Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] me [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or let me come underneath . |
| 2 | If I look up to the blue sky , as yet I must when it is blue and bright suddenly , it is in spite of the heavy limb and relaxing back that will drag me down or cause me to hasten home . |
| 3 | Alec wore a navy-blue romper suit — the outfit of a French workman , or indeed that of some little new-wave narcissist at a C. L. & S. screening It was the sight of him in his issued clothing that made me sense just how far he had fallen . |
| 4 | Knowing that made me feel closer to Steffi and the other players . |
| 5 | ‘ Gosh , that made me feel so much better — being told the whole world is in recession ! ’ |
| 6 | As we stepped out of the plane at Madrid airport the heat hit us like an oven , and that made me feel very good indeed . |
| 7 | However , when I heard Mr. Gorbachev speaking at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg in 1989 , about a common European home , I could perceive an image of Europe that made me feel far more European than I had ever done before . |
| 8 | You see , it was really my dad that made me go along with the Church , even though he did n't really involve himself . |
| 9 | In trying to sort out this problem I was driven to delving through old logbooks , and it was reading them that made me realise just how often we had based ourselves in the area . |
| 10 | I tried an abortive term at Durham University Drama Department and that made me realise even more that I wanted the real thing ; by then I had , in any case , worked the AIM stint and I did n't need theory ; I wanted practice . |
| 11 | Charles told her about his movements on the Sunday night , concluding , ‘ … so it must have been the arrival of Nigel 's car that made me run out of the place . ’ |
| 12 | It was foolish hurt pride that made me behave so coldly towards you . |
| 13 | One of the factors that led me to sign up with the DIA was the idea that I might be able to do something for my friend Jerry Levin , who had been taken hostage in Beirut by Hezbollah , but as it happened he was released before I got out there . |
| 14 | But let me make it immediately clear what I mean by this ; what I mean to say is that Miss Kenton 's letter set off a certain chain of ideas to do with professional matters here at Darlington Hall , and I would underline that it was a preoccupation with these very same professional matters that led me to consider anew my employer 's kindly meant suggestion . |
| 15 | It 's records like this that make me pissed off with political thrashcore . |
| 16 | ‘ The horse has a long neck , and that helped me get back in the saddle , ’ he added . |
| 17 | But this morning , I must say , I found it quite offensive and it may well have been the urge to demonstrate just how foolish his insinuation had been that caused me to set off up the footpath . |
| 18 | The pickups are Bartolini 's 1C models , although let me stress once again that all personal preferences will be gladly catered for at the Moon workshop . |
| 19 | Increasingly I find that this kind of exchange — this candour , this reciprocity — is one of the things that keeps me trundling along . |
| 20 | The only thing that gets me steamed up is when they have a go at you . |
| 21 | And I knew , out there , that he would have killed me rather than let me get away . |
| 22 | What is it about Peter Cook or John Hegley that predisposes me to smile even before they open their mouths ? |
| 23 | He 'd remember me , too , because he would have wondered what percentage I had on him that entitled me to come down from her apartment in the early morning . |
| 24 | Did I stay out of loyalty to the priest , the human being , or was there something else that compelled me to remain there , when all the more ‘ Christian ’ elements had long ago fled ? |
| 25 | Eliot saw the point , and asked me to sit down forthwith and draft a synopsis . |
| 26 | Recalling that horrifying October day when she visited Courtney in Harley Street , Miss C told the jury : ‘ First , he took me into his office and asked me to go out and buy baby oil . |
| 27 | On the contrary , he looked at me admiringly , flourished his pen , wrote in the sum , turned the page , signed and asked me to do likewise on Jean-Claude 's account . |
| 28 | And on this morning , of all mornings , James phoned at the crack of dawn and asked me to preside over a ridiculous Press party . |
| 29 | He could n't make it and asked me to come instead . ’ |
| 30 | She phoned me and asked me to come straight over . |