Example sentences of "me [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 2 | The kitchen window was still open and I climbed in after crushing another handful of lavender with the intention of taking it to bed with me for an invigorating sleep , if such a thing is possible . |
| 3 | Senior officers on the Russian submarines are paid a supplement in US dollars these days — $7 a day while they are at sea , which strikes me as an astonishing fact . |
| 4 | ‘ Madam , I must tell you , ’ I replied , ‘ that since he found me , my master has used me as an easy way of making money for himself . |
| 5 | He had previously appointed me as an examining chaplain , as most of the duties involved were in connection with the ordination of European clergy . |
| 6 | ‘ But Miss Everdene can do as she likes , and she 's chosen to manage her own farm — and keep me as an ordinary shepherd only . ’ |
| 7 | Nour drew me as an English Miss : Ingleesy , prim , uneducated , unsophisticated . |
| 8 | ‘ It has been described to me as an isolated house in the midst of fields , through which are only rough and rutty waggon tracks , and I have been told too , that it is hidden from passers along the road by a dark grove of trees . |
| 9 | Many women admired my strength and the men , slightly awed , treated me as an honorary male . |
| 10 | Struck me as an able lad indeed . ’ |
| 11 | Erm so semiconductors Erm tell me about an electrical circuit , how it works . |
| 12 | He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street . |
| 13 | My dear , do n't talk to me about an academic career for a woman . |
| 14 | First stop was Stornoway where Ewen Munro , the Manager , was on hand to relieve me of an important part of my luggage , The Crofter of the Year Cup , which I was to present in Stornoway at a Dinner on the Friday once I had returned from my more distant island travels . |
| 15 | The patterning of fine wrinkles reminded me of an aerial photo of Easter Island . |
| 16 | They always reminded me of an angry boar 's , small , red-rimmed and vicious — and that 's when he was in a good mood ! |
| 17 | I walked down to the town centre , which reminded me of an English country town , with shops of every kind . |
| 18 | Can you tell me of an English poet staying in these parts ? ’ |
| 19 | Is n't that funny that reminds me of an old girl I had at Dennis House the one I used to be on i I used to have to get her in bed get her all propped up and then |
| 20 | My father told me of an old lady who to the end of her days referred to ‘ Amser Duw ac amser Lloyd George , ’ God 's time and Lloyd George 's time , for when the change was introduced during the Great War , there was chaos . |
| 21 | He beamed on me like an indulgent father promising a marvellous present off the Christmas tree . |
| 22 | For three days this terrible possibility hung over me like an appalling nightmare , but then the agony was lifted — the prognosis was brighter . |
| 23 | I was due to attend a meeting with several other women whom I knew and felt in sympathy with , and when I arrived there , the weight of my unhappiness just rolled off me like an unwanted burden . |
| 24 | You ca n't just discard me like an empty cigarette packet . |
| 25 | In shades of kitchen mists , with eyes of light showing only murk and seams of film and grease , the air hung above and behind me like an old sink full of old washing-up . |
| 26 | It was confusing : such self-attention repelled me , and yet it represented a world of sensuality , of smell and touch , of indulgence and feeling , which aroused me like an unexpected caress as I undressed , lit the candles and got into the bath in this room of Eva 's . |
| 27 | ‘ That one sounds to me like an archetypal priest , ’ said Dhani . |
| 28 | Sounds to me like an angry father , With a pistol in either hand , Looking for the man that screwed his daughter ( Rum ti-iddle-ey etc ) . |
| 29 | I have said I understand little ; at that moment I understood nothing , and that terrible lack ran through me like an electric shock . |
| 30 | They do n't really contribute as much as they could , so that leaves me with an awful lot of space . |