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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | No , Harry , it 's your future happiness that bothers me . |
| 5 | ‘ The real thing that shocks me is my own stupidity , ’ Sabine said curtly , brushing away the caressing hand . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | It is the miraculous barrel that saves me |
| 8 | 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 ? " |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Occasionally , there 's a happy accident that leads me in a nice direction . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , but in the end it is always the Berg Three Orchestral Pieces that moves me most . |
| 13 | ‘ I find it interesting that there 's this whole small town that claims me , that I want nothing to do with . |
| 14 | The only thing that gets me steamed up is when they have a go at you . |
| 15 | ‘ The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's the only thing that suits me ’ |
| 17 | THE only thing that puzzles me about the Government decision to ban the Northern Irish Protestant terror gang , the UDA , is why it has taken them so long to do it . |
| 18 | That shooting The London boxing promoter Mickey Duff said : ‘ The only thing that worries me at the moment is his speedy recovery . ’ |
| 19 | It 's the only thing that worries me . |
| 20 | The only thing , the only thing that worries me is that the thing gets priority . |
| 21 | The only thing that worries me about taking that out is that you then create a massive empty space , if you have got |
| 22 | It 's the only thing that makes me proud about that country . |
| 23 | The only thing that makes me doubt that is that the general proposition underlying it appears to have received some incoherent support from the Leader of the Opposition . |
| 24 | ‘ Yes , well as you will appreciate , this is the spare uniform that fits me best , i.e. , it was made for someone only three inches shorter than I am . |
| 25 | Acting , he told me , was ‘ a wonderful job that gives me the opportunity to drink with some really good friends in exotic places around the world ’ . |
| 26 | The tolerance and friendly hospitality that greets me everywhere baffles my comprehension . |
| 27 | I 'm about to sign a new contract that makes me virtually a Santa Barbara resident , and we locals do n't mix with you tourists ! ’ |
| 28 | Aunt Lilian was aware — more than Aunt Kit was aware , anyway — of what might be thought a young girl 's natural pre-occupations , and it was she who took me to buy clothes and lipsticks , asking the sales girls ' advice with a gentle humility that touches me now , because she was not humble by nature and thought an interest in personal adornment the mark of a trivial mind . |
| 29 | Because now I know there 's nothing behind the fancy shirt that interests me in the slightest . ’ |
| 30 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |