Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] me [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Bob and I are progressing as a piano/clarsach duo , and of course some of the accompaniments to his songs tax me to the limit , or have to be vetoed altogether .
2 She opened it , and found a very small cake with the words EAT ME on it .
3 waves push me to the side
4 The words cut me like a sword .
5 Her eyes hold me like magnets .
6 You know , every week pop fans stop me on the street , the noo .
7 You know , every week pop fans stop me on the street , the noo .
8 The white tube , the cork-effect filter , the solid hot flare of the match and my lips tell me of my lungs as I make my own smoke , with its blue drifting and acrid smell .
9 The present generation of British and American literary Marxists remind me of the small boy in Joyce 's story , ‘ Araby ’ , who got to the bazaar just as it was closing .
10 My eyes fail me like every other part of my body . ’
11 The swirling shapes remind me of those kitsch 1960s lamps .
12 Words fail me in praise of your company and its workforce .
13 ‘ Your eyes remind me of — well , women 's faces have too much power over me .
14 Your eyes remind me of archery targets . ’
15 Round the neck of the bottle was a piece of paper with the words DRINK ME in large letters .
16 A series of brief telephone calls put me in touch with the keeper of the Chalice Well at Glastonbury who was able to give me chapter and verse on the well cover .
17 These matters confirm me in the view already expressed that the disturbance complained of in this case is not actionable .
18 It is not so easy to change the playmates when they are brothers and/or sisters ( siblings ) , and many parents tell me of their concern about the seemingly incessant feuding that goes on among brothers and sisters .
19 Both the men in expensive suits meet me on big-suited territory .
20 The English Catholics want me to be Queen of England , not her .
21 These and other caveats prevent me from giving an unqualified recommendation to this new disc .
22 ‘ When the mortars wake me at night , it takes a long time to go back to sleep .
23 Did that commingling of unrelated flavours remind me of another dish , or had it produced a breakthrough in gastronomy ?
24 Now these messages remind me of the old Tarzan movies , now you were all old enough now to remember the old Tarzan movies .
25 I find it almost amusing to listen to several of my contemporaries tell me about that ill-fated occasion and how they found a means of getting over the Alps .
26 If Modernists criticise me for copying the old , I tell them it takes a lifetime to do it well .
27 The one thing that really , apar , well not the one thing , many things irritate me about the programme , but one of them is that they get people on so you 've got someone choosing who lives in Edinburgh choosing someone who lives down in Plymouth
28 Thinking about cardigans reminded me how many knitters ask me about buttonholes , so I thought a few words about bands and buttonholes might not come amiss .
29 As always our Treasurer 's final figures remind me of many people , incidents , and stories , and I only wish it was within my power to convey all these now .
30 My own observations leave me in no doubt that either there are very few sand-eels left in inshore waters ( and therefore accessible to feeding sea-birds ) or that sand-eels have dramatically changed their habits .
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