Example sentences of "[vb -s] me [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Ask yourself the question , ‘ Is it my desire , my greed , my wish to be in control that drives me in this matter , or do I feel the lightness of purpose that is a mark of the guidance from within ? ’ |
2 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
3 | This involves me in some paperwork , which , however tedious … |
4 | ‘ Although someone supervises me at all times , I handle all my cases myself . |
5 | ‘ Till my husband returns , and rescues me from this misery ! ’ |
6 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
7 | Clearly that 's what worries me about this Government 's implementation of the Children Act . |
8 | The way he went away hurts me to this day . |
9 | The use of acrylic colours in my palette allows me in all aspects of landscape painting to correct and add light ; in fact it enables me to work more in the manner of an oil painter . |
10 | ‘ That 's what frightens me about this campaign for nuclear disarmament . |
11 | Fif always seems a little surly with me , because he blames me for some trouble he had on another world . |
12 | But the thing that always concerns me about these kind of decisions under those kind of circumstances is that it might be a temporary depression : in other words a suicide wish , and this is a terrifically difficult issue that is bantered about a lot under these kind of circumstances , and normally , if someone says ‘ Kill me , ’ you figure they 're crazy . |
13 | And what leads me to that conclusion is the distortion that Mr brought in , in suggesting that the estate is worth forty million pounds . |
14 | Since DOL is hopefully making a comeback this evening for the reserves it leads me to this question . |
15 | So with you mentioning leather then it leads me onto another question erm was there much done in the way of leather work in the Caldmore area ? |
16 | What gets me about this guy Alderson is that he served in the country area of Cornwall , and he makes all these proposals about inner-city policing ; now how the hell would he know anything about the inner city ? |
17 | Seven minutes is what it takes me at this time in the evening ; eight , sometimes nine , coming the opposite way in the morning , to allow for waits at the two pedestrian crossings and the crowds coming out of the station . |
18 | ‘ She usually lets me in these days . ’ |
19 | Few words had passed between them over the past week , and now she could see that it was with an effort he said , ‘ Your mother tells me about this idea of hers . |
20 | Everything he tells me of former times is suffused with loss . |
21 | There are undoubtedly higher mountains to climb , but something tells me underneath that Beatle wig lies a trace of genius . |
22 | There are undoubtedly higher mountains to climb , but something tells me underneath that Beatle wig lies a trace of genius . |
23 | Angela helps me with this task in between proofreading first drafts , checking names and collating and typing the Amicus News , Intimations and Exam Successes sections . |
24 | As I have never been in the habit of working at my easel every morning from 8 am , I only feel inclined to work when something stirs me in some way . |
25 | Auditioning makes me very nervous but sight reading — maybe because I 'm better at it — inspires me with more confidence . |
26 | Anyway , ‘ Butterfly Girl ’ always reminds me of that bit in The Wicker Man where Britt Ekland is naked and writhing and patting suggestively on Edward Woodward 's bedroom wall and singing a similarly spooky mantra . |
27 | At last , their order given , he took a sip of his very dry sherry and said , ‘ This reminds me of that evening we spent together in Bruges — except that your hair was done differently then , and you wore a deep-pink dress . ’ |
28 | Your outlook reminds me of another saying : ‘ Where there 's muck , there 's brass . ’ |
29 | Mentioning the white chromosome reminds me of another thing I wanted to say , because erm another variant of this incorrect criticism that people made of Darwin about blending , and you still hear this today , and people should know better , especially the social sciences , is , oh , single genes can not influence behaviour . |
30 | It reminds me of those half-houses which according to normal criteria of map reading should n't exist . |