Example sentences of "me the [adj] [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 19 miles I was greeted by some close friends from college and again this gave me the extra energy I needed . |
| 2 | The thought of the delicious lunch gave me the extra boost I needed to reach the summit . |
| 3 | I am hoping to meet some of the children before the Marathon and when the pain barrier hits me at around 20 miles I will only need to think of the courage and bravery of these young children to give me the extra incentive I need to finish the race . |
| 4 | Believe me the only way I 'd ever consider |
| 5 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 6 | My ever difficult told me the other night I needed to change my attitudes and lifestyle and to realise I would not get another job at my age . |
| 7 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 8 | This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations . |
| 9 | Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp . |
| 10 | These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her . |
| 11 | ‘ Oliver Craddock wrote this down for me the first time I saw him and I 'd forgotten all about it , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ It had the same effect on me the first time I saw it at night . ’ |
| 13 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 14 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 15 | Among those which gave me the greatest pleasure I remember the whole of Shakespeare , Shaw 's Androcles and the Lion , and Thornton Wilder 's Our Town . |
| 16 | I 've never loved him , but now I 've started to hate him — for making me the mercenary bitch I am . |
| 17 | ‘ To be sure , the lad 's name is Gabriel , and he came to me the very day I was needing an angel . |
| 18 | Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor . |
| 19 | ‘ See , ’ said Renwick pointing to his balding pate , ‘ that 's what happened to me the last time I did n't stop ! ’ |
| 20 | At er well this week you sort of look back and say yeah but erm in about ten years time if you come and ask me the same question I would be able be in a better position to give you an answer . |
| 21 | Maybe that does n't sound like anything , but I 'll tell you it gave me the strangest feeling I ever had . |
| 22 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |