Example sentences of "[vb pp] me [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have treated me with great courtesy and kindness ; for all that I thank you . |
| 2 | finally , when both my parents were away somewhere , I took the opportunity to draw out of the Post Office bank all the very modest amount of money that people had given me on special occasions like my christening . |
| 3 | Anyway , I 'd been very busy the day before and Doreen had irritated me for other reasons . |
| 4 | I placed Geoffrey Wilkinson , a Principal Inspector of Accidents ( who has now succeeded me as Chief Inspector and head of AIB ) , in charge of the investigation . |
| 5 | ‘ This was equally true of the teachers , since they , together with the headmaster , could have decided to stop my research whenever they felt it threaten them ; equally , if they had accepted me with open arms it would have meant that the boys would not have trusted me greatly . ’ |
| 6 | Edward insisted : ‘ They have accused me of damaging land owned by the DoE , but in fact I have improved it . |
| 7 | Several readers have already contacted me regarding foul play and the role of the touch-judge . |
| 8 | In trying to conceal his negligence the projectionist had provided me with tangible evidence of the grand illusion . |
| 9 | I have a severe visual problem and this has led me into wonderful ventures around the galleries , ‘ seeing ’ art in my own way . |
| 10 | Fans have besieged me of late claiming that in my last programme notes I announced the opening of a club shop . |
| 11 | It had left me in White Face 's power . |
| 12 | ‘ He has jolted me into new experiences , obliging me to reconsider old questions about good and bad , beautiful and ugly , vulgar and elite , ’ and ‘ has been a major innovator in exploring new visual sources , new media , new thresholds of propriety ’ . |
| 13 | The young woman in question , a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna , had inflamed me with cunning caresses . |
| 14 | After tea we would sometimes walk round their garden , and she gave me tips on gardening which have since stood me in good stead ; and cuttings , which still bring her to my mind . |
| 15 | I believe that it was a good inheritance , and one that has stood me in good stead all my life . |
| 16 | The formal methods of teaching , the accent on the ‘ three Rs ’ , had stood me in good stead and in those aspects of school work I was ahead . |
| 17 | In essence , what has stood me in good stead all these years in broadcasting is spotting good people and waiting for them to come forward with what interests them ; what obsessions , what passions they have in translating those into programmes . |
| 18 | It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . |
| 19 | It 's stood me in good stead and I 'll keep doing it . |
| 20 | ‘ The adrenalin was pumping and my experience should have stood me in good stead . |
| 21 | ‘ The adrenalin was pumping and my experience should have stood me in good stead . |