Example sentences of "me [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This ingenious arrangement has two advantages : it scents the house with an acrid , invigorating smell of frying cloth recalling a tailor shop in the Bronx , and it permits me to tend two kerosene burners , a Franklin stove , and a fireplace .
2 The flat roof of our own house was high enough for me to see two summer screens for free .
3 OPENING up your excellent Have a Rattle page , it continually sickens me to see so-called Glentoran supporters giving their manager the verbals in the press .
4 Henry Ratter had arranged for me to attend several training courses , including the two-day ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop .
5 ‘ Certain highly technical factors , intelligible only to the expert and with which I will not take up the time of this inquest , have led me to conclude that Subject A had been dead for more than nine years and less than twelve .
6 Well I do n't think it 'll be a good idea at all because my no my knowledge of tin foil leads me to believe that tin foil wrapped on tin foil falls off .
7 ‘ You ca n't expect me to believe this sob story ! ’
8 A heater keeps the temperature at 70°F enabling me to keep 5 Cardinal Tetras and a 3″ plec .
9 People only wish to see doctors when they are sick , but the National Health Service has not encouraged people like me to seek preventative health advice .
10 The Natural History Museum wanted me to complete some ecology wallcharts of ponds and streams , sponsored by British petroleum , who have a long standing relationship with the Museum , aimed at encouraging and supporting a better understanding of current environmental issues .
11 Once the gales have blown themselves out and the depressions have ‘ filled ’ or moved away , we usually get a spell of settled weather when things return to normal.The few days of settled weather allow me to spend some hours fishing offshore for ling and tusk which , as well as providing me with relaxation and sport , is satisfyingly justified in my own mind because it is providing food for the family during the winter to come .
12 From the point of view of problem solving , I find the cube has led me to formulate many problem-solving techniques in more generality than previously and to develop a general scheme for all problems of this sort .
13 Betty 's letter said , ‘ Last year , as he was going to take part in the World Championship in Canada , he asked me to make some gold socks to match his waistcoat .
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