Example sentences of "it [verb] me [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The very thought of it chills me to the bone . " |
| 2 | WordPerfect for Windows Power Macros is one of those weighty ( 500+ pages ) books/manuals and although designed for the ‘ couple of steps up from a basic knowledge ’ reader , I did n't find it got me into the harder bits gently . |
| 3 | It points me to the verse numbered twenty-one , and the line is : ‘ And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death . ’ ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The forgetfulness and repeating things all the time — it drives me round the bend . ’ |
| 5 | It covers me for the preparation work to an industrial tribunal . |
| 6 | At one time I had this scrubbing brush and I used to spend the whole day scrubbing and I used to have a big pan and I used to boil my clothes up in it — it drove me round the bend … |
| 7 | ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process . |
| 8 | It joined me for the rest of the holiday , much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers . |
| 9 | ‘ It hauled me to the ground with a thump and started mauling me on the back and neck . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm pleased you think that because it gets me off the hook now . |
| 11 | ‘ I remember it touched me on the shoulder . ’ |
| 12 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 13 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 14 | The first thing I was conscious of was the smell ; I 'd ceased to notice it when I was in and out all the time , but after a week away from it , it hit me in the face . |
| 15 | At the time it shocked me to the core . |
| 16 | I do n't know what it was about , but I know that it shocked me into the sort of terror that I did n't know I was capable of . |
| 17 | It shocked me in the same way as Room at the Top shocked me when I read it last year . |
| 18 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 19 | It tells me on the packet that stopping smoking reduces the risk of serious diseases . |
| 20 | I got on the buses at Trafalgar Square , it took me to the other end and brought me back again , and I got down and got on another one . |
| 21 | That is what it took me in the spring of last year , at any rate . |
| 22 | If I rush it unsettles me for the whole session , and I invariably feel as though I have not done something right . |
| 23 | There I am on the neatly mown grass that says Keep Off Grass with the pigeon pinned under my armpit trying to bend its neck double and it smacking me in the face with one wing , when all of a sudden there 's this : ‘ Oi ! ’ |
| 24 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |
| 25 | The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys . |
| 26 | ‘ What really attracted me to this hat was its shape — it reminded me of the ones American tourists wear . ’ |
| 27 | It reminded me of the comparison the Stud Brothers made between you and |
| 28 | It reminded me of the London tubes during an air raid . |
| 29 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 30 | This is because it reminded me of the type of frame one might put around a tapestry or sampler , and I feel this symmetrical design is somewhat reminiscent of sampler work and needlework in general . |