Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experience on statutory advisory committees to the health board has shown me how slow and often ineffectual they are . |
| 2 | The Prison Governors Association has told me clearly that it opposes the Bill on the grounds that the measures that it contains are ’ too draconian ’ — I use its exact words . |
| 3 | My talent has robbed me utterly . ’ |
| 4 | Despite my obvious interest in the city , in recent years my search has taken me away from a preoccupation with subjects to a greater preoccupation with aesthetics . |
| 5 | Despite my obvious interest in the city , in recent years my search has taken me away from a preoccupation with subjects to a greater preoccupation with aesthetics . |
| 6 | Therapy has made me much more vulnerable . |
| 7 | My wife , Jane , and close friends were all at Manchester Airport to meet me on my return from France and waiting at home were my mother , more friends , half of Sheffield United FC and Willie Thorne , whose friendship has given me so much confidence . |
| 8 | But this new research has given me just the ammunition I need . |
| 9 | ‘ The Liverpool club has given me so much , including in private ways , ’ he said . |
| 10 | The wraith had caught me up . |
| 11 | Unless I could find the place where my would-be killer had brought me out , and get back in . |
| 12 | Fagg has put me temporarily in charge and , limited though my power may be , I intend to ensure that those under my care are for once treated like human beings . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ All this listening has worn me out . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ This honour has made me more determined to continue with my work , ’ said Annette , 46 . |
| 15 | Fincara has cast me out of Undersea for my treachery ; and now I am dying . ’ |
| 16 | I had just over forty pounds in the bank and not much prospect of raising another bean , but the silly man 's attitude had made me so angry . |
| 17 | The girl had asked me how to get an abortion . |
| 18 | And the building society bloke 's told me today they 've got a hundred and fifty accounts in the office that are sort of heavily in arrears |
| 19 | In the months and years since we met , variations of The Dream have visited me regularly . |
| 20 | ‘ My job as an engineer has taken me all over the world , ’ says Bob , who lives in Kirkdale and now works for GEC . |
| 21 | ‘ The hotline has given me just the motivation I needed to get moving . ’ |
| 22 | And telling you about Peter 's gambling has given me so much more strength . |
| 23 | The rearrangement of the kit has pushed me close to the side , and just above my face the fabric cracks and bangs in the wind . |
| 24 | ‘ But my piano had to follow me out . |
| 25 | I decided to work with the market women 's organization , ASUTRAMES , because my mother had a market stall and I would help her , and because the community had taught me how important it was to claim our rights . |
| 26 | Some of the theories would have made Balzac blush , but they finally decided I 'd been sleeping with Laura , her husband had beaten me up in a dark alley , and now I was on my way to kill him . |
| 27 | ‘ Your husband 's dragged me in . |
| 28 | Over the years I reckon Raleigh Cycles and a highly developed sense of drama have cost me about £7,000 in porcelain and untold damages in gum-erosion . |
| 29 | Your chauvinistic behaviour has made me late . |
| 30 | But I think I do appreciate that the Economic and Development has invited me on . |