Example sentences of "[vb -s] me [prep] [det] [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ Till my husband returns , and rescues me from this misery ! ’ |
| 5 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 6 | Clearly that 's what worries me about this Government 's implementation of the Children Act . |
| 7 | The way he went away hurts me to this day . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's what frightens me about this campaign for nuclear disarmament . |
| 9 | Fif always seems a little surly with me , because he blames me for some trouble he had on another world . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And what leads me to that conclusion is the distortion that Mr brought in , in suggesting that the estate is worth forty million pounds . |
| 12 | Since DOL is hopefully making a comeback this evening for the reserves it leads me to this question . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | There are undoubtedly higher mountains to climb , but something tells me underneath that Beatle wig lies a trace of genius . |
| 18 | There are undoubtedly higher mountains to climb , but something tells me underneath that Beatle wig lies a trace of genius . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Auditioning makes me very nervous but sight reading — maybe because I 'm better at it — inspires me with more confidence . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | Your outlook reminds me of another saying : ‘ Where there 's muck , there 's brass . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Another thing that seriously disappoints me about this life I 'm living through : the reading . |
| 27 | And marriage and being a mother terrifies me for that reason . |
| 28 | I do not mean a sexual strength — of that I have little — but a union of all my senses simply carries me past all reflection , sometimes into a beautiful ease , sometimes into filth and futility … but always I am passive . |
| 29 | ‘ Which brings me to this report which has reached me from Vargas in London via his cousin here in Berlin , the man Rivera . ’ |
| 30 | Which brings me to another point ; looking at the frets after only minimal use there 's already evidence of some scoring and scratching , so their life expectancy seems rather suspect . |