Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now in pursuance of the premisses the said lords spirituall and temporall and commons in Parlyament assembled for the ratifying confirming and establishing the said declaration and the articles clauses matters and things therein contained by the force of a law made in due for me by authority of Parlyament doe pray that it may be declared and enacted that all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration are the true auntient and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this king dome and soe shall be esteemed allowed adjudged deemed and taken to be and that all and every the particulars aforesaid shall be firmly and strictly hold en and observed as they are expressed in the said declaration . |
| 2 | But then I really do n't know it 's right for me to be helping you with such dubious assignations . ’ |
| 3 | Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today — I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands . " |
| 4 | Because Sandy was embarked on a marriage and a career pointing him in a more conventional direction than mine , planning the sort of life that looked to me to have more obviously evolved from the background I 'd put behind me , it did n't seem to me that he would have had the wherewithal — ‘ morally ’ , as I would have been quick to say then — to help me through my predicament or , if he did , that it was possible for me with my values , to solicit his assistance . |
| 5 | After two months of Anna and Vronsky meeting he says : ‘ Friends we shall not be , you know that yourself ; but whether we shall be the happiest or the most miserable of human beings … rests with you ’ ‘ Only one happiness is possible for me in life , … love … ’ he declared . |
| 6 | ‘ My hands and feet a bit , but that 's usual for me in hot weather . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all very exciting for me at the moment , here I am about to go around the world for the first time , seeing cities like New York , which I have always dreamed of seeing . |
| 8 | My Lords , I I 'm not sure that I can give an absolute answer to that , it would be wrong for me to , to guess . |
| 9 | Streets or parks are too theatrical for me to be at ease , so I make bad moves , exaggerate or , more often , under-bid . |
| 10 | No one comes up to me to ask what I want , so I reckon it 's OK for me to be there . |
| 11 | Mr. Galbraith : The Minister has certainly gone some way towards clarifying the position , and it would not be proper for me to be mean-spirited . |
| 12 | It is foolish of me to be concerned . |
| 13 | Perhaps they were afraid of me at first . |
| 14 | Nothing wrong with me at all really ! |
| 15 | When his initial interest waned , the teacher paid no more attention to him : ‘ Then I realized what he was interested in me for and we ended up just walking past each other , completely ignoring each other . ’ |
| 16 | I had foolishly allowed myself to imagine that you might be interested in me as a person , even to the extent of being a little jealous of Lieutenant Lapointe . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought you were interested in me as a person , interested in what I felt and believed . |
| 18 | ‘ When I came for interview they seemed very interested in me as an individual , and gave me a very thorough and in-depth interview . |
| 19 | Mortimer seemed to be so supportive , he seemed really interested in me as a friend , he believed in my design abilities … but then it all changed , it was like a nightmare . |
| 20 | ‘ Interested ? ’ she queried huskily , and , trying desperately to get to grips with herself — he could n't mean ‘ interested ’ interested , could be ? — ‘ You mean , interested in me as a journalist ? ’ she just had to find out more . |
| 21 | Not that any man would be interested in me with a handicap like Mum . |
| 22 | ‘ Competitions now seem derisory to me after the ascent of a route of this scale ’ . |
| 23 | Erm , it 's quite clear from the district auditor 's letter that he thinks that we 're not being systematic enough , about what we do about environmental improvements , and it seems fairly clear to me to , that if we just push the to the service committees , erm , nothing will ever happen , except possibly on planning , and that erm , it will just sort of quietly disappear because it 's not the top priority of any of the other service committees . |
| 24 | It became clear to me at Blackpool that there was considerable support for Alec , partly because he made a good speech on foreign policy , partly because he took the chair at my meeting in his capacity as President of the National Union , and partly because of lobbying by back-benchers who saw him as the best compromise candidate . |
| 25 | Now , it 's not clear to me at the moment that that is going to be the direction , say , of the Roman Catholic Church , because we seem to have a much more conservative Pope and there are conservative movements growing up in all the churches , you 've only got to look at Reagan 's America and the way you find counterparts to that kind of religious conservatism in all the European countries . |
| 26 | Ferdinando and I being both your servants when we sinned were like unto brother and sister and broke a commandment which was made clear to me on reading the Scriptures . |
| 27 | It was clear to me from this letter that we were engaged again , if that was what I wanted , and I did ; also , that the natural happiness and buoyancy of Leslie 's nature had reasserted itself , now that it had been released from what he had felt to be the cramping frustration of home service . |
| 28 | ‘ But Ken was making it very clear to me from the very beginning that I was not going to get away with anything , ’ Pertwee told me . |
| 29 | It is clear to me from Mr evidence that er he regards school as entirely appropriate for the plaintiff . |
| 30 | It was made clear to me by my mother , sometimes backed up by my sisters , that as far as the opposite sex was concerned , I did n't stand a chance . |