Example sentences of "but it [verb] [prep] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I forget what this Susan woman said exactly , but it sounded to me as though Chris Parker did n't like the idea at first . |
| 2 | But it occurs to me that if they are having sex with their patients ( or clients ) regularly , this may well be the only useful thing they are doing for them . |
| 3 | The procedures look fine for the purchase of one-off and novel items , but it occurs to me that it would save time and effort if we established ‘ preferred suppliers ’ for standard PCs , printers , and peripherals , so that we do n't have to obtain multiple quotes and give reasons for supplier choice each time we order an off-the-shelf system . |
| 4 | But it sounds to me as though it 's taking something off the telephone , which is simple in n it ? |
| 5 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 6 | But it seemed to me that I had not properly answered his question and that he was really voicing the unthinking complaint of the people who lived in the little houses all over the world . |
| 7 | I 'm rather unprepared for this one admittedly , but it seemed to me that if you 're quoting a member of the absent hierarchy , you might as well hear er from , from a present member . |
| 8 | But it seemed to me that , had they loved one another well , they would have been able to support one another in their tragedy . |
| 9 | Their marriages had fallen on stony ground but it seemed to me there was still hope . |
| 10 | ‘ Hello , my dear , ’ he said to his sister , but it seemed to me that his voice was not completely friendly . |
| 11 | But it seemed to me you 'd made certain assumptions … ’ |
| 12 | But it seemed to me that most of us were just acting . |
| 13 | Now I do n't know much about running gags from books previous that I ai n't been in , but it seemed to me that one of them was toting a 7.62 M134 General Electric Minigun , which in my books generally spells schadenfreude . |
| 14 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
| 15 | well I can understand that , yes well I , I , I , just say was n't going to rule on this and I 'm not in , not er convinced at the moment it would be appropriate to rule on it er as part of the er , in any judgment I gave , but it seemed to me quite important on reflection to , to hear the way what you were putting it |
| 16 | They were very discreet but it looked to me like an assignation . ’ |
| 17 | I laughed as well at the time , but it stuck with me . |
| 18 | It seems incredible to me that I had n't thought of separation before but it dawned on me suddenly one day that there was a way out and I could leave . |
| 19 | The , I mean it 's only anecdotal , but it feels to me as though the the increase they experienced in June has continued into er July , I know that 's not what we 're looking at but it it feels that way , erm |
| 20 | ‘ In fact , I would have been due to cover tonight anyway , but it occurred to me that you might be worried . |
| 21 | This may sound harsh , but it seems to me that when we lost our empire our eyes came down from the horizon and looked at our feet . |
| 22 | One such difference is largely a matter of emphasis but it seems to me of significance . |
| 23 | This is a fine ideal but it seems to me to rest on biological , theological and philosophical mistakes . |
| 24 | But it seems to me that by several cultural tests — a preference , for example , for a nice cup of tea — she is . |
| 25 | Forgive me but it seems to me strange that a lady such as you … how shall I say … should stay in a pensione . |
| 26 | There are many fine performances of Sibelius No. 1 on the market , but it seems to me that two really stand out : the recently re-issued VPO/Maazel on the Decca ( part of a desirably all seven symphonies on ) , and the EMI BPO/Karajan ( also mid-price the Karelia Suite on ) . |
| 27 | But it seems to me to be having just the opposite effect . ’ |
| 28 | This is of course a perfectly defensible approach , but it seems to me a limited one : inevitably one comes up against the micro-macro conundrum . |
| 29 | But it seems to me that he needs other people to bounce off , even though he can do it all himself . |
| 30 | We have the possibilities of a postmodern , post-nationalist way of relating , but it seems to me that the prerequisite of that in these islands is the end of the United Kingdom as we have known it . |