Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] me [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep .
2 So that made me unhappy , and in turn made Lesley unhappy , so it was n't a very good situation .
3 It was this that made me unable to sleep , so that coming downstairs , parched with alcohol , for a glass of lemonade , I heard my mother and Lili talking .
4 But I knew it was ultrasonics that made me afraid .
5 PICTURE THAT MADE ME SICK AT Lord Spencer 's funeral , Diana reached for Lady Spencer 's arm .
6 I was too young to exercise my intellectual force to demolish prejudices that made me sick .
7 I realized I just had to accept him for what he was , and when I learnt to do that , he did the same to me - accepted me without question , in all my imperfection , in all that made me unworthy of him .
8 ‘ There was something about the way she asked it that made me suspicious .
9 He was the one that got me pregnant and he says that I ca n't come home at all now and I phoned the hospital , yes , and they said that come in and if I go in then you 're going to arrest me and then you 'll just call my dad like you always have done every time I 've run away from home and then every time you lot have took me back home and then I end up getting pregnant .
10 He was the one that got me pregnant .
11 He was the one that got me pregnant .
12 The dank smell of the water was not unpleasant , and for years the scent of la Sologne that enveloped me that night would pierce my memory : a combination of stagnant water , slime , wild mushrooms , wispy dry grasses , sand and well-hung game .
13 In fact when I er er periods started it was them that told me all about it not me mother and did n't never think then about st er sex or anything , not a thing , I was as innocent as day was born when I was eighteen .
14 I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility .
15 So in this merry mood of self flagellation I shall tell you the story of one monumental cock-up that taught me two very important lessons .
16 A thing that worried me all through the deliberations … was this : supposing we made all the right recommendations and supposing the Government gave effect to them in legislation , how long would it be before the judges turned everything upside down ?
17 ‘ I decided that I had to put the headmaster in a position to answer and it was this problem that worried me most — more than the outrageous charges against myself and the effect on my family .
18 But the thing that fascinated me last night was the statistic about Gillette do you know they said when Gillette started When Gillette started doing the erm Gillette Cup , it cost them five thousand a year .
19 ‘ The teaching was just something that kept me alive ; I 'd tried to live off music before that , and failed .
20 I remember recording 13 groups in one day , and the only thing that kept me sane was knowing I was getting music together with Enya .
21 I would say the thing that kept me sane during that period was the fact that I had a part time job , and erm we were able to pay for some home help .
22 Davis had such a good time in Paris that when he got back to the US , he was so depressed that ‘ before I knew it , I had a heroin habit that took me four years to kick . ’
23 The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground .
24 Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation .
25 Because what you do , you go great , I 've made a sale , and that earned me two hundred and eighty pound .
26 it were Joan really that put me right there it were thirteen as opposed to fifteen
27 We talked a lot , laughed a lot , drank a lot — another round in the warming game of friendship that left me happy at the time , and aching afterwards as I contemplated the lonely bed .
28 I told him all that left me cold .
29 There was just some little part of me that carried me wide of him .
30 Nor had it stopped her form giving me news that struck me dumb with panic .
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