Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [verb] me [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Living with somebody depressive has made me depressed on frequent occasions and th th the feelings of helplessness that you have in dealing with the person 's depression .
2 But above all , machine knitting has given me many new friends , both in our small club and the Northern Ireland Guild .
3 I agree with Kev — I reckon 3–1 is a good bet for tomorrow.But one word of warning … years of painful experience has taught me one golden rule in football betting — NEVER back your own team — there 's nothing more guaranteed to jinx them .
4 ‘ I must confess the fire at the manor has caused me some problems , ’ admitted Christian .
5 My local police force has given me remarkable examples of young people in the south Wales constabulary area who have persistently reoffended .
6 But when we arrived home , we found the stranger had given me two pound notes as well as the coin .
7 The local force have promised me all the help I need . ’
8 Yet 35 years of research have convinced me that managerial hierarchy is the most efficient , the hardiest , and in fact the most natural structure ever devised for large organizations .
9 ‘ I would probably still be running anyway , but the Veteran scene has kept me motivated when I might have been just drifting around with my running .
10 Those men in the Golden Turk had made me drunk deliberately .
11 ‘ People associated with the council have called me all sorts of things .
12 The wind resistant Tactel and Ebyl Thermovelours fleece helped keep me snug and warm on the few chilly days we 've had this summer .
13 The American theme has allowed me additional scope in exhibiting silver and decorative arts .
14 ( As this sort of restlessness has seized me all my life , I need not elaborate . )
15 But a closer examination has convinced me that , alien though Hugh 's thought was to the main stream of Anselm 's , an influence of some importance can be traced .
16 ‘ This black hole business has got me worried .
17 This climate has made me conservative and changed my plans for growing the business . ’
18 Yes , in one five , erm they 're practising notes from Eynsham it does happen to be in Cherwell ward and not North ward , erm there is a booklet out about health and housing in Cutteslowe , and I wondered what the connection between , you know , not being on this committee , but these health action areas , and what in fact is happening in housing , because the director did assure me that other wards were going to be treated to the same erm treatment .
19 ‘ He took me to his hotel for dinner then spent the first half of the evening trying to get me drunk and the second half trying to get me upstairs . ’
20 Vincent Skinner , the Writer of the Tallies , complained that ‘ the distraction I have had about quarrels to my place have hindered me much and now so utterly discouraged me that the service I intended to have done I could not .
21 The driver of a passenger lorry stopped to give me some bread and carrots .
22 The result of trying to be a valid person has made me prone to depression , agoraphobia , and reclusiveness — for I 'm tired to have to constantly explain my ‘ differentness ’ .
23 What my hon. Friend says causes me some concern , in addition to my hesitation about the merits of regional banding .
24 Following his conviction Rashid told journalists that the guilty verdict " was a gift for the Americans " and that " the court had to find me guilty to balance the decision against extraditing me " .
25 The assault on my cranium had made me dizzy and the sensation of the long ends of the stitches tickling my tongue was distinctly odd .
26 Suit 's pumped me full of painkillers , but nothing else .
27 In fact the contemplation of a Roman brick seems to leave me cold — quite cold .
28 You should know , at least , that Punch has given me much laughter .
29 The ride has made me tired . ’
30 The superintendent of police in my area has told me that , were we to round up about 150 people in the county of Cleveland , it would eradicate about 80 per cent .
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