Example sentences of "me [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 2 | The kitchen window was still open and I climbed in after crushing another handful of lavender with the intention of taking it to bed with me for an invigorating sleep , if such a thing is possible . |
| 3 | Senior officers on the Russian submarines are paid a supplement in US dollars these days — $7 a day while they are at sea , which strikes me as an astonishing fact . |
| 4 | ‘ Madam , I must tell you , ’ I replied , ‘ that since he found me , my master has used me as an easy way of making money for himself . |
| 5 | ‘ When I came for interview they seemed very interested in me as an individual , and gave me a very thorough and in-depth interview . |
| 6 | Let's say , that me as an individual , if I was erm , buying a Covermaster Plan , for twenty pound a month , the minimum premium , let's say I could get fifty thousand pounds worth of cover . |
| 7 | He had previously appointed me as an examining chaplain , as most of the duties involved were in connection with the ordination of European clergy . |
| 8 | ‘ But Miss Everdene can do as she likes , and she 's chosen to manage her own farm — and keep me as an ordinary shepherd only . ’ |
| 9 | Nour drew me as an English Miss : Ingleesy , prim , uneducated , unsophisticated . |
| 10 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 11 | At home it was a simple matter for me to parade my learning in front of my sisters , stressing my more advanced academic achievements at every possible opportunity , and remaining quite oblivious to their assessment of me as an insufferable little prig . |
| 12 | ‘ It has been described to me as an isolated house in the midst of fields , through which are only rough and rutty waggon tracks , and I have been told too , that it is hidden from passers along the road by a dark grove of trees . |
| 13 | It struck me as an intelligent and fair system which had the merit of being open and above-board and easily comprehensible . |
| 14 | You strike me as an intelligent young woman and I refuse to believe that you were silly enough to go to Mr Riddle with such proposals unless you were in a position to either bribe or threaten him . ’ |
| 15 | Many women admired my strength and the men , slightly awed , treated me as an honorary male . |
| 16 | Struck me as an able lad indeed . ’ |
| 17 | Erm so semiconductors Erm tell me about an electrical circuit , how it works . |
| 18 | He told me about an old school behind a high wall in a dirty street . |
| 19 | My dear , do n't talk to me about an academic career for a woman . |
| 20 | Willie pulls himself up the stairs reminding me of an elderly praying mantis . |
| 21 | After two weeks with no sign of improvement , a friend told me of an excellent new rheumatologist who had just come to work in Chester . |
| 22 | First stop was Stornoway where Ewen Munro , the Manager , was on hand to relieve me of an important part of my luggage , The Crofter of the Year Cup , which I was to present in Stornoway at a Dinner on the Friday once I had returned from my more distant island travels . |
| 23 | The patterning of fine wrinkles reminded me of an aerial photo of Easter Island . |
| 24 | They always reminded me of an angry boar 's , small , red-rimmed and vicious — and that 's when he was in a good mood ! |
| 25 | I walked down to the town centre , which reminded me of an English country town , with shops of every kind . |
| 26 | Can you tell me of an English poet staying in these parts ? ’ |
| 27 | My father told me of an old lady who to the end of her days referred to ‘ Amser Duw ac amser Lloyd George , ’ God 's time and Lloyd George 's time , for when the change was introduced during the Great War , there was chaos . |
| 28 | The Old Gang Smelting Mills reminded me of an old deserted coal pit I played around as a child . |
| 29 | Is n't that funny that reminds me of an old girl I had at Dennis House the one I used to be on i I used to have to get her in bed get her all propped up and then |
| 30 | He beamed on me like an indulgent father promising a marvellous present off the Christmas tree . |