Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] me [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experience made me realize that there is more to speechreading/ lip-reading than meets the eye . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In fact , the numbers of Punch aficionados make me worry that the same end will come to the comp complex as came to Punch . |
| 4 | ‘ I was attracted to it because the script made me laugh and it 's a splendid play . |
| 5 | But the memory of Mala in that half-embrace with Gharr made me wonder if she had not already … travelled beyond my reach . |
| 6 | Knowing that I wanted to speak to the bedu woman to learn more of her life , the Sheikha signalled me to stay while they moved out of the dining room , pulling their veils over their masks . |
| 7 | My derangement had me believing that this , too , could be from Francis . |
| 8 | Does the ad make me stop and look at it ? |
| 9 | The old lady made me jump when she told me not to stare but to sit down and not be nervous . |
| 10 | ( 19 ) The telephone made me wonder whether I need drop this task to answer the call . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This circumstance encourages me to hope that you may , if you have any opening for such a youth , be willing to take George , who is exceedingly desirous of obtaining the situation — or indeed any situation which through industry and a desire of improvement may hereafter insure a creditable independence ; but , above all things he seems to wish that it may be possible for you to take him into a situation similar to that which was offered to his Brother . |
| 13 | At their recent meeting Nether Wyresdale Parish Council asked me to write and thank you for allowing the seat from Snowhill to be kept on your property after it had been removed from its base . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | George Cripps 's son wrote to the Yorkshire Post in October 1979 : ‘ The remarks of Mr J. McKenna make me smile when I remember some of the things which my father told me about the machinations by various members of the then Football League , which have certainly led me to believe that they were not so simon pure as the image they presented to the public . ’ |
| 16 | At first the thought of going back to work made me shudder because I could n't stand the thought of leaving Danielle for an hour let alone a whole day , but once my husband Dave and I had left Danielle with a babysitter a couple of times , I realised that she would still be there when I came back and that she would be fine . |
| 17 | ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’ |
| 18 | The sense of dispossession sustained an underworld of thugs , drug pushers , and thieves ( I wanted to write about crime in Hawaii , but the godfather of the North Shore let me know that he 'd rather I did n't ) . |
| 19 | Er when thy come to give you your lunch let me know and I 'll let you off . |
| 20 | ‘ I shall convince the parents to let me come and stay with you in the holidays , ’ Antonia had promised . |
| 21 | Sailing mostly single-handed , and being like the rest of twentieth-century man a prisoner of time , I cheated by having an outboard engine to keep me going when the elements did n't help . |
| 22 | I was walking quietly by one group of people when a delightful black girl saw me passing and , in the nicest way possible , flung her arms around my neck and said , ‘ Is n't America wonderful ? ’ |
| 23 | My experiences lead me to believe that the police can be racist and the British people should be aware of this . |
| 24 | This view could be called cynical , but my experience leads me to believe that in most situations we are preoccupied with ourselves and our own agendas . |
| 25 | Over a loudspeaker came a voice speaking Latvian , but Harvey handed me earphones that carried an English translation . |
| 26 | Well then Pam made me laugh cos the tiler he , she said he 's go up on the roof and he 's there for hours ! |
| 27 | These ideas make me think that creativity and beauty are linked . |
| 28 | My husband made me wait while I was in labour till a game finished ! |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | The article helped me to cope and thanks also to my colleagues who heard the story dozens of times . |