Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The glowing consumer reports about cycling the peaks and television commercials for aftershave showing hunky men rattling down sheer slopes of scree on bikes made me suspicious . |
| 2 | The smell of bread and baigels freshly from the ovens made me hungry . |
| 3 | Crowds make me paranoid and claustrophobic but Tod seeks and loves the company of crowds . |
| 4 | Many generous readers sent me lovely ‘ Many Happy Returns ’ cards . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not my scene — them cocked hats and support tights leave me cold . ’ |
| 6 | Woking boss Geoff Chapple said : ‘ The lads did me proud and it would have been nice to have just one more glory run in the Cup . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It must be my sins making me restless , unless it 's something I ate . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Many parents bring me rebellious teenagers with the plea , ‘ Please change her , doctor ! ' ’ |
| 10 | On the death of Pope Pius XII he wrote : ‘ One of my favourite phrases brings me great comfort : we are not on earth as museum-keepers , but to cultivate a flourishing garden of life and to prepare a glorious future ’ ( Capovilla , 1978a , p. 481 ) . |
| 11 | In the palace , in the castle , at the hunt ball and the country house men brayed like donkeys and women shrieked and swooped like owls : the middle classes made me fidgety with their concern — was I not out too late ? |
| 12 | A quick bath and a change into one of Elinor 's cotton caftans , a blue ribbon to tie up my hair and a dab of powder on my freckles rendered me presentable enough to be fed . |
| 13 | If I lay on my side , my shoulders and hips gave me particular trouble ; if I lay on my front , my back ached ; and if I lay on my back , the springs of the mattress dug into what little flesh I had left . |
| 14 | Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure . |
| 15 | Essentially , the bisexual Bessie was the Madonna of her day , the Queen Of The Blues , the Empress Of Erotica , her ‘ Empty Bed Blues ’ providing a catalogue of lovers who had satisfied her sexually , while ‘ Foolish Man Blues ’ found her musing about homosexuality : ‘ There 's two things got me puzzled , there 's two things I do n't understand/That 's a mannish-acting woman and a skipping , twistin' woman-acting man . ’ |
| 16 | However , the larger size paintings cause me considerable problems with buckling and associated paint runs . |
| 17 | The fact that I do not have envelopes causes me physical pain . |
| 18 | All I 'd need is a few fags to keep me awake and I 'd have my foot down all the way . |
| 19 | Two or three hundred villagers kept me busy that evening . |
| 20 | 23–12- The Rev. James Pearson wrote that " finding that my age and growing infirmities render me unable to continue to discharge the duties " he was asking the General Assembly to appoint a successor . |
| 21 | The bastards had me hanged ! ’ |
| 22 | Teachers found me irresponsible and anti-social , and for this I had to suffer . |
| 23 | Filings of biscuity paper wedge under my fingernails causing me real pain . |
| 24 | In reply , the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces gave me certain assurances . |
| 25 | Then , on Blues Leave Me Alone , the voice , rhythm and sparse arrangement gelled into a menacing heavy groove . |
| 26 | " The critics call me cold and learned , " he had said to Virginia Woolf many years before : and the truth was , that he was neither . |
| 27 | And , and my friends call me Sandy . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage , then I 'll join you . |
| 29 | ‘ Of course I know some men find me attractive ! ’ she snapped . |
| 30 | These empty women make me sick and their neglected kids break my heart . ’ |