Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] me [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This became for me a serious piece of policy . |
| 2 | More than any other sound , more even than the grunting roar of a lion , their howling evokes for me the African night . |
| 3 | I found it interesting , however , that Maxine — or Martha — experienced no anxiety due to the nearness of the sea , even when she described to me a violent storm when giant waves lashed the walls of the seaside dwellings . |
| 4 | Please confirm your acceptance of this post by signing and returning to me the docketed copy of this letter . |
| 5 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 6 | As he opens the door the lid snaps up and as he looks at me the social dimension locks me in its perspective . |
| 7 | You drove past me the other day when I drov , was it you ? |
| 8 | ‘ He did n't try to flirt with me the whole time , ’ she defended , and half wished then that she had n't said anything about lunchtime . |
| 9 | He came with me the whole way of my round south of the Court . |
| 10 | In the strictness of my own father 's wisdom , he instilled into me a deep respect for the opposite sex , so that there was no physical play or caress with any women until after I had married my wife . |
| 11 | If slavery is not wrong nothing is wrong and yet I have never understood the presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling and I aver that to this day I have done no official act in mere deference to my abstract judgment and feeling on slavery . |
| 12 | Then they clapped me on the back with too many hands , thrust upon me the plastiform wafer that confirmed payment of the rest of my fee , and proclaimed that they would create a song for the festival in praise of ’ the , most safe and reliable Delmore Curb , master courier ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ To be sure , the lad 's name is Gabriel , and he came to me the very day I was needing an angel . |
| 14 | My worst country I think would be New Zealand as I do n't remember any of the country and it would appear to me a complete stranger if I moved there . |
| 15 | The following case study is unusual because Charlotte ( not her real name ) had not revealed to me the actual reason why she felt the need for aromatherapy . |
| 16 | However , this job revealed to me the big , wide , illegal world of the homosexual . |
| 17 | Reveal to me the great secret . |
| 18 | As said to me a long time ago , ‘ You use too much water over there ’ , but what he really meant was , we do not use enough fluid , and the right types of fluid . |
| 19 | If I got a question wrong , which I did more often than not , he would repeat it in what seemed to me a contemptuous tone until I got it right . |
| 20 | This seemed to me a poor reason for making the announcement and I told him that I strongly disapproved of his breach of trust . |
| 21 | I went into what seemed to me a Burmese restaurant . |
| 22 | Marjorie and Heather spent hours poring over cookery-books , which seemed to me a strange occupation for Oxford graduates , especially in the face of wartime rationing ; but perhaps it was a matter of the fox and the grapes , for I myself had not acquired any culinary skill . |
| 23 | What seemed to me a golden opportunity came to hand largely through Pearn 's connections with the History department in the University , to which he had now returned . |
| 24 | It seemed to me a natural thing to do . |
| 25 | Anchovy-paste sandwiches , scones and Dundee cake seemed to me an ample repast , particularly as I had a nervous , irrational distaste for eating the food of Syl 's mother in her house . |
| 26 | Reverently I picked it up and buried it in our back garden — three feet down seemed to me an appropriate depth . |
| 27 | The chapel seemed to me the focal point of our small , humble community . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I caught Cam looking at me the other day . |
| 30 | 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 . |