Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I noticed Nick Faldo was pulling a trolley and it made me curious . |
| 2 | Davide wanted to burst out , ‘ You hypocrite , stop making up to my sisters and playing the shining knight , I saw you go to communion today , and it made me sick . |
| 3 | It was the only occasion I saw inside and it made me hungry to go again . |
| 4 | Then when I reached the Mess , you letter was waiting for me , and it made me happy and sad at once , and I just HAD to write you a note , though I ca n't post it tonight . |
| 5 | It was very tiring work , and it kept me busy so that I did not look up and see the Hispaniola until she was just half a mile away from me ! |
| 6 | He would do it everywhere and it drove me insane . |
| 7 | Made two , erm , cooked two eggs , and it lasted me two days , whereas you know , usually if I go downstairs , I do n't have to make anything , because all their pre-prepared anyway . |
| 8 | But the guilt would not go away : I omitted the incident from the log and it took me two years to own up to it . |
| 9 | Ronnie Wood came over once and it took me three months to clean up the mess . |
| 10 | I remember when my husband was alive and we had a Sardinian couple with some unpronounceable name and it took me three months to teach her to make tea properly . |
| 11 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 12 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
| 13 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 14 | It rolled into a hollow and it took me half an hour to get it one yard back onto the road . |
| 15 | The pamphlet was some forty pages long , and it took me half an hour to read . |
| 16 | Well I studied an art class in the school and it took me twenty five minutes to walk from my house . |
| 17 | It was something I had never done before and never would again , and it gave me great satisfaction . |
| 18 | I went down town yesterday and got some braising steak and it cost me five pounds sixty . |
| 19 | Erm and it cost me two quid I think for the four . |
| 20 | Well I got me shopping and it cost me forty summat one . |
| 21 | I read it at one sitting , and it scared me stupid . |
| 22 | ‘ Nicely put , ’ I said , and drew on the cigarette until it made me light-headed . |
| 23 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 24 | ft was said as a joke , and Dana and I laughed , but it left me frightened . |
| 25 | I ran for my life , but it followed me all the way home . ’ |
| 26 | But it made me sick and dizzy , so I did n't take it . |
| 27 | I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’ |
| 28 | I remember me getting up about three o'clock in the morning I heard the wind and I got up to look at the stack yard and start to put er bits of pit props and that into the nets and and and the wind was getting that strong the pit props was going flying over me head and I gave it up and made for and it 's certainly not a very high door at Greenspot but or a very big door but it took me all my time to get the door closed . |
| 29 | We 're talking about half an ounce , which does n't exactly sound like a weight problem , but it took me another day or so to take it off her . |
| 30 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |