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

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1 The dominant tone is of jubilation , not the hysteria that makes me swoon in Prince .
2 I 've cut the ropes that bind me to the shore , she thought , and sinking down onto the arm of Meredith 's chair she listened , smiling , to one of the pirates confiding that when he was in town he consulted the same dentist as dear Johnny .
3 Then they cut the ropes that tied me and I was able to get to my feet .
4 It 's simply the tiredness that makes me so unresponsive on many occasions . ’
5 It 's not the money that makes me happy .
6 I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom .
7 Even more than their magnificent appearance , I think it was the movement of the birds that captivated me — their ability to fly fast or , in the case of the owls , slow and in absolute silence , and pinpoint their prey with breathtaking accuracy , even in total darkness .
8 ‘ But this is the bit that took me longest to work out .
9 Because I find that er I can talk to people now , we chat away as I would in a pub , or in someone 's house but then this is the bit that worries me .
10 And when I arrived in Lanyon 's house , I took the dose of the drug that returned me to my normal appearance .
11 There was a lot of tooth-sucking for a while as he tried to get me to say more and that was almost funny , given that it was the tooth-sucking that made me think of it in the first place , suddenly thinking .
12 ‘ It must have been the noise that woke me up , ’ Jessamy retorted sarcastically .
13 To bring them success was the lure that brought me here . ’
14 ‘ He 's one of the blokes that stops me viring ? ’
15 That , mixed with the mule 's contribution , produced an atmosphere in the cabin that stood me in good stead for the rest of my flying career .
16 It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots .
17 Several times in fact , once on the tube train , twice on the ordinary trains , so it was n't the pictures that upset me — Doc Keylock had explained all that years ago , it 's all to do with the panting , what they call hyperventilation , causing a temporary malfunction in the brain — but I 'd never had anything as vivid as the memory I 'd just been through .
18 That was the obsession that made me write this . ’
19 ‘ These are the songs I grew up listening to , ’ she says , ‘ they are the songs that made me want to be a singer . ’
20 I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books .
21 Undistracted by Rainbow 's presence , or by the white noise that pulses continuously around Anya 's troubled soul , I perform a little self examination , to sound out the position of the binding points , and decipher the formulae that pin me down .
22 The fear that overtakes me seems to increase as we get closer to the big day .
23 It may have been the horse that roused me from my sleep .
24 When I think of love or beauty or gardens , the images that moved me in my everyday life appear again and I feel the same sensations as when I first found them .
25 It was the cold that forced me to move .
26 It was the gin that surprised me .
27 Cos it was in with the electric bills , and I did n't want that , and that was one of the advantages that made me decide to have here , cos I knew that the heating was in with the rent .
28 But this is one of the experiences that taught me very early in my career that I must do the opposite .
29 It is a warm and gentle day as I walk towards the wood that beckons me , cool and friendly .
30 These were the only things on the Sorrento that got me down ; at night they sallied from every crack and crevice and nibbled dead skin on the soles of my feet .
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