Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] me [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Reverently I picked it up and buried it in our back garden — three feet down seemed to me an appropriate depth . |
| 32 | This seemed to me the greatest achievement of the afternoon ; some people do n't even learn to think for themselves at university . |
| 33 | Apart from this minor eccentricity — and I knew old people often became eccentric — she seemed to me the same as she had always been : vague in practical matters but sharp-witted enough in other ways , and eager to talk about what was happening in the world . |
| 34 | The chapel seemed to me the focal point of our small , humble community . |
| 35 | Could you swear to me every one of your circle 's above suspicion ? |
| 36 | As he dismounted he looked at me over the saddle and there Was that tell-nothing expression , looking at me no different than the Way he had looked at Lamarr Dean the moment before he broke a Whisky glass against his mouth . |
| 37 | I caught Cam looking at me the other day . |
| 38 | His daughter fed him on tins of baby food , which again confirmed for me the sour joke of existence and the particular contemptibility of this old man . |
| 39 | The joke turned against me a few days later as we were preparing to go alongside a ship at Baltic Wharf on the river Crouch . |
| 40 | After a hundred yards or so I could see behind me the whole cliffed extent of the headland , and the house . |
| 41 | Well welcome back to the Manor ground , I 've got with me a delighted United goal keeper , Ken Vasey ; mighty close Ken . |
| 42 | His age and status induced in me the normal mixture of deference , fear and cheek . |
| 43 | Create in me a pure heart , O God |
| 44 | ‘ See , ’ said Renwick pointing to his balding pate , ‘ that 's what happened to me the last time I did n't stop ! ’ |
| 45 | Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp . |
| 46 | Erm , my fear of this report is that we are actually erm , it shows to me a certain level of complacency . |
| 47 | Professor Donaldson was so irate at my letter in the Times , which he considered to reflect upon English architects in general , that he proposed moving the Institute to reverse the recommendation of their council to award to me the annual Royal Gold Medal of the Institute , and was only dissuaded from attempting to inflict that gratuitous dishonour upon me by strong remonstrances . |
| 48 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |
| 49 | It hangs over me the whole time . |
| 50 | When I regressed her , Eileen did in fact describe to me a happy , boisterous childhood with her sister and her six brothers — all of whom took great delight in spoiling their baby sister . |
| 51 | Perhaps sex had become for me a habit-forming drug . |
| 52 | I had a determined attitude , a few months ' really hard winter training under my belt and a driving ambition to put behind me the previous year 's exit in the opening round . |
| 53 | And this Mr he was , he used to c he well he was collec calling f with Mr and he kept calling with me the same so I used to order my bulk in October to come in for Christmas goods . |
| 54 | At the auberge , they set before me a beautiful soup with dumplings in it , followed by a great white sausage on a small alp of potato and onion-rings . |
| 55 | I think they sensed in me a possible convert to their beliefs , merely because I was curious , or perhaps they genuinely liked me — I do n't know . |
| 56 | He relied on me a great deal because he knew I always knew what to do . |
| 57 | I wonder if you would be good enough to sign and return to me the attached letters of intent , in your capacity of Assistant Managing Director of the Division ? |
| 58 | This report , the standard books , the growing number of translations of the many books of the Scriptures , and discussions with scholars in Rangoon University or simple yet thoughtful Buddhists in the villages , aroused in me a reverent admiration for the Buddha , a deep interest in his teaching , and a nagging need to build some bridge in my own mind between the two religions . |
| 59 | My father may well wish for me a second marriage , and to that end I must be at offer soon , and with a proper dowry . |
| 60 | They call me that , she thought , when they are talking about me , for they talk about me a great deal even when I am there . |