Example sentences of "that [vb -s] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otley said , holding me close and nibbling my ear in a way that drives me wild . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , well as you will appreciate , this is the spare uniform that fits me best , i.e. , it was made for someone only three inches shorter than I am . |
| 3 | I think the thing that worries me most is that later on , he did n't manage it too well , a lot of other things were going wrong in his life , and at that point the name calling continued , and the stuff that maybe was n't so hurtful early on seemed to become very hurtful then . |
| 4 | I think the thing that worries me more than anything else about them , that a lot of 'em have aspirations erm greater than their finances . |
| 5 | I think touches on er the thing that concerns me most about this |
| 6 | The tolerance and friendly hospitality that greets me everywhere baffles my comprehension . |
| 7 | Aloud , she said : ‘ I have your mother 's book on the Camisards as well , of course — that is the period that interests me particularly — but I want to learn about more recent history as well . ’ |
| 8 | Why should I be debarred from a career in an area that interests me just because you 're a Grand Prix driver ? ’ |
| 9 | I get a tremendous kick from the creative aspect of life , and I think it is this that keeps me so well and full of vitality . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It is a question that takes me utterly by surprise as you obviously admire all this . |
| 11 | The thing that gets me though is erm , when they done these exercise you 've got |
| 12 | the thing that annoys me most is that , the amount of bad memories people have , I mean not bad memories as in bad thoughts , but bad |
| 13 | That , er , Chairman , if I could say the thing that bothers me here is that , it always has done about food , is that we should be keeping up to date with information , all these decisions and all this advice . |
| 14 | Longman had a very , very er , very good increase in profits and the Addison Wesley loss , which is bigger in the first half than usual er , is n't something that bothers me particularly , I 'm really quite relaxed about full year performance , but just to make sure they 're er , attacking erm , expenses , travel , administration , that kind but nothing in the erm , book investment programme . |
| 15 | To tell you the truth that bothers me more than them . |
| 16 | Right erm the thing that disturbs me actually is this advertising budget so could you can you tell us erm what the timing of this advertising is in terms of Yeah can you turn that over please . |
| 17 | Yes , but in the end it is always the Berg Three Orchestral Pieces that moves me most . |
| 18 | This respect is summed up by a quote in In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman : ‘ You know , one of the things that strikes me most about McDonald 's is their people orientation . |
| 19 | It is Marquand 's enthusiasm for every initiative with a Euro-prefix that strikes me as old-fashioned . |
| 20 | Aunt Lilian was aware — more than Aunt Kit was aware , anyway — of what might be thought a young girl 's natural pre-occupations , and it was she who took me to buy clothes and lipsticks , asking the sales girls ' advice with a gentle humility that touches me now , because she was not humble by nature and thought an interest in personal adornment the mark of a trivial mind . |
| 21 | ‘ So I guess that makes me pretty much an Aussie ! |
| 22 | It 's simply the tiredness that makes me so unresponsive on many occasions . ’ |
| 23 | The extra bonus — the thing that makes me truly lucky — is that I can go home to the real friends and neighbours whose tales of burst drain-pipes , complicated recipes and domestic dramas sound every bit as interesting to me when I lack the leisure to enjoy them myself . |
| 24 | And then they want you , I tell you what there 's another thing on television that makes me really laugh is that advert about electricity and it says |
| 25 | It is precisely this that makes me very suspicious of searching for some supposed rational parliamentary intention outside the language in which a draftsman who is known to be rational has chosen to express it . |
| 26 | BELVILLE : 'T IS y love to you that makes me more delicate than otherwise I would be . |
| 27 | I 'm about to sign a new contract that makes me virtually a Santa Barbara resident , and we locals do n't mix with you tourists ! ’ |
| 28 | The then that leaves me just basically five weeks or four weeks to tie up everything and get ready for the record of achievement obviously |
| 29 | ‘ Thought I ca n't say that redemption is something that preoccupies me greatly . ’ |