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

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1 But no amount of reading from the prayer book gave me the comfort I sought .
2 The princess sang along with old favourites such as The Streets Of London and My Liverpool Home — plus the hospice hymn Give Me Oil For My Lamp .
3 ‘ It was the money grandfather promised me I was worried about .
4 Your article on hedgehogs in the March issue reminded me of an incident last summer .
5 However , a more careful analysis of methods of work and recreation in the Easter vac helped me to overcome these problems and be more in charge of myself , rather than being tossed about at random .
6 Can any of you who are meeting up for the spurs game do me a favour , please ?
7 The peace and tranquility of the Norfolk countryside make me realise how fortunate we are , and all the more conscious of the trials and sorrows that so many people are suffering both in this country and around the world .
8 Oh , well that the money that I found out my pocket and the payment granny gave me .
9 The Mandarin Group offered me a package I could n't refuse . ’
10 It was still quite dark , and so I flicked the light switch to aid me getting dressed .
11 ‘ People have said the fans hero worship me but I do n't like that term , ’ he says in his customary blunt tones .
12 The kids love having me here , they wish I could be here all the time .
13 The shooting schedule tells me they are night shooting at Tempelhof .
14 The management rep told me he 'd even heard whispers of sympathetic action among the statistical clerks .
15 Everyone and everything about the Medau Society gives me a special and warm feeling .
16 The Home Secretary told me in an answer to a written question recently that he has no plans to remove young people from the penal system .
17 The geezer at the recruiting office told me to fuck off .
18 I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that !
19 All was fine , until the Customs man stopped me at Heathrow Airport .
20 The Yorkshire crowd gave me the most overwhelming reception , you know .
21 I was there on my own , because the Yorkshire Television film crew had been positioned on the roof of the Palace , and would have been quite at a loss but a lady from the Yorkshire Post spotted me and kindly accompanied me for a little while .
22 ‘ The trouble with Joe , ’ one of his more affluent colleagues in the pop business told me , ‘ is that he suffers from the fatal curse of taste . ’
23 I asked the security guard to order me a taxi . ’
24 Perhaps I 'm sounding cynical , but the sight of Diana reaching for Lady Spencer 's arm during the funeral service made me feel quite sick .
25 My broadcasts for the war effort brought me into contact with the Chinese Ambassador to Canada , Dr Liu Shih Shen , who was , we learned later , a personal friend of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek .
26 The basketball player hated me , and the man with the big breasts would not shut up .
27 So the sent me to the er eye infirmary and of course the eye infirmary sent me to the blind school .
28 The Tourist Board asked me , ‘ Could you not write about real places so we can send people there ? ’
29 As I walked to get the bus in Leeds , stiletto heels clicking , the town night enclosing me , I mused on the pavement .
30 I had the feeling I had been given most of the pieces , but not the boxfront picture to tell me how to put them together .
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