Example sentences of "[vb past] me [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ira Dilworth applauded the idea and gave me an official ‘ To Whom It May Concern ’ letter of introduction , which opened a number of official doors , got me as far as Edmonton , and served as an invaluable introduction to some high ranking officers of the R.C.A.F. |
| 2 | The more I thought of that midnight face , the more intelligent and charming it became ; and it seemed too to have had a breeding , a fastidiousness , a delicacy , that attracted me as fatally as the local fishermen 's lamps attracted fish on moonless nights . |
| 3 | I always felt that she cut me off just as we were becoming closer — and always when I most needed her . ’ |
| 4 | It hit me as forcibly as a blow to the stomach . |
| 5 | It would seem that I had no choice in either matter , but whereas the former flattered me as well as frightened me , the latter insulted and enraged me . |
| 6 | He brought me as far as your gate , which was decent of him — and then bolted as if the bears were after him . |
| 7 | My eyes filled with tears , that took me as unexpectedly as one of the Corporal 's ambushes . |
| 8 | This suited me very well as I could stay with her , only two miles down the A1 , as part of my annual leave at Chester . |
| 9 | She was not smiling now , but her look was full of a benevolent curiosity , and the soft island voice , with the lilt of the Gaelic moving through it like a gentle sea-swell , warmed me as palpably as if the sun had come into the dim and cluttered little shop . |
| 10 | He pushed me as far as the trees and I seized a trailing branch . |