Example sentences of "[vb -s] me [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask yourself the question , ‘ Is it my desire , my greed , my wish to be in control that drives me in this matter , or do I feel the lightness of purpose that is a mark of the guidance from within ? ’ |
| 2 | That turns me on that does . |
| 3 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
| 4 | ‘ I go to many stately homes and museums but the library is what really supplies me with most of the things I get , ’ said Mrs Lamport , who started with the Dictionary of National Biography , Burke 's Peerage , and other books on notable families . |
| 5 | This involves me in some paperwork , which , however tedious … |
| 6 | ‘ Although someone supervises me at all times , I handle all my cases myself . |
| 7 | ‘ Till my husband returns , and rescues me from this misery ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It places me alongside such distinguished past captains like Sir Monty Finniston , Sir Campbell Adamson and Sir Matthew Goodwin' , she said . |
| 9 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 10 | Clearly that 's what worries me about this Government 's implementation of the Children Act . |
| 11 | You know what really worries me about this is that early on you said that tinkers deal in antiques , and I 'm beginning to wonder whether you , as antique dealer , have got a somewhat of an interest in this matter and maybe we should be taking care of you as a possible tenant of one of our sites , but this this is a typical example of all the thin , unreasonable excuses being put up to a party that 's trying to deal with something . |
| 12 | ‘ I take no delight in death , Lewis , and if one thing worries me above all else it is accidents — the random concourse of atoms in the void , as Epicurus used to say . ’ |
| 13 | The way he went away hurts me to this day . |
| 14 | The use of acrylic colours in my palette allows me in all aspects of landscape painting to correct and add light ; in fact it enables me to work more in the manner of an oil painter . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's what frightens me about this campaign for nuclear disarmament . |
| 16 | Fif always seems a little surly with me , because he blames me for some trouble he had on another world . |
| 17 | But the thing that always concerns me about these kind of decisions under those kind of circumstances is that it might be a temporary depression : in other words a suicide wish , and this is a terrifically difficult issue that is bantered about a lot under these kind of circumstances , and normally , if someone says ‘ Kill me , ’ you figure they 're crazy . |
| 18 | And what leads me to that conclusion is the distortion that Mr brought in , in suggesting that the estate is worth forty million pounds . |
| 19 | Since DOL is hopefully making a comeback this evening for the reserves it leads me to this question . |
| 20 | So with you mentioning leather then it leads me onto another question erm was there much done in the way of leather work in the Caldmore area ? |
| 21 | What gets me about this guy Alderson is that he served in the country area of Cornwall , and he makes all these proposals about inner-city policing ; now how the hell would he know anything about the inner city ? |
| 22 | Seven minutes is what it takes me at this time in the evening ; eight , sometimes nine , coming the opposite way in the morning , to allow for waits at the two pedestrian crossings and the crowds coming out of the station . |
| 23 | This takes me into another key word and it is education . |
| 24 | To hell with it , I 'll go down fighting , it will break me on my terms if it breaks me at all . |
| 25 | Flying still excites me with that curious mixture of fear — knowing the plane has the aerodynamics of a brick once the forward thrust is lost — and the knowledge that at the other end of the journey there will be new sounds and smells and things to look at . |
| 26 | One thing baffles me about that , Lord Wilson : you were Prime Minister , you were the boss , you were presiding over Cabinet government . |
| 27 | ‘ There 's only one thing that puzzles me about all this . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ She usually lets me in these days . ’ |
| 29 | Few words had passed between them over the past week , and now she could see that it was with an effort he said , ‘ Your mother tells me about this idea of hers . |
| 30 | Everything he tells me of former times is suffused with loss . |