Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grace Hinkle loves to see me making like an executive and remembering to charge up all expenses . |
| 2 | Quadratic equations were a great mystery to me , and seeing me struggle with a problem he would call me out and painstakingly take me step by step to a solution . |
| 3 | She used to show you a collection of photographs which she kept in her wallet as if they were family photographs , but in fact these pictures were all pictures of men 's cocks , she used to make them stop on the way home at the photobooth in the entrance to the station , she 'd make them stand on the stool with their trousers down , she never got caught — Greta , on seeing me leave with an especially handsome man : ‘ I hope you 're on the pill . ’ |
| 4 | It 's seeing me look like an old hag first thing in the morning and not minding ! |
| 5 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 6 | But let me do it in my own time , and do n't make me feel like a brood mare . |
| 7 | Do n't make me sound like an idiot , Julius ! ’ |
| 8 | Mmmmm , you 'll make me dribble in a minute . |
| 9 | Er thank you Chairman for allowing me to speak as a non member , I am however , a er member of one of your representatives on the Luton Airport Consultative Committee . |
| 10 | The idea of a one-woman tribute was conceived five years ago , when larger-than-life director Bryan Izzard asked me to contribute to a Channel Four programme on the monologue called The Eye Of The Little Yellow Dog , starring , amongst others , the late Leonard Rossiter , Cilla Black , Alec McCowen , Diane Langton , Anita Harris and Ronald Lacey . |
| 11 | Caduta asked me to come to an address in Little Italy at two o'clock that afternoon . |
| 12 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 13 | ‘ One morning they woke me up , told me to wash my face , and led me blindfolded into a room with a TV camera . |
| 14 | That made me move in a hurry . |
| 15 | It made me forget for a moment how low sales figures so often are nowadays , as there are some exciting campaigns planned , some clever gimmicks , some expensive promotions and , more important , some wonderful books . |
| 16 | He was the ideal of all the friends I had ever longed for , the elder brother that , as an only child , I could never hope for — though he was at least fifteen years younger than I , his assurance and absolute maleness made me feel like a younger brother by contrast . |
| 17 | Sheila , who said she put the cigarette out when told to , said : ‘ They made me feel like a criminal . |
| 18 | SHE MADE ME FEEL LIKE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT . |
| 19 | I asked if they would please call me Richard — Dick , I said , made me feel like a symbol of some kind . |
| 20 | After a disastrous relationship in my early twenties in which the woman made me feel like a rapist , I gave up on the idea of sex and women . |
| 21 | They made me feel like a dirty slag and serve me right for getting pregnant . |
| 22 | What she said and how she said it made me feel like a child . |
| 23 | Although the neighbours made me feel like an evil , uncaring daughter , I knew in my heart that you 'd understand because you always did — I loved you and that was all you needed to know . |
| 24 | It made me feel like an old sock ! |
| 25 | Paul Oldfield topped the lot in Melody Maker when he wrote of the track ‘ Living And Learning ’ that it ‘ made me think of a man who favoured The Jasmine Minks and My Bloody Valentine , but whose bedroom was so damp that miraculous spores and mildew afflicted his brown suede and paisley . ’ |
| 26 | It made me think of a Bedouin taking out his prayer carpet and unrolling it in the vastness of the desert . |
| 27 | It had two wings , one of which made me think of a church . |
| 28 | She always wore a flowered cotton overall and her thin gingery hair framed a face that made me think of a martyr in search of grace . |
| 29 | E actually yours made me think of a story that I was told many years ago on a coach trip over Dartmoor |
| 30 | When it was over , she walked across to the television , switched it off , turned to look at Charlotte and said : ‘ They made me sound like an unfeeling bitch . ’ |