Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb past] me [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you made me fight it , and I did . |
| 2 | I had never been to such a show before — not at all the thing that well-bred young ladies are supposed to attend — but she made me laugh … |
| 3 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 4 | I could have just walked past him in silence , but something made me turn and say quickly , before I could stop myself , ‘ Thank you , Mr Rochester , for your great kindness . |
| 5 | Those sessions nearly wrecked my hearing for life , but they made me laugh so much and took up so much of my off-duty that , as time went by , sometimes , just sometimes , I was able to laugh at my one-time passion for Bill . |
| 6 | But they made me feel great , I told them , " I want to live here . " |
| 7 | During a run in a Neil Simon play , I struggled with soft lenses but they made me cry constantly — which was unfortunate , as Neil tends to expect laughs . |
| 8 | Andy Ripley is mad , mad , mad , but he made me laugh . |
| 9 | But he made me do it , I did n't want to do it , but he he he made me do it . |
| 10 | My father knew I would n't do biology , but he made me do chemistry and only a small amount of mathematics . |
| 11 | I 'd been looking down all the time we were talking , but he made me look up then , and our eyes met and I know something passed between us . |
| 12 | But he let me search and ch-ch-ch |
| 13 | Harvey looked doubtful , but he let me take the gun from him . |
| 14 | But he let me kiss his hand . |
| 15 | I laughed at this , but it made me think of where Charlie may have inherited some of his cruelty . |
| 16 | He did a very good job , but it made me think about what would be right for me when I died . ’ |
| 17 | But it made me think of the voice that sent us to the bar ; he whispered then . |
| 18 | I was n't sure , but it made me think . |
| 19 | But it made me think you must have been a friend of Hugh 's . |
| 20 | This was a side of her nature that she 'd kept hidden from me but it made me realise my feelings were justified . |
| 21 | ‘ Trying on all those clothes was fun but it made me realise how tiring shopping for clothes really is . |
| 22 | Barbara says although she had a fantastic day , she will probably stick to making her own clothes in future : ‘ Trying on all those clothes was fun but it made me realise how tiring modelling — and shopping — really are . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't drink too much of that , ’ said my mother , unable to stop herself ; but it made me feel better , more like the early girl of Egypt and less like the starveling cat . |
| 24 | But it made me feel , that meeting with her , that G.P. did love me ( want me ) . |
| 25 | It looks therapeutic in movies but it made me feel worse than ever . |
| 26 | I told everyone I was going for a merit , but it made me feel really good when I got it ! |
| 27 | She meant it as a compliment but it made me sound like her GP . |
| 28 | He added : ‘ I made a tremendous start to the year and badly wanted that No 1 spot for the first time but it made me become negative . |
| 29 | The extra weight and clothing was to help me get used to the combined effect of heat and exertion , but it made me look twice the man I was ! |
| 30 | But what made me decide I 'd had enough was when one night about 11pm I was about to climb into bed when the bell rang from the drawing room so I had to slip some clothes on and go and answer it . |