Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [to-vb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then from the sealed camp at Fairford — ‘ The Cage ’ , where members of the S.A.S. were confined after they had been briefed — there was released the batch of letters to overwhelm me anew with love and foreboding . |
| 2 | I need a different kind of exorcism to free me from what he did to me . |
| 3 | I 'd tried waiting for the natural course of events to bring me the way of the creche , some errand Mrs Goreng might send me on , but it had n't worked out that way . |
| 4 | I realized that in fact she was absolutely determined on going , she had n't the imagination to act out this sort of scene to punish me , nor , to be fair , would she ever have been so spiteful if she had . |
| 5 | Then I was put on some sort of medication to help me calm down because I kept on getting knotted up , getting uptight . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , all right , so I thought the decision was surprising , but I 'd long since realized that if I allowed that sort of thing to keep me awake at night I was going to be a chronic insomniac . |
| 7 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 8 | We start in ten days and I firmly rely on the goodness of Providence to grant me a safe and prosperous passage . |
| 9 | Deputed to get his own disguise , he went off fuming to a wig shop : ‘ And the lady started to go through all kinds of salesmanship to sell me the wig and if I wanted to swim , I did n't want to swim , and I 'm sitting there knowing that this meeting is going to start very soon and I can not — lady , let's get on with it , I do n't give a damn , just give me a wig . ’ |
| 10 | I doubt she has the technical skill to keep me static for very long , but she certainly has acquired just enough understanding of particle physics and the footnotes to the hard-to-find tenth-century Babylonian edition of The Sword of Moses to slow me down just long enough to cramp my style . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's probably why he instructs my head of department to keep me so busy , ’ she answered lightly , and then , with a jolt of astonishment , wondered if Naylor did have anything to do with the multitude of files that landed on her desk every day . |
| 12 | Well , like I say , it 's not erm an ambition really of mine it 's a challenge of a lifetime because I 've never liked running and I decided that as I started running two years ago that er the marathon was the ultimate , and as it 's the ultimate challenge I thought what I 'm asking and why I 've asked to come in to FOX F M is to er ask the businesses of Bicester to help me er raise money for the er Bicester Health Centre , and also for the Bible School boys sponsoring me . |
| 13 | I was still wide awake an hour later so took a gulp of wine to help me sleep . |
| 14 | During this time , the King of Lilliput had written to ask the King of Blefuscu to send me back , as a prisoner , so that I could receive my punishment . |
| 15 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't like being reminded that I have not one drop of blood to link me with my family . ’ |
| 17 | I shall seek to evaluate the Maastricht proposals in the light of these different levels of loyalty to help me to decide whether what is on offer is worth supporting . |
| 18 | ‘ How could you say such a thing , ’ he begins , ‘ With me in bits and pacing the streets like a fockin' animal , with no one but the likes of Perry to pour me heart out to ! ’ |
| 19 | For once I was happy doing them because I had the thought of Sunday to cheer me up . |
| 20 | Towards the close of A Call to the Unconverted you can well imagine tears rolling down his cheeks as he pleads with his hearers , ‘ If I came hungry or naked to one of your doors , would you not part with more than a cup of water to relieve me ? |
| 21 | I have also been at work for eighteen hours in an icy room with one thin sandwich and one wretched cup of coffee to sustain me . |
| 22 | He asked a number of men to tell me what they had seen and found the night before . |
| 23 | Same number of overheads to keep me happy , but you 've got ta write less to keep you happy , there you go . |
| 24 | It took an enormous amount of discussion to persuade me that we had enough intrinsic skills to mount a successful oil operation , but those closer to the competition and the marketplace knew better than I their own relative abilities . |
| 25 | Somebody went to a lot of trouble to get me that . |
| 26 | I had already employed an attendant , Toril , who had come over from Norway at the end of July to help me during and after my move . |
| 27 | She was the only one with the strength of character to murder me . |
| 28 | For so long as I can recall I have always had kennels and an assortment of dogs to help me in my work . |
| 29 | I could reassure you with talk of progress and produce another pile of evidence to back me up : more family planning , more education , more employment , constitutional changes . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll have a couple of drinks to give me Dutch courage , then I 'll join you . |