Example sentences of "[noun] but [pers pn] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I destroyed the parasite but it wounded me badly . |
| 2 | Even though I have reached my monthly target I still receive no bonuses but you tell me I am on target for the large bonus in April . |
| 3 | When he 'd finished at the sink I came out and wound myself lovingly around his legs but he shut me in the kitchen . |
| 4 | She meant it as a compliment but it made me sound like her GP . |
| 5 | I think about phoning her mobile but she hates me doing that so I do n't . |
| 6 | If you want to know what that actually means see Dr but he asked me to read it out . |
| 7 | Sorry about the mess but you caught me on the hop like . |
| 8 | It is natural for mathematicians to be the first to study problem solving but it surprises me that other disciplines have been so slow . |
| 9 | This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service . |
| 10 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |
| 11 | I intended to ask the Baronessa Dulcibene why she had come to pay her last respects to this mysterious Englishman but she gave me a glassy look of non-recognition and moved rapidly away with her companion . |
| 12 | I ran out of the room but he followed me . |
| 13 | I did wonder if he had been in his cups before we opened the wine but he assured me he had not . ’ |
| 14 | So I said , ‘ Fine , I would n't infringe on his privacy but you asked me , and that 's who I 'd like to meet . ’ |
| 15 | He did n't exactly put his foot on my chest but he had me all right . |
| 16 | He ca n't see me of course but it makes me feel funny . |
| 17 | We never sold anything of course but it gave me a sort of status plus it was a very interesting time to be around the art world . |
| 18 | During a run in a Neil Simon play , I struggled with soft lenses but they made me cry constantly — which was unfortunate , as Neil tends to expect laughs . |
| 19 | It looks therapeutic in movies but it made me feel worse than ever . |
| 20 | And I tried to get on it at the beginning of the week but he told me it was fully booked . |
| 21 | Maybe it was obvious to most people but he gave me recharged confidence in the project . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ I felt unfortunate to lose that tournament but it told me I was good enough to win a major and I 've come here hitting the ball as well as I ever have . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The other kids at school thought I was a real wimp but they accepted me because I was always cheeky to the teachers . |
| 24 | It 's a lot of bucks but it serves me right . ’ |
| 25 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 26 | ‘ We saw each other around quite a lot but it took me a while to warm up . |
| 27 | I said well frankly Cheryl with her record I 'm not in I said she takes off when she pleases , she comes down when she wants something I said she doing me some good at christmas I said I do I quite understand that I said I do understand and I 'm I 've nothing nothing to do with me that 's entirely up to you and she said and you would n't tell me what to do you wo n't change our minds , I said no I 'm not trying to change your minds but you asked me what I would do I said and I think there and now she 's She said and I do n't care what you done , I 'll do I 'll do , I said she 's got hundreds of where they smash the windows and break into so regularly . |
| 28 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |
| 29 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |
| 30 | Ricky Ross from Deacon Blue talks about not wanting to seduce the audience : ‘ I do n't like the idea of people throwing themselves over to our music … abandonment is a great idea but it worries me because it 's all so power-orientated . ’ |