Example sentences of "of [noun] has [vb pp] me " in BNC.

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1 It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead .
2 ( As this sort of restlessness has seized me all my life , I need not elaborate . )
3 Several years of research into our love of meat has left me in little doubt that most of us nowadays would prefer not to face up to the carnal origins of our flesh foods .
4 It may mean ‘ The Spirit of God has made me ’ , but in view of the parallel ‘ and the breath of the Almighty gives me life ’ it is just as likely to mean that the Spirit is the animating principle of life .
5 After 32 years I continue to enjoy my Medau by doing three classes a week — with Myrtle Mott at Plumstead , with Elsie Streek at Alderwood School and with Bridget at Sidcup and I must say that this form of movement has given me a great deal of pleasure so LONG LIVE MEDAU .
6 ‘ A gang of youths has made me too frightened to go out ’
7 ‘ My recent brush with the seamier side of life has made me cynical .
8 The Secretary of State has asked me specifically to clarify the principles which underlie the administration of ECRs within the reformed health service .
9 ‘ What little I know of Lavondyss has left me in no doubt of one thing : it is a place of snow , of ice , of winter , of an age past when the land was frozen .
10 I am , by nature , one of the latter , but I yearn to be one of the former , and many years of travelling has led me to a kind of uneasy compromise .
11 Being able to see both points of view has helped me in doing what we are trying to do , namely having things made specially for us and creating our own brands .
12 Signing for Salford and gaining the captaincy of Wales has given me the chance to prove myself . ’
13 You were right in saying that the minister Earl of Arran has disappointed me to no end .
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