Example sentences of "[noun sg] that [vb -s] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's not your isolation that concerns me , ’ he informed her drily . |
| 2 | She came to St Bartholomew 's Hospital to be operated on , but it 's her mind that interests me . |
| 3 | The fear that overtakes me seems to increase as we get closer to the big day . |
| 4 | It may be only outsider skepticism that leads me to see a subtle , probably subconscious new emphasis on the word ‘ choice ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's getting back in one piece that worries me . |
| 6 | It 's not the cost ( £200+ ) of a boat that worries me , it 's more the mechanisation of a basic fishing skill like working a bait on the wind that niggles . |
| 7 | Aunt Lilian was aware — more than Aunt Kit was aware , anyway — of what might be thought a young girl 's natural pre-occupations , and it was she who took me to buy clothes and lipsticks , asking the sales girls ' advice with a gentle humility that touches me now , because she was not humble by nature and thought an interest in personal adornment the mark of a trivial mind . |
| 8 | In a more complex case I might sit in on a discussion within a committee but begin to consider that it is not moving in a direction that suits me . |
| 9 | It might not surprise you that it 's the highways budget that concerns me . |
| 10 | I 'm about to sign a new contract that makes me virtually a Santa Barbara resident , and we locals do n't mix with you tourists ! ’ |
| 11 | The dominant tone is of jubilation , not the hysteria that makes me swoon in Prince . |
| 12 | Because I find that er I can talk to people now , we chat away as I would in a pub , or in someone 's house but then this is the bit that worries me . |
| 13 | It 's their enthusiasm that inspires me . |
| 14 | This is the result of my experience and your money and a touch of genius that follows me whatever I do . |
| 15 | Because now I know there 's nothing behind the fancy shirt that interests me in the slightest . ’ |
| 16 | A presence that disturbs me with the joy |
| 17 | presence that disturbs me |
| 18 | It 's simply the tiredness that makes me so unresponsive on many occasions . ’ |
| 19 | It 's not the money that makes me happy . |
| 20 | Erm shit that reminds me I 've got to write a letter . |
| 21 | I have a folding mac that makes me look like a haystack in the rain , I have an umbrella that would fit most of Dublin under it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It is a question that takes me utterly by surprise as you obviously admire all this . |
| 23 | It is a warm and gentle day as I walk towards the wood that beckons me , cool and friendly . |
| 24 | Occasionally , there 's a happy accident that leads me in a nice direction . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I find it interesting that there 's this whole small town that claims me , that I want nothing to do with . |
| 26 | ‘ I confess it 's this last point that interests me , ’ Mrs Wilson said . |
| 27 | The second point that worries me is also a minority concern . |
| 28 | Aloud , she said : ‘ I have your mother 's book on the Camisards as well , of course — that is the period that interests me particularly — but I want to learn about more recent history as well . ’ |
| 29 | The second theme that interests me is implicit in the opening paragraphs of the third of the published papers , ‘ Grounds of Validity of the Laws of Logic ’ . |
| 30 | The grape variety used is Chenin Blanc but when it is picked before it is fully ripe , it makes dull , acidic wines , with an off-putting nose that reminds me of wet dogs . |