Example sentences of "[vb past] me [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 He also became disenchanted with the amount of the correspondence ; his replies become shorter and shorter until , in September 1937 , his secretary wrote , " Mr Eliot also asked me to say that he is intending to write to you as soon as he has several consecutive free hours " .
2 This led me to think that some students may equate the feeling of low ‘ g ’ with the glider being stalled .
3 It was in fact my experience of working with the banks and institutions for the recapitalisation and reconstruction of John Brown which led me to think that the City is much maligned over its attitudes to industry and the accusation of short-termism is not justified .
4 The fact that Lili seemed to take an interest in me led me to think that she had never been very close to my mother .
5 it led me to think that players who come through the youth system should be ‘ guaranteed ’ a huge loyalty bonus after a certain period .
6 Turning to the volume 's introductory pages , I read some encouraging words that at once led me to hope that I might yet track down a few potential search areas that had not already received too much attention .
7 Wickenden , as purchasing director , is naturally reticent about details , but he led me to believe that smuggling nuts out of Turkey was an important activity , and that everyone except presumably the government , was satisfied with this arrangement .
8 Mr. T. has also said in an affidavit that ‘ there has never been anything whatsoever in [ Miss T. 's ] actions which led me to believe that she wished to become a Jehovah 's Witness . ’
9 All this led me to believe that written approval was just a matter of time .
10 It was Jo who first got me to see that I had done my best .
11 And it got me thinking that there must be thousands of people up and down the country doing worthwhile things to protect our environment and wildlife who go unrecognised .
12 Yes , she was the first person who made me realise that acting was more than just speaking and doing .
13 It also made me realise that it was stupid to waste any part of what little time we all have left in silly sulks .
14 She interwove the Emmaus story into her talk , mentioning words such as ‘ companioning ’ , ‘ accompanying ’ — which made me realise that we are all here to help see one another to the heavenly Jerusalem : — the word meaning a place of peace — ‘ Jerushalom ’ .
15 It made me realise that other people have the same problems and it helped enormously to share with the other mums .
16 This incident made me realise that our careful descriptions of the relationship between dialect and Standard English might be misread , and so in the final Report I insisted that we should reiterate many times that all pupils should learn , and if necessary be explicitly taught , Standard English .
17 The survey also made me realise that it was not enough to have read about the early beginnings of any religion ; one needed to study it as a living faith and see the development of thought and interpretation .
18 But enquiries from two missionary friends already recruited as Kachin advisers made me realise that there would be little opportunity to influence policy and relationships .
19 This question made me realise that there must be lots of new knitters out there with electronic of Duomatic 80 machines who do not know this technique .
20 This sight made me realise that the herbicides not only caused the trees to lose their leaves , as I had heard , but also sometimes killed the entire tree .
21 ‘ It made me realise that people in showbusiness are really rather nasty , ’ she says .
22 ‘ My conversation with him this evening made me realise that he can be quite devious , and also that he has a rather cruel sense of humour .
23 ‘ Maybe it was seeing the Dawsons that made me realise that you ca n't lose something you never had . ’
24 As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences .
25 This made me feel that Sorrel was still with us , and I 'm sure she was — in Bamba .
26 The therapist made me feel that my obsessions were not silly or trivial and , by implication , that I was n't either .
27 It must have been the totality of the situation that made me feel that heaven was very near and the invisible clearly seen .
28 ‘ Keith felt very , very sorry for David and he always made me feel that I was a real bastard .
29 In fact the aftermath of that fire , when so many people expressed resentment about the funding of the repairs , made me feel that they were .
30 The study of the Buddha made me feel that I was in the presence of a very great religious teacher , a man of great compassion , who diagnosed man 's original trouble as greed , desire , attachment , the escape from which was the treading of the Noble Eightfold Path .
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