Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath .
2 ‘ These are the songs I grew up listening to , ’ she says , ‘ they are the songs that made me want to be a singer . ’
3 Brittain is always up with the lark and it was a nice piece of work that Needle Gun did under Roberts on the Side Hill woodchip gallops early on Tuesday that makes me select him for the Laburnum Stakes .
4 That was the obsession that made me write this . ’
5 The fear that overtakes me seems to increase as we get closer to the big day .
6 It may be only outsider skepticism that leads me to see a subtle , probably subconscious new emphasis on the word ‘ choice ’ .
7 It was a Frankie Howerd interview that made me realise I do not even want one .
8 Charles told her about his movements on the Sunday night , concluding , ‘ … so it must have been the arrival of Nigel 's car that made me run out of the place . ’
9 But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound .
10 I was me and it was both frightening and exciting , like driving very fast round a precipitous bend with someone now and again taking my hands off the wheel and forcing me to trust .
11 They change the persona and help me to detach myself completely from my working life .
12 Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . "
13 Emil briefly consulted a notebook , stowed his travel bag on a rack in a small bedroom and directed me to put my big in the one next door .
14 Raised his cap with a pretty gesture , blushed to his eyes and asked me to come and see his work . ’
15 It ran down between my eyes and made me see everything blood-red , even though seconds before my mind had conjured up a pleasing vision : the English boy 's sister .
16 The Maggot now ordered me into the right-hand pilot 's seat and told me to keep my thieving hands off his knobs .
17 The midwife took one look at me — the head was already on its way out — attached a fetal monitor and told me to push .
18 The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree .
19 ‘ It 's his pleasure , ’ he said , ‘ that figure of mischief over there , to blow any piece of rubbish out of his mouth and challenge me to return it .
20 Sergeant Moustaine punched me in the face , stuffed my shitty underpants in my mouth and ordered me to run around the parade ground holding my kitbag above my head .
21 I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up .
22 He 's honest to a fault and makes me feel I 'm greatly loved .
23 Cos he 'd got an exhaust and want me to put do you know where
24 Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back .
25 It was Francis with his head back laughing , inhaling all the joy of the world ; Francis delighting in the flowers he threw together with branches and invited me to enjoy .
26 I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me .
27 ‘ It just sums up my recent life that on the day my son announced his engagement and wanted me to meet his new in-laws I was in Strasbourg .
28 Let me tell you , when those dubbin-lickers at Whaddon go on their knees and beg me to bring my United first team squad to ‘ The Tip ’ to put a few quid in their ailing coffers , I shall take great delight in treading on Ken Mentle 's fingers , provided he survives last week 's heart attack , and raising two toes in a defiant ‘ get lost ’ gesture .
29 The sand functions as a ground plane or as a surrogate elevation and enables me to shift building elements so as to understand their sculptural capacity .
30 Raschid who is here today was President and I attended with my own Table Chairman at that time David who not only encouraged me to attend my first A G M but encouraged me to get involved involved in ri in Round Table right from the very onset .
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