Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] me with " in BNC.
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1 | The Prime Minister designate obviously viewed me with suspicion , as being closely associated with his predecessor . |
2 | Pat just bores me with his rantings . ’ |
3 | Please do not ply me with biscuits ; I have no desire to set you a bad example by pigging myself . ’ |
4 | Well do n't kick me with those shoes . |
5 | ‘ But you do n't want me with you , Charlotte ! |
6 | Do n't invest me with qualities I do n't possess . ’ |
7 | ‘ Do n't fidget me with prattle and thanks , Theodosia ! |
8 | But she went on , ‘ People like you do n't impress me with your conspicuous wealth . |
9 | Other causes of distortion include our reliance on our own pet theory of personality ( ‘ Its worked well so far ’ ) , selective perception ( ‘ I know what I want to hear ; do n't confuse me with the facts ’ ) , the so-called halo effect — forming opinions on one piece of information and generalizing from it to other pieces of information ( e.g. ‘ She was brilliant in the Geneva post ; she 'll be brilliant wherever we send her ’ ) , or its opposite , the horns effect ( ‘ He was hopeless in Paris . |
10 | ‘ Do n't bully me with your logic and your jargon , Tom ! ’ snapped Faye , reaching automatically for the brimming glass of sweet juice that stood on the small table beside her . |
11 | Hawkins said : ‘ I understand — I 'm not making comparisons — that the President of the United States was faced with a problem similar to the one you 've just confronted me with . |
12 | I can not say whether this manifestation was a product of opium or not but ever after the most excruciating of my opium torments have regularly visited me with his likeness and the haunted corridors of my mind have resounded with his peculiar bombast . |
13 | Chopin , in a letter to his father from Paris , said : ‘ Things are going well — do you know , they have even compared me with John Field ! ’ |