Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
| 2 | If you would like to know more about this ‘ Financial Health Check ’ write to me at the address below or call me on 0204 31627 . |
| 3 | I had ‘ flu ’ at the time , and perhaps that made me rather jaundiced . |
| 4 | the chances are he 's gon na be even more of a nutter retaliating harder so that gets me . |
| 5 | So that got me over the turkey . |
| 6 | So that made me unhappy , and in turn made Lesley unhappy , so it was n't a very good situation . |
| 7 | The Aldershot method because er it it sort of explained to me the most effect way of getting across whatever you want to say so that made me a feel a bit happier about that . |
| 8 | I 'm pleased we 've gone away probably , you know , we 've made a few friends because everbody 's just said to me how well we 've played and you know , it was a great game and all that kind of stuff , so that pleases me , I just do n't like losing . |
| 9 | So that changed me and after that it went from you know , higher and higher all the time , the more and we used to get . |
| 10 | I do tend to react to what people say , which was fortunately always favourable , so that gave me something to aim at . |
| 11 | They do n't really contribute as much as they could , so that leaves me with an awful lot of space . |
| 12 | So that put me off a bit . |
| 13 | So that put me right off for a start . |
| 14 | It was just the thought of coping with this quantity alone that had me momentarily rattled , ’ she admitted with truth , then added with a hint of defiance , ‘ But if Stella can do it , I can do it . ’ |
| 15 | So where does all that leave me ? |
| 16 | We drove into Sligo , where Peter shook my hand warmly and wished me luck . |
| 17 | We even paid a surprise visit to Corsham , where Rosemary and Clifford Ellis welcomed us warmly and invited me to give a series of lectures and classes . |
| 18 | Her mum came down the street steaming from the chip shop , and she rushed us inside and got me to make a pot of tea while she shared them all out between the three of us , and we all sat round their fire eating them . |
| 19 | She must have sensed that one day I would be leaving her again , and that nearly broke my heart , knowing the sadness she must feel all too well in my experiences with lovers who never stayed long but left me feeling as if part of me had been torn from my body . |
| 20 | I was pleased as punch when yer farvver came 'ome an' told me Joe Maitland 'ad offered 'im that job . |
| 21 | Kate Melville and Sue d'Argy Smith , whose daughters left the Church , as so many do , just before they became nubile , each took a hand and gave it a sharp pull , and over their heads came the long arms of Gordon the Bachelor , whose fingers stroked my hair , as countless other key personnel in the body of Christendom , South Wimbledon , stroked , shoved , pulled and all but carried me towards the stage on which I was supposed to pour out the secrets of my heart . |
| 22 | He damn near bankrupts me and all but gets me arrested . |
| 23 | And never mind the wounds of battle — the weight of my own panic all but suffocates me . |
| 24 | I owe them the worst : they all but destroyed me " ) , all this made Nizan an obvious candidate for a highly sectarian , aggressive , isolationist communist party . |
| 25 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 26 | Both David and Steve will have objective views rather than tell me what I want to hear . ’ |
| 27 | To me , in a book containing so many emotions , I find dialogue really important because it lets me know exactly how the character is feeling rather than leaving me to make my own assumptions which are often wrong . |
| 28 | My friend is not simply explaining why , for good or bad reasons , he did decide to go to the Park ( as he might after the event , in which case it would be no objection to his explanation that when he got there the zoo turned out to be closed ) ; he is defending his decision to go to the Park rather than meet me at his house , and I can still try to change his mind . |
| 29 | He would go barefoot , rather than see me unhappy . |
| 30 | Telling the whole truth about the Ayr salmon , rather than letting me off the hook , only improved the tale . |