Example sentences of "[verb] me [adv] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would remember , against my will , the fragrance of coffee and hot bread , the energy that had possessed me so short a time ago , when I had felt supple as an eel , as powerful as a salmon , as sure and quiet and graceful as an owl . |
| 2 | He was also possessive ; he only allowed me out twice a week — Wednesday 's Youth Club and Thursday 's Sally Carmichael 's dancing class — and accompanied me to both ( pity he did n't come to the Cricket Lover 's Ball ) . |
| 3 | We probably wo n't get anywhere with this because the law sees me as just a man in a dress which is wrong |
| 4 | He feared me in both a familiar and unfamiliar way . |
| 5 | The conversion went well and took me just over a week to complete . |
| 6 | A startled passer-by gave me as wide a berth as possible . |
| 7 | says that one should last me just over a year , that one should . |
| 8 | And the one cost me twenty quid and that lasted me just over a year . |