Example sentences of "that [verb] [adv] [verb] me " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ That bore nearly killed me recently , and that was in the estuary at Purton . |
2 | For half of the twelve tracks here , the Labèques use acoustic pianos ( that has always struck me as an oddity , by the way : a piano , or a guitar that was n't acoustic would be damned difficult to record ; the only non-acoustic piano that I can think of is Joseph Cooper 's dummy keyboard ) ; for the others we are told they play ‘ MIDI Grand pianos & Synthesisers ’ . |
3 | Music like that has always inspired me , music that 's upsetting . |
4 | As for the sight of blood , that has never overset me . ’ |
5 | I was writing sonnets myself , but that did not satisfy me . |
6 | I did not know where I was , but that did not stop me saying , ‘ I 'm here ’ . |
7 | But that did not perturb me . |
8 | For a long time I did not know whether the notes I was accumulating would be published one day , but that did not deter me . |
9 | That did n't stop me , man — I was playing that thing for two years . ’ |
10 | Of course I was far too small , and they 'd have swum away from me in fright anyway , but that did n't stop me trying on occasion . |
11 | That did n't stop me from thinking bitterly that he 'd got away scot-free . |
12 | But that did n't stop me going back to it . |
13 | I had heard rumours that Jack the Ripper was about in the night , but that did n't stop me launching into the fog . |
14 | ‘ You did run away , ’ he muttered , ‘ but that did n't stop me needing you . ’ |
15 | ‘ Anyway , he did n't say much but that did n't stop me , and in the end I got out and left him there . ’ |
16 | He even went to see Hell Raiser III last night , ‘ and that did n't bother me at all . |
17 | My father tried making me a wooden train , but that did n't satisfy me , as I wanted something that worked . |
18 | That did n't make me feel any happier . |
19 | My strap-watch said it was ten minutes off seven and that did n't make me feel any better . |
20 | I rang her on Monday night and got no answer , but that did n't worry me . |
21 | That did n't worry me . |
22 | But that did n't trouble me . |
23 | " Well , that did n't get me much forrader , but it was something . |
24 | That did n't get me very far did it ? |
25 | Things like that do n't turn me on see . |
26 | but of course that does n't leave me much to talk about , becau , however he managed to go on for about ten minutes |
27 | My social conscience is fairly limited in a lot of ways , there 's not much I 'm angry about that does n't affect me quite directly . |
28 | ‘ No , that does n't satisfy me . |
29 | That does n't strike me as quite your style . ’ |
30 | That does n't tell me who he is . ’ |