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

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1 … the privilege which God has given me of being a servant of Christ Jesus …
2 Agnes nodded and smiled at her ; then , as Nan came behind the counter , she whispered to her , ‘ His lordship has reminded me of the time .
3 Sometimes when I 've been up early at home walking in the woods and come upon a roe deer close to , motionless , its alarm and scenting has reminded me of her .
4 He has reminded me of what I should have said in my supplementary answer to the hon. Member for Pontypridd ( Dr. Howells ) .
5 Lewis added : ‘ Bowe 's stripping has robbed me of the chance of beating him in the ring .
6 Deeper study has convinced me of the opposite .
7 And yet Victoria has accused me of exactly the same sin as I am so lightly attributing elsewhere ( incidentally , to people who are more fiction than fact ) .
8 Master Peachey has told me of the succession and how important it is to unite nations through contracts of marriage . ’
9 Alec Smith has told me of his studies on the bottom sediment of Lake Windermere in north-west England .
10 ‘ Ah yes , ’ Leon turned to Mrs Yaxlee , ‘ your George has told me of the great days .
11 Palace chairman Ron Noades confirmed Sunderland 's move for Coppell , saying : ‘ Steve was asked two weeks ago whether he was interested in the Sunderland position and he has informed me of this approach . ’
12 I am grateful to the hon. Member for Eccles ( Miss Lestor ) for having tabled the question , which otherwise the Opposition might have accused me of having planted .
13 I 've been cooped up with my work , but I 'm sure my security staff would have notified me of any unexpected guests . ’
14 I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date .
15 Yes they 've stripped me of my cash for tonight .
16 The newcomer listened in his turn to the description Mrs Zamzam had given me of the events that led her to run away from Um Al-Farajh , occasionally nodding agreement or interrupting to correct her account .
17 In a vague way , I thought , he had reminded me of Derry Welfram .
18 What I 'd suddenly recalled was a picture hanging over the altar in the caravan ; this in turn had reminded me of one of the statues over the south porch of the Cathedral .
19 The veiled women had reminded me of the nuns .
20 Our Minister had reminded me of a sermon by a former St. Andrew 's minister , about ‘ A Garden City , ’ where there would be realisation of the twin idelas : service and society .
21 I wanted to get back to myself and to my own work , to all that he had robbed me of — even my own name .
22 At least they had told me of their bad luck already or I might have succumbed to the old tales of women on ships and the bad omens they can bring .
23 I felt relaxed and , for the first time since Valerie had told me of her unfaithfulness , happy .
24 I remembered , however , that my father had told me of this sort of thing happening in the past , and the sands had always returned over the following few weeks and months .
25 Victoria had accused me of trying to thrust myself into the action while pretending I want to live a quiet life .
26 The extraordinary stop-start conversation between Victor and his monster had convinced me of the latter 's supreme dangerousness : given its malevolence , its lying and eloquent tongue was probably as big a threat as its turn of speed .
27 galaxies you 've told me of
28 ‘ I 've got letters from people recently with big crosses on them , people who 've accused me of using my lyrics to subvert people .
29 Thus my trial by Fire had shriven me of all but the Dyak tattoo I stood up in , and enough imagery to illustrate something of both the linear and the dream dimensions of an odyssey into the oceanic hemisphere of our beginnings .
30 I was getting over the feeling of rejection instilled into me at St Aubyn 's , which by making me aggressive had deprived me of so much that Eton had to offer .
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