Example sentences of "[vb -s] me [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It irritates me that I ca n't think of enough rare foods I have n't had and have wanted to have . |
| 2 | Graham puts an arm around my shoulder and swivels me until I am staring squarely at the stage . |
| 3 | She hates me because I am beautiful , and she is not ; because I had three husbands , and she never married . |
| 4 | ‘ She hates me and I hate her . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I seldom come out of my pulpit ’ , said Baxter , ‘ but my conscience smiteth me that I have been no more serious and fervent … |
| 6 | ‘ It upsets me that I still have this ‘ enfant terrible ’ reputation . |
| 7 | ‘ It upsets me when I think of how they think . ’ |
| 8 | The thing that upsets me when I see all these pregnant people walking around is that I did n't do it . |
| 9 | It really upsets me when I see portraits where the hands have been neglected . |
| 10 | Love and attention being the rewards of infantile behaviour , it only amazes me that I did not think of the idea sooner . |
| 11 | It still amazes me that I — an arts graduate — do this job . |
| 12 | It amazes me when I think back , how we managed to go without sleep . |
| 13 | ‘ It worries me and I spend a lot of time thinking about it what we should be doing , what we can do . |
| 14 | One adoptive parent of a black child heard the child saying ‘ I 'm glad I 'm not black , the black children get teased ; but I do n't want to be brown either , because everyone notices me because I 'm different . ’ |
| 15 | Jessie pulled herself away from Agnes and further along the bed : ‘ He loves me and I love him . ’ |
| 16 | She goes on in formulaic terms : ( " He [ my husband ] loves me and I love him well ; our love is as true as steel " ) |
| 17 | No they would n't be when I 'm des when they 're desperate , everybody rings me when I 'm |
| 18 | He says I 'm no good at disciplining , and he calls Liam a ‘ wimp ’ and a ‘ spoilt little brat ’ — and blames me because I do n't smack him . |
| 19 | An understanding of perfection fills me and I feel a deep humility . |
| 20 | Des inspects me like I 'm a record he 's thinking of buying . |
| 21 | He kisses me and I understand that this age is passing away , this universe . |
| 22 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 23 | And having noticed that there is nothing whatever in this ‘ I think , therefore I am ’ which assures me that I say the truth , other than that I see very clearly [ je vois très clairement ] that to think it is necessary to be , I judged that I could take it as a general rule that the things which we conceive very clearly and very distinctly [ que nous concevons fort clairement et fort distinctement ] are all true … |
| 24 | It is , he assures me when I get back , a really good shot . |
| 25 | She gently tells me of my mistakes , and praises me if I do well . |
| 26 | One of the things that does , I 'm not being Chairman , just asking questions , but one of the things that slightly concerns me because I know that in his document the director has put about providing day care type facilities in rural areas and I remember at our last meeting , the last meeting at one , we discussed specifically and area , erm it does , does worry me a little whether the absence of any capital expenditure on our part means that we may be providing day care facilities in some areas but it 'll be of a very much lower quality or a lesser quality than we may be providing anywhere else in the areas like and and . |
| 27 | ‘ Unemployment is something that personally concerns me because I have been at the edge of unemployment all my life , ’ added the 42-year-old who speaks highly of the quality of the environment on Teesside , a much richer and more vibrant and pleasant place in which to live than he had imagined . |
| 28 | but we must sort of all pull in together as a situation in Scotland now that which really concerns me and I 'd |
| 29 | I 've never really been , like , single single cos I 'm always sort of like , not actually going out with somebody but I 'm always , I 've always got someone who sort of fancies me or I 'm flirting with . |
| 30 | always says Hello to me every time she sees me and I do sometimes see in the mornings . |