Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] me in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I knew they were discussing me in private , but I was seriously alarmed when I discovered what they had decided . |
2 | I knew this to be true and believed firmly that when the word was given me in 1986 it would be fulfilled some time in the future . |
3 | Watching Maureen feed very small birds who were unable to do it for themselves was to stand me in good stead later , when I began breeding barn owls . |
4 | The ragged hole appeared in the beard again ; it occurred to me that the shrink was baiting me in some way , teasing me . |
5 | His approach was to nudge me in certain directions , and very quickly I came to a number of revelations . |