
17 | He sent his parents a letter promising that ‘ if the good Lord God be merciful unto me and bring me safe home again , I will all the days of my life serve Him in praising His Holy name and exhorting others ’ . |
18 | Just take a look got me little list knocking round . |
19 | ‘ Snodgrass , ’ Oliver remarked , picking up Angela 's quotation , when at last they reached the safety of the gardens far below , ‘ do not let me be baulked in this matter — do not obtain the assistance of several stalwart Lionisers to carry me prostrate back to Broadstairs , do not listen to me when I say never , never again shall I visit a sight connected to the late great Mr Charles Dickens . |
20 | That made me manic depressive . |
21 | trousers , boots , fucking the leggings , the gloves , the mask anything , he made me fucking walk into the sea . |
22 | Very occasionally he 's given me tinned stuff and pretty naff it is , too : bland and soft , like something you 'd give a kitten . |
23 | All the swims that have given me good dace fishing seemed to have shared similar features , the main one being their tendency to become shallower towards the tail . |
24 | ‘ I used to be nervous before big games , but what has happened this year has given me increasing confidence , ’ said Beal . |
25 | They 've always given me tremendous support and , when I 've been able to in a busy schedule , I 've reciprocated . |
26 | This has given me extra motivation for the rest of the season . ’ |
27 | Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ . |
28 | He added : ‘ The Chinese students have given me great hope for the future of China and Tibet . |
29 | Now Zain has given me great help and everybody sort of helped er you know I 've discussed it with everybody and we 've almost finished erm a really good proposal I think . |
30 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |