Example sentences of "[vb past] to me the " in BNC.

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1 He described to me the glen in a storm — the darkness that mantles it , the springing into life of untold hosts of runlets , the careering in mad fury of the burns as they break through and tower above the channel wherein they are wont to flow ; the showers , the careering of the clouds , the thunderings and the lightning-flashings , and the artillery of the winds , as the air-gusts meet the peaks and explode in the hollows of the darksome corries .
2 And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it .
3 ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’
4 Here is the verse and chorus which appealed to me the most .
5 ‘ To be sure , the lad 's name is Gabriel , and he came to me the very day I was needing an angel .
6 Written as a result of attending a Labour Party conference , it was the product of shock at what then seemed to me the amount of time and energy politicians and journalists spent chasing each other 's tails on such occasions .
7 This seemed to me the greatest achievement of the afternoon ; some people do n't even learn to think for themselves at university .
8 Apart from this minor eccentricity — and I knew old people often became eccentric — she seemed to me the same as she had always been : vague in practical matters but sharp-witted enough in other ways , and eager to talk about what was happening in the world .
9 The chapel seemed to me the focal point of our small , humble community .
10 ‘ See , ’ said Renwick pointing to his balding pate , ‘ that 's what happened to me the last time I did n't stop ! ’
11 Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’
12 When , as a teenager , I read D. H. Lawrence 's poem ‘ The Tortoise ’ , the line ‘ O why are we crucified into sex at all ? 'seemed to me the most basic and profound of all existential cries .
13 I dare not ask directly what is the precise matter but I see in Mr Browning 's eyes an anxiety deeper than usual and he confessed to me the other day that he fears there may be water on the lung .
14 He hinted to me the week before the event that he would n't mind a rest one day and I thought about that and thought about it again when we got to The Belfry .
15 I clutched to me the note I had written to Sylvia Grey .
16 It did to me the first time we stayed .
17 ‘ Yes , Martha 's mother , Susan Sowerby , spoke to me the other day .
18 ‘ The Lord said to me the day before , ‘ You 're not going to make it out of your heat tomorrow ’ .
19 What someone said to me the other night is that you 've got 75% of it and that 's good .
20 but the actual extract as , as Cath said to me the other day , you know she felt sure and I said to her you know in a full length film they could 've actually chosen a better moment
21 Cos she said to me the other day , she said have you been in my room and touched ?
22 she said to me the other day , has my mummy been in ?
23 And I used to load the boot up and bring them and load home like in the boot of my car my Sales Manager said to me the other day , how the hell did you get bright red dust in your boot ?
24 Raymond said to me the other day , I asked him was there any lemonade ?
25 I went rubbish cos he came and said to me the other day oh so how are you enjoying your first term
26 Fellow said to me the other week you do n't live here .
27 ( Bridegroom 's name ) explained to me the Greek alphabet which is really very familiar .
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