Example sentences of "[vb past] me [vb infin] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , most of what I read in SR ( I could n't embrace everything — women can choose ca n't they ? ) made me shake with recognition of our universal plight — we are all oppressed , whether we are aware of it or not . |
| 2 | Then after Sir Henry had gone to-his room , Holmes made me stand in front of the picture . |
| 3 | This presented a thought that made me shudder with fright : this awesome , eerie world-apart in the dead of night , unbearably cold , no moon or stars , merely the moan of the mysterious gods beneath the ice … |
| 4 | There was an abortive attempt at a ‘ Maureen Lipman says write to me about your washing problems ’ which made me squirm with embarrassment to the extent that I 've blocked out the name of the liquid detergent concerned . |
| 5 | The g was less , and that made me feel at home . |
| 6 | looked after me in Hyderabad , where he and his wife made me feel at home with their warm , relaxing hospitality . |
| 7 | The audience were a comic 's dream and when Dennie came back on stage and whispered ‘ two minutes to count-down ’ I ran off to applause that made me feel like Mike Tyson . |
| 8 | I 'd been wondering what made me think of Schumann . ’ |
| 9 | It made me think of Collioure last summer . |
| 10 | ‘ Being here in Majorca made me think of Seville . |
| 11 | — the colour made me think of Nile mud — |
| 12 | Surfing Hawaii was like being in the Blitz , and it may have been the thought of death that made me think of love . |
| 13 | Which made me think of Springsteen and the fact that he had n't been fed for nearly twenty-four hours . |
| 14 | It made me think of Cymbeline . |
| 15 | They made me think of beads and mirrors for the benighted natives . |
| 16 | It has affected me and made me pause for thought . |
| 17 | Mama made me go to school , but I crept back home just before noon . |
| 18 | ‘ They never made me go to auditions — it was just something that came up . |
| 19 | Mum made me go into town with her to spend my Christmas money on clothes . |
| 20 | More than anything else it was the two essays Camus wrote evoking ‘ the great free love of nature and the sea ’ at Tipasa that made me come to Algeria . |
| 21 | It certainly made me wonder about climbers who object to bolts on the basis that they 're an eyesore . |
| 22 | My nose was bigger than most people 's , and being punched on it made me cry with pain . |
| 23 | His piece The ‘ Magic ’ Boots made me smile in reminiscence , since I was one of those with him on that occasion — the weekend in Langdale when Brasher Boots were launched on an unsuspecting world . |
| 24 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 25 | The little cunt who made me parade in front of him at eight thirty in the morning so I erm |
| 26 | I told my Mum that I had a headache so she let me stay at home . |
| 27 | ‘ But the manager Allan Clarke was only keeping his word when he let me go to Portsmouth . |
| 28 | ‘ Ireland 's vastly-improved performances obviously helped me get on stand-by for this tour . ’ |
| 29 | Of course , I had no idea whether these ladies were right or wrong , but the revelation of fragments of past lives helped me come to terms with my true nature , and to understand why I had been troubled in the past . |
| 30 | The experience was a defining period in her life , one which ‘ really gave me a lotta confidence , and helped me come to terms with my womanhood ’ . |