Example sentences of "which [vb past] me [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They ate nothing themselves , but watched me eat with a sort of respectful deference which made me uneasy , it being , I felt , inappropriate and therefore dangerous . |
| 2 | To my ears , much of the talk was about death , a subject which made me nervous . |
| 3 | And then I agreed to do something for Émile that I did not wish to do , which made me ashamed . |
| 4 | I tried to become one with nature on the games-field , which made me unpopular with the enthusiastic cricketers . |
| 5 | It was n't very bad , but it was noticeable , which made me worried about exhibiting or framing it . |
| 6 | I had that at Christmas which made me bad all over Christmas right ? |
| 7 | I 've also got an Explorer which cost me four hundred bucks — mind you , there 's no case with that . |
| 8 | He had some stuff nicked , a ski jacket which cost me seventy five quid it were half , the rest it should of been a hundred and fifty |
| 9 | From then on his manner towards me was as cold as ice , which caused me great pain . |
| 10 | I implored him not to , but he was adamant , thus following Rear Admiral Poland who had resigned from Muirfield in consequence of my being blackballed there ( ‘ it makes no sense at all ’ , he wrote to the secretary , ‘ that he can be accepted as a guest but blackballed as a member ’ ) : both were sacrifices for which I felt a personal responsibility and which caused me much distress . |
| 11 | A possible clue to this unusual verbal spate of self-revelation , which caused me some surprise , was , as we now know , that he was at that time engaged in writing The Family Reunion . |
| 12 | After fifteen minutes of ‘ Ssh — gerroff ’ and ‘ WILL YOU STOPPIT ! ’ he was reduced to a petulant stare and a resentful stroking of the space between my thumb and forefinger , which drove me batty . |
| 13 | I was half-dozing when suddenly I smelt something burning , followed by a small bang under my bed which shook me awake . |
| 14 | He had a degree of concern for the vanquished Germans , and respect for them as individuals , which taught me another valuable lesson , and which still makes his name in Wilhelmshaven one which is honoured rather than reviled . |
| 15 | Don Cameron was Head of Talks , and I was usually in charge of his visit , which kept me busy for the few days he would be with us , twice a year . |
| 16 | I enclose a letter which sent me sometime ago . |
| 17 | Some of you may not know that you have recently given me two lovely present , the first , for my birthday , being a beautiful flower arrangement which gave me great pleasure , particularly as I live in the centre of London and my nearest ‘ garden ’ is Regent 's Park ! |
| 18 | I have received thy kind letter of February the 19th 1755 , which gave me much satisfaction : and some uneasiness , that so many years have elapsed wherein we might have reciprocally communicated our observations to each other ; and although thee had incomparably the advantage over me , yet , notwithstanding , I love to peep into the abstruse operations of nature . |
| 19 | I am certainly grateful for the three days , which gave me much that I will certainly remember beyond two months ! |
| 20 | I had to stand in front of the whole school which gave me ample opportunity to observe the envy on some girls ' faces because knitting for the troops was a popular pastime then . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't need gratitude for something which gave me such infinite pleasure . |
| 22 | The Andalo is a well constructed boot designed for the wider British foot , which gave me many miles of trouble-free walking . |
| 23 | They also had an overhead railway which gave me unlimited pleasure and I well remember a wall covered with hundreds of tiny wooden drawers filled with different sizes of screws and nails . |
| 24 | I attended a fortnight 's training course at the BBC , which gave me some understanding of the part I would have to play in supervising the work of the Burma Broadcasting Service . |
| 25 | During my sheltered youth I had two fleeting experiences which gave me some indication that I was not alone . |
| 26 | You could just drift and hang out and see what happened , which suited me fine , even more than being a Customs Officer or a professional footballer or a guitarist . |
| 27 | The result was a severely sprained left ankle which left me unable to walk . |