Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] that [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | Come and see the sorcerer 's kitchen where I brew up the grotesque potions that make me a legend here . ’ |
| 2 | But it was quite a different contrast that struck me there in Alison 's kitchen : the aching disparity between the woman who stood there , impatient for me to be gone , and the one I was going home to . |
| 3 | And , perhaps , with this act of treachery I can finally buy my freedom from the burden of buried horror that bound me to Andy twenty years ago , so that — dispossessed of that trespass — I 'm left free to betray him again , now . |
| 4 | ‘ I attended various social functions that required me to have a female escort , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 5 | It 's only my fevered imagination that keeps me warm . |
| 6 | He said ‘ You do n't look well , ’ to her once , meaning to be sympathetic , but she clouted him and said , ‘ It is living with an old man that makes me not well . |
| 7 | Not in his normal voice but in a low , throaty baritone that reminded me of Vincent price in The Haunted Palace — my dad 's favourite picture : ‘ Albert Roger Quigley , do you remember me ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The grape variety used is Chenin Blanc but when it is picked before it is fully ripe , it makes dull , acidic wines , with an off-putting nose that reminds me of wet dogs . |
| 10 | It was pure chance that made me notice the writing on the top file , as I pushed open the window . |
| 11 | With various delicate transitions that left me sighing in assent , the film now turned into a gentle parodic love story , the girl civilizing Spunk — teaching him how to dress , eat , speak — and Spunk decivilizing her : teaching her to kick the booze , the pick-ups , the self-destruction , the money ( they go primitive for a while , after Spunk has an urban breakdown . |
| 12 | My definition of harmful treatment would embrace not just treatment that exposed me to risk without any hope of compensating benefit but treatment of unproved efficacy that diverted me from having other treatments that were of proved value . |
| 13 | No , Harry , it 's your future happiness that bothers me . |
| 14 | ‘ The real thing that shocks me is my own stupidity , ’ Sabine said curtly , brushing away the caressing hand . |
| 15 | It was this separate account that confused me . |
| 16 | In the past I had encountered statements in books and official reports that encouraged me to think of mathematics in a positive way : |
| 17 | I detest the armoured , air-conditioned truck that deprived me of my final opportunity to desecrate the holy relic that is ‘ Guernica ’ . |
| 18 | So in this merry mood of self flagellation I shall tell you the story of one monumental cock-up that taught me two very important lessons . |
| 19 | It was only this monthly accounting that worried me though , for I read every patient 's case notes with avidity . |
| 20 | I have a folding mac that makes me look like a haystack in the rain , I have an umbrella that would fit most of Dublin under it . ’ |
| 21 | So I guess the bucket of cold water that hit me in the face did n't come as much of a surprise . |
| 22 | It is the miraculous barrel that saves me |
| 23 | " Tell me , my sister , " said Vasilissa , " who was the white knight that passed me in the forest ? " |
| 24 | All the time you ought to be asking yourself : " why should anyone believe what I am writing ? " and " what have I noticed in the text or in background , contextual materials that makes me think this ? " |
| 25 | It was that final little hand that beat me . |
| 26 | Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph . |
| 27 | It was just such foolhardy behaviour that enabled me continually to miss the summit of Creag Meagaidh . |
| 28 | " Busy people are never too busy to do what they know to be important " was the challenging comment that brought me under his spell and a bit later into the ranks of his followers . |
| 29 | We 're all really close to each other , so if the lads give me a good track with some good bits that turn me on , I want to do well for them , I wan na get some lyrics out they 'd like . |
| 30 | It was the unhappy love that taught me most about love 's nature — though not at the time , not until years later . |