Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] me [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your heart fits me like a glove . |
| 2 | A temporary assistant lecturer 's post was available in my Department at U.C.L. Apparently , my Head of Department , , was happy to appoint me , but before the decision was made , he offered his new professorial colleague , , an opportunity to interview me for the job . |
| 3 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 4 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 5 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 6 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
| 7 | I was on my way to Glen Nevis with enough gear to see me through the night . |
| 8 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 9 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 10 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |
| 11 | ‘ I have also been to the Guildhall , ’ he mournfully concluded ‘ The mayor told me in no uncertain terms how displeased His Grace the Regent Duke of Lancaster is at our lack of progress . |
| 12 | My natural speed turned me into a wing three-quarter at rugby for the colts , though I can always recall matches in the centre and at fly-half . |
| 13 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |
| 14 | The dilemma followed me through the publication of a few accounts of my researches . |
| 15 | A boat returned me to the little coral landing-strip ; Friendly Islands Airways took me down to Tongatapu ; and within half a day I was settled in a small hotel in Auckland , waiting for the weekly Cathay Pacific jet home . |
| 16 | After it was all over there was another strange and thrilling event when a car whisked me to the News at Ten studios where I was interviewed by someone in Leeds . |
| 17 | Bonanza favoured me with a full-face view of him now . |
| 18 | I was serious about acting in those days , but the hungrier I got the more my resolution sagged , until a guy I 'd known at college talked me into a job with the Defense Department . ’ |
| 19 | Were it not for the narrow strip of tar , I would have been stuck hopelessly — several times I was bogged down when the wind blew me off the road . |
| 20 | A minibus took me through the early morning light to Makindye , in the southern suburbs of the city , where the first Uganda National Women 's Festival of Music and Drama was in full swing in a large church hall . |
| 21 | My man in the sombrero tells me of an incident at Goldsmith 's Mexican estate two weeks ago which has severed relations for the foreseeable future . |
| 22 | ‘ So your mummy saw me with the boys , did she ? |
| 23 | The barman fixed me with the kind of stare you could roast weenies on . |
| 24 | The soldier seized me by the hair and pushed me across the garden . |
| 25 | You have failed in your attempt to convince me of the coincidence between the bourgeois and the human . |
| 26 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 27 | The boy in the daylight reminded me of a bird , a bold curious bird . |
| 28 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 29 | I held Elizabeth close , and as I held her , I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room . |
| 30 | My first girlfriend left me for a new man . |