Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] me the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , my Presidency has impressed upon me the Sea-Change in recent years of governmental policy as it affects University and College finances . |
| 2 | The Minister of State , my right hon. Friend the Member for Oxford , West and Abingdon ( Mr. Patten ) , was on the Front Bench yesterday and has reported to me the content of the ten-minute Bill and the vote . |
| 3 | Only later , I told the now somewhat quivering Principal , only later , when Rosa had gone , did it come to mind that one or two of the other girls had made of me the same enquiry over the past twelve months . |
| 4 | I did understand however that my oath to preserve the constitution to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of that nation of which the constitution is the organic law . |
| 5 | Then they clapped me on the back with too many hands , thrust upon me the plastiform wafer that confirmed payment of the rest of my fee , and proclaimed that they would create a song for the festival in praise of ’ the , most safe and reliable Delmore Curb , master courier ’ . |
| 6 | The gesture revealed nothing of that woman 's essence , one could say rather that the woman revealed to me the charm of a gesture . |
| 7 | The following case study is unusual because Charlotte ( not her real name ) had not revealed to me the actual reason why she felt the need for aromatherapy . |
| 8 | However , this job revealed to me the big , wide , illegal world of the homosexual . |
| 9 | I do not arrogate to myself a knowledge superior to that of the professionals , but I have had imposed on me the obligation to exercise a quasi-judicial function in assessing applications . |
| 10 | His age and status induced in me the normal mixture of deference , fear and cheek . |
| 11 | Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp . |
| 12 | Long experience has , however , shown to me the danger of the good being lost through the devotion of some to what they think to be the best . |
| 13 | But when the door was locked behind me the cell was dark for there was neither window nor electric light . |
| 14 | Neither the Bar Council nor the Law Society has raised with me the question of the quality of recruitment to the legal profession . |
| 15 | Neither the Law Society nor the Bar Council has raised with me the question of the quality of recruitment to the legal profession . |
| 16 | I had no intention of giving trouble or offence to anyone , not me , but the case-officer discerned in me the potential for terrible trouble . |
| 17 | ‘ Master Parry , I have so much confidence in the good offices of your daughter that I have brought with me the letter of which I spoke to her . |
| 18 | Should I rather have brought with me the cross from the altar ? ’ |
| 19 | Only a prisoner and the nurse had spoken to me the night before I cut myself . |
| 20 | The Führer has given to me the honour of organizing the conference and , of course , responsibility for his safety . |
| 21 | She 'd explained to me the origin of the Paisley pattern ; I had the history of Notting Hill Gate , the use of a camera obscura by Vermeer , why Charles Lamb 's sister murdered their mother , and a history of Tamla Motown . |
| 22 | ‘ She — the lady , your wife — explained to me the reason for your behaviour the day you left Kinsai . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The topic of cohesion … has always appeared to me the most useful constituent of discourse analysis or text linguistics applicable to translation . |
| 25 | Oh gee , tomorrow right , mum has gone to me the other day oh , there 's this woman at bridge she wants someone to baby-sit for her on Wednesday nights . |
| 26 | And I use the word ‘ responsibilities ’ rather than ‘ pleasures ’ because whereas no one had ever discussed with me the possible pleasures of sexuality , the responsibilities of adulthood had been habitually stressed , both at home and at school . |
| 27 | The Commissioner discussed with me the statement you made to him , and we both feel that it may require action on a number of different fronts , and that it would , therefore , be helpful if our Police Liaison Group handled matters from the start . |
| 28 | ‘ I can not say why , precisely , but for hundreds , thousands — an infinite number of reasons — you fascinated me , and that fascination encouraged in me the desire to live , something that abandoned me on the death of my sister . |
| 29 | The Fat Controller forced upon me the conclusion that things were not at all as they seemed . |
| 30 | Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor . |