Example sentences of "something [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something made me linger at the bottom of the grand staircase , near the bust of Unamuno , pretending to read some notices about student societies . |
| 2 | Something made me pour myself a glass of wine before Stuart returned at his usual hour of 6.30 . |
| 3 | I could have just walked past him in silence , but something made me turn and say quickly , before I could stop myself , ‘ Thank you , Mr Rochester , for your great kindness . |
| 4 | Something made me snatch the woolly choirboy from its metal gallows ( even at that moment I noticed its surprising weight ) . |
| 5 | Something made me want to touch you . |
| 6 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 7 | ‘ I just said , it looked to me at first as though it was a woman , then just something made me think it might be a man . ’ |
| 8 | And something enveloped me , something that was all ready for my measurements , like a suit or a uniform , over and above what I wore , and lined with grief . |
| 9 | ‘ I told myself it was because of the play , but deep down there was something driving me back to you . ’ |
| 10 | As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine . |
| 11 | I wanted to say " It is " , but something stopped me . |
| 12 | I nearly said , " You do n't want a pregnant woman on your hands , even during the season of good will , " but something prevented me . |
| 13 | While I suffered from these dreams on my slab of rock , something woke me . |
| 14 | Something woke me . |
| 15 | And I am still aware , gratefully aware , of the as yet undefined and perhaps indefinable presence of something greater than or beyond myself and my body , something sustaining me , feeding me , encouraging me . |
| 16 | ‘ I would like to agree with your verdict , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ but something eludes me . |
| 17 | It so happened that the Gulf War in Kuwait was filling our attention , and so I switched on a video tape whenever something attracted me and I found that I would be most likely to record the daily sessions on the BBC 's Newsnight with Peter Snow discussing the disposition of troops over the battle zone using a visual aid which is now known as the sandpit . |
| 18 | I had desperately wanted to rush outside and leave the whole wretched affair behind me but something told me I had to stay and face the music . |
| 19 | My hands are never clammy , and something told me that Aunt Louise knew very well who had touched her . |
| 20 | ‘ At first I thought it was a ploy — a ruse designed to panic me into running to her , but then something told me it was not . |
| 21 | I do not really like being touched by a stranger since I had been mildly attacked as a child , but something told me this was no casual greeting . |
| 22 | Something told me I should never be his … |
| 23 | But something told me I must carry on , so I did , rhythmically pushing his chest , praying for a reaction . |
| 24 | And something told me I had n't behaved too well . |
| 25 | Something told me not to get ruffled about Mrs Goreng . |
| 26 | ‘ Something told me you might wish to make an earlier start than we 'd planned . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ That crossed my mind too , in my brief rational moments when something told me you did care . |
| 28 | How could I say that if I did not really believe God was sovereign when something affected me ? |
| 29 | When they come up , there will be something to remember me by . |
| 30 | Just something to help me get back in his good books ! |