Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] me [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
| 2 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 3 | One such benefactor called me on that recent morning when the old fellow with the hooked nose drifted into his final coma . |
| 4 | A thin disdainful blonde girl led me up narrow stairs to a room filled completely by a single bed . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 6 | A small Palestinian boy led me up some steps to the side of the building and the woman ushered me inside . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
| 8 | Frankly , this proposal reminded me of one of the quotations with which Taylor prefaces his chapter on ‘ Value-added Processes in Information Analysis ’ : |
| 9 | His work reminded me of that of Kyffin Williams , the Artist of Anglesey . |
| 10 | I 've imagined myself in situations like this , made up speeches in my head , speeches about truth and freedom and protection of sources , speeches I imagined delivering from the witness box just before the judge sentenced me to ninety days or six months or whatever for contempt of court , but I was kidding myself . |
| 11 | Last year , before I decided to settle here for keeps , my business took me to one of the great northern cities , chief among those of the prosperous world . |
| 12 | Apart from learning more about my own language , the eloquent richness of the Queen 's English and the previously undiscovered interest I had in teaching , my job brought me into close contact with real Spanish people . |
| 13 | I was very nervous , and I found myself coming on very strong and direct with her , and saying , ‘ I liked Rosemary 's Baby , but the picture bothered me for this reason … |
| 14 | When my jealousy put me upon such a vindictive conduct to you I took a bond for the money I had caused you to be troubled for . |
| 15 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about future numbers . |
| 16 | A theatrical gentleman approached me after one of the performances , said he was impressed by my singing , and that he could obtain a part for me with the Schikenader Company in Vienna . |
| 17 | The name reminded me of that , but the peculiar detachment of shock prevented the reminder from disturbing me in the slightest . |
| 18 | Yet I found that the breadth of my Scottish education stood me in good stead in the work of assessing and editing material from the whole agenda of a serious newspaper . |
| 19 | There were indeed some who shook their heads and moaned , but on the whole buoyancy , bullishness and general enthusiasm hit me from all sides . |
| 20 | The hotel manager woke me at 10 a.m. with a telegram from my mother , which had been delayed . |
| 21 | A waitress told me of such an incident when she heard a rumour that her hotel management had appointed private detectives with the power to search staff homes — a not uncommon fear among hotel workers and one paralleling similar periodic fears in other occupations of this type . |
| 22 | The outcome ca n't be good ’ , one student told me in 1984 . |
| 23 | Mind reading At one of my first-ever children shows , the father told me of this mind reading trick which we found worked well with the children . |
| 24 | My father warned me about French men . |
| 25 | My life lay away from them now , and the problems I had brought to work with me that morning reclaimed me with redoubled urgency . |
| 26 | After leaving the prairies in 1937 my working career took me to many lands around the world for 37 years , and I must confess that during all that time I scarcely thought of my old friend Edna Jacques until January of 1974 , when we were living in Anguilla . |
| 27 | ‘ My father left me in sole and total charge , ’ she said slowly , battling to retain control of her emotions . |
| 28 | The same Inspector had me on another thing . |
| 29 | I suppose that simple precept from that old foreman stood me in good stead for thirty odd years , until now . ’ |
| 30 | It was because the Communist Party fed me , that my learning stood me in good stead and I know at least this much and I live like this . |