Example sentences of "but it [vb -s] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does n't actually have to tell me that I am ‘ earthed ’ but it does remind me that I am . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't mind if the lads have a laugh at my expense , that 's all part of the dressing-room banter , but it does upset me that I 'm supposed to have had a row with the manager . |
| 3 | And I learn quite a lot myself but it does give me that little bit of a challenge that er I think is helpful in retirement . |
| 4 | Just to add to what 's been said erm there , there have been some points raised er along the lines I 've mentioned and as a result of that erm it is felt that erm notification to members who are not on the application sub-committee of applications which affect their ward area could be improved and that is er I hope to be the subject of a report to the next meeting of the Application Sub-Committee , so that er matter i is something which is , which is being picked up and will be considered by that sub-committee but it does give me the opportunity to say that erm the definition of a complaint i is certainly not a precise one and I certainly would n't want members of this committee to feel that I was being complacent er as a result of there only being three complaints that we received . |
| 5 | So once again , I 'm on the gloom and doom to a certain extent , but it does worry me because you see somewhere down the line , ladies and gentlemen , we shall need this skill , we shall need this pool of skilled people , and at the moment they 're just not there at all ! |
| 6 | But it does concern me very much , not just the loss of jobs but it 's the loss of services in this area . |
| 7 | But it does require me going to see Eddie . |
| 8 | I have nothing but admiration for those hardy woodturners who have put the clock back a few hundred years and are making furniture with their pole lathes , but it has made me more than ever aware that the wood lathe has changed very little over the years . |
| 9 | But it has left me feeling rather — confused . |
| 10 | But it has bothered me since the turn of the year . |
| 11 | ‘ Nobody 's ever happy when they 're on the bench , but it 's given me some time to get my mind right again . |
| 12 | It does nothing useful , despite what you may think about screen saving , but it 's given me more entertainment watching it than any amount of television soaps — Johnny even celebrates major holidays at the right time ( assuming your PC 's clock is set correctly , of course ) . |
| 13 | The LP in question has never made me personally want to kill cops , but it 's made me think about police brutality . |
| 14 | But it 's made me think . |
| 15 | I 've eventually got there — but it 's taken me all these years , ’ she says . |
| 16 | If you think like that , you 'll conquer the world , but it 's taken me ten years to discover it . ’ |
| 17 | Well I do know what I want to do , but it 's knocked me for six cos I sort of felt really guilty |
| 18 | " Well , it 's nowt serious , but it 's left me lackin' in one way . " |
| 19 | But it 's reminded me of one of my father 's books about the First World War , in which the author writes about the demise of a certain kind of army and a certain kind of warfare : cavalries organised in elegant formation for the war of movement . |