Example sentences of "[prep] me and i [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The footman came and dismantled it for me and I brought a chair to the French windows , quite casually , and there was natural light coming in .
2 He said : ‘ It was very emotional for me and I had a tear in my eye as I came across the line .
3 He said : ‘ It was very emotional for me and I had a tear in my eye as I came across the line .
4 Dunlop Slazenber prepared three special sets of clubs for me and I invited a small group of golfers to try them .
5 A peaked cap was cutting its way through the crowd towards me and I recognized the Feldwebel .
6 There was a loud burst of laughter behind me and I heard the Belgian clergyman exclaim : ‘ That is really heretical ! positively heretical ! ’ then laugh loudly himself .
7 No one had a clue what was wrong with me and I had no idea what was going on .
8 ‘ Agreed , but one or two things I must make clear , William comes with me and I choose the cobblers who work for us , I 'm not putting the name of Morgan to any inferior work . ’
9 ‘ On my last legs , ’ Seth wrote later , ‘ I hied down to New Orleans to drink myself quietly to death , and nearly did , but something awoke in me and I wrote a book instead . ’
10 Kids bring out the natural father in me and I get a crinkly mouth every time I look at an ankle snapper .
11 I had n't come to this place with the conscious intention of divesting myself of my now cumbersome virginity ; but from the moment I saw the actor again — certainly from the moment his arms went round me and I felt the sense of fond familiarity , of affection rediscovered — I knew it was inevitable that we should , sooner or later , make love .
12 It hovered close to me and I felt a coldness on my cheek .
13 He turned over to me and I felt the gun barrel at my head .
14 It looked like a simple repair job to me and I thought the gloom on Mick 's face was part of his act .
15 One TODAY reader , who refused to be named , said : ‘ There was a certain part which really happened to me and I thought the programme was real .
16 This all seems to make sense to me and I welcome the fact that this Act recognises children also have their rights .
17 From the time that I was about eight , the Boxing Booth acted as a magnet to me and I spent a considerable time gazing in awe as the boxers paraded on the small stage outside the tent , ready to take on all corners .
18 ‘ But the whole responsibility of the business falls on me and I 've no authority …
19 They formated on me and I led the formation back to the island .
20 She looked at me and I caught the amusement in her eyes .
21 She smiles at me and I feel a sudden shock , a tremor of fear .
22 When I was a child they killed one close by me and I heard the squealing .
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