Example sentences of "[vb past] to me the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He described to me the glen in a storm — the darkness that mantles it , the springing into life of untold hosts of runlets , the careering in mad fury of the burns as they break through and tower above the channel wherein they are wont to flow ; the showers , the careering of the clouds , the thunderings and the lightning-flashings , and the artillery of the winds , as the air-gusts meet the peaks and explode in the hollows of the darksome corries .
2 Written as a result of attending a Labour Party conference , it was the product of shock at what then seemed to me the amount of time and energy politicians and journalists spent chasing each other 's tails on such occasions .
3 He hinted to me the week before the event that he would n't mind a rest one day and I thought about that and thought about it again when we got to The Belfry .
4 I clutched to me the note I had written to Sylvia Grey .
5 ‘ The Lord said to me the day before , ‘ You 're not going to make it out of your heat tomorrow ’ .
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