Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] me [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ His books taught me that poetry can be pure and profound , and at the same time popular . ’ |
| 2 | If those winters caused me any anxiety it was only in the nets where Graham and I , as the two overseas professionals in a team of mainly part-timers with jobs to do in midweek , spent a lot of time practising together . |
| 3 | If I lay on my side , my shoulders and hips gave me particular trouble ; if I lay on my front , my back ached ; and if I lay on my back , the springs of the mattress dug into what little flesh I had left . |
| 4 | Once I had learnt to ride , the trick of balancing took me quite a while , that bike , over the next four years gave me enormous pleasure . |
| 5 | Do you know one or two of my friends castigated me two years ago for taking food to somebody who was sleeping in the gardens . |
| 6 | In reply , the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces gave me certain assurances . |
| 7 | ‘ Those two scores gave me greater pleasure than my hundreds against Glamorgan and Lancashire . |
| 8 | These courses gave me enough enthusiasm for the sport to want to join a club . |
| 9 | The letters gave me enormous encouragement . |
| 10 | ‘ Four different priests gave me conditional absolution before they got me out . |
| 11 | I have n't thought of Victoria , whose sexual peccadilloes gave me such pain , for days . |