Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that [vb -s] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only my fevered imagination that keeps me warm . |
| 2 | Sometimes I will have abandoned a painting , got really tired of it and feel it 's not getting anywhere , and you will come and make some remark that makes me look at it again and think : oh yes , I could just pull that one together . |
| 3 | There is again something about the tone of this minute that strikes me . |
| 4 | ‘ If you go out with another woman that interests me . ’ |
| 5 | Why do I need this sleep that covers me |
| 6 | He said ‘ You do n't look well , ’ to her once , meaning to be sympathetic , but she clouted him and said , ‘ It is living with an old man that makes me not well . |
| 7 | what is there in this brochure that tells me whether it 's the first edition , the second edition or the third edition ? |
| 8 | It 's another thing that makes me wonder if the crazed geniuses who developed the first Intelloids were n't perpetrating some subtly painful joke on the human race . |
| 9 | I tell you another thing that amazes me , how any one with a Sovereign right , were a Sovereign in those days , could have given up the palace of Westminster which is so beautiful , palace , together I suppose reigned after the Duke of is it ? |
| 10 | The second point that worries me is also a minority concern . |
| 11 | The grape variety used is Chenin Blanc but when it is picked before it is fully ripe , it makes dull , acidic wines , with an off-putting nose that reminds me of wet dogs . |
| 12 | The second theme that interests me is implicit in the opening paragraphs of the third of the published papers , ‘ Grounds of Validity of the Laws of Logic ’ . |
| 13 | No , Harry , it 's your future happiness that bothers me . |
| 14 | ‘ The real thing that shocks me is my own stupidity , ’ Sabine said curtly , brushing away the caressing hand . |
| 15 | I have a folding mac that makes me look like a haystack in the rain , I have an umbrella that would fit most of Dublin under it . ’ |
| 16 | It is the miraculous barrel that saves me |
| 17 | All the time you ought to be asking yourself : " why should anyone believe what I am writing ? " and " what have I noticed in the text or in background , contextual materials that makes me think this ? " |
| 18 | Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe next time Ellis will find me an undercover job that takes me to opium dens in Hong Kong , dusky maidens in Peru and shark-fishing amongst the coral reefs , or whatever it is they do there . ’ |
| 20 | Occasionally , there 's a happy accident that leads me in a nice direction . ’ |
| 21 | Yes , but in the end it is always the Berg Three Orchestral Pieces that moves me most . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's getting back in one piece that worries me . |
| 23 | ‘ I find it interesting that there 's this whole small town that claims me , that I want nothing to do with . |
| 24 | He said ‘ The one thing that keeps me going is knowing that for every step I take and every pound donated we are one step nearer to finding a cure . ’ |
| 25 | If there 's one thing that disgusts me it 's cold porridge . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's only one thing that puzzles me about all this . ’ |
| 27 | It 's the one thing that puts me off breeding — I love children , but I ca n't stand babies . ’ |
| 28 | One thing that infuriates me , though , is juice cups . |
| 29 | But there is just one thing that worries me : tucked away in the bottom left-hand corner on the back cover of the jewel case is the innocent phrase ‘ Works revised by Roberto Duarte ’ ; it is explained nowhere else . |
| 30 | ‘ The one thing that worries me is that I do n't think he cares . |