Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | couple of hours get me going . |
| 2 | Holmes ' warm words of thanks made me feel much happier , and I saw that he was right . |
| 3 | Referring back to that list of priorities led me to address this thorny issue once more , only this time less from the point of view of a recording being merely compared with other recordings ( or some mean recorded standard ) , than the level of execution which the scores themselves would appear to invite . |
| 4 | ‘ I tried not to listen to all that dirty talk , but the truth is a couple of suggestions left me wondering … ’ |
| 5 | So far from craving for crumpets I was firmly resisting repatriation and trying hard to stay where I was ; the kindness of friends enabled me to do so . |
| 6 | Or was it all a pack of lies to make me give in ? |
| 7 | What sorts of factors constrain me to do so ? |
| 8 | Being reasonably wealthy and not a total antidote to the opposite sex , ’ he said with a wry grin , ‘ I knew there were plenty of women to make me forget . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not a particularly patient man , and the thought of lying flat on my back for weeks made me feel almost suicidal , and if it had n't been for your parents — well , suffice to say that they were marvellous — ’ |
| 10 | You 're under orders to help me do it . |
| 11 | ‘ My experience with women leads me to think differently . ’ |
| 12 | I did n't mind the new litter in Italy ; trash in cities makes me feel comfortable , as increasingly its absence from the streets indicates money , lots of it . |
| 13 | It was the kind of illogical fear of the supernatural that in others made me sneer ; but all along I had felt that I was invited not out of hospitality , but for some other reason . |
| 14 | A few days later , immediately alongside the busy M40 , a pause at traffic-lights enabled me to glance at a dense assembly of birds , as closely-packed as starlings , extending for almost a quarter of a mile along the edge of the arable field , and I was able to identify them as a mixture of Lapwing and ‘ goldies , ’ all immobile , and many of the latter with their heads tucked in as if fast asleep . |
| 15 | T'missus at Laurels lets me bring 'ome what I want and I reckon them carnations is me favourite . " |
| 16 | However they might have trouble finding adjectives to do these performances justice : his breathtaking virtuosity , which takes appalling difficulties of the music in its stride , at times had me bogeared in admiration . |
| 17 | I had been freelancing reviews for NME , but always sent them by post , when the very nice man at Sounds poached me to go and do nice juicy features . |