Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We broke up after I met her mother , who walked into the room in which I was sitting , only to find me oblivious , shouting obscenities at a television screen whereon computerised pirates were digging up a desert island at my joystick 's behest . |
| 2 | More often than not Ma starts me off only to leave me stranded above the waterdragon with my–backside wedged into the Young Person 's Patent Toilet Seat Adaptor ( another trophy won from the WI jumble by Pa ) . |
| 3 | I had stopped seeing the nightmare shape when I shut my eyes but every so often the pigeon stirred just enough to keep me awake . |
| 4 | Ai n't it enough to keep me awake all night with your snoring ? ’ |
| 5 | got too scary , so to make me scared , she slapped me round the face . |
| 6 | The realization eased my shock a little — enough to make me aware of the sense of violence building up around me . |
| 7 | Because it would be one more reason for him not to set me free . |
| 8 | Kansas and the land of Oz were sufficiently far away not to keep me awake at night , but Darby O'Gill lived just down the road , somewhere in Ireland ; and his world of leprechauns and banshees was outside my window at night . |
| 9 | Knowing him , he 'd keep them shut even if he was awake , just to get me confused . |
| 10 | Learning it type is a full business and I for one need a bit more to keep me interested . |
| 11 | My dybbuk set out to drive me crazy , and she damned near did . |
| 12 | He should be here to see me married , but he did n't dare come after you punched his — ’ |
| 13 | ‘ As you may recall , I already had a fair grasp of Portuguese , so all it needed was a crash course and a month or two here to make me fluent , ’ Ashley said , wishing he was not so persistent . |
| 14 | And then he added that , of course , writers had nothing better to do most afternoons and since I was now writing a movie for him , he knew how to keep me happy . |
| 15 | ‘ Now they are working hard to get me fit enough to go back on the list — and they 're the only ones giving me hope , ’ says Anthony . |
| 16 | I do n't carry a dinghy because I ca n't see there 'd be time to get it out — and subsequent events were n't about to prove me wrong . |
| 17 | I will not expect anyone else to make me happy but will find it within me . |