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 .
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