Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] i [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've got me on the records it 'll show you . |
| 2 | They 've helped me with the baby , they take her away for a couple of hours a day , and they take you out to places — sports centres and hospitals . |
| 3 | And , in view of what you 've told me about the computer and knocking off all those agents , this whole thing is a lot bigger than just guarding Trimmler . |
| 4 | Now er the Buckingham manager , Phil Lines was manager of Brackley and er apparently , as you 've told me in the past , he guided them to their best ever season . |
| 5 | I 'm trying to remem you 've put me on the spot now . |
| 6 | Erm you 've put me on the spot I do n't I do n't I 've really I 've really got no preference on them . |
| 7 | I am happy there at the moment , and I want to repay Yorkshire for all the support they have given me over the years . ’ |
| 8 | I am grateful to my colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Britain for the help and opportunities they have given me in the preparation of this book . |
| 9 | Various organisations have lobbied me about the Bill . |
| 10 | You have presented me with the key , and I now perceive all of its hitherto latent beauties . ’ |
| 11 | You have used me in the past . |
| 12 | Mrs Peterson and the others have told me of the delicacies baked and brought with love , from kitchens in Comely Bank , Trinity , the Inch and other even further-flung parts of the City . |
| 13 | People have told me on the phone that I sound cos I 've got a deep voice I |
| 14 | They have told me about the effect that price cuts can have on the dairy sector . |
| 15 | ‘ People have helped me in the past so I thought I would give them a help along the way , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Northumberland has , of course , great beauties , but foul and interminable rain endured there on the Tuesday and in Chester-le-Street , with a lesser downpour in Darlington the next day , have reduced me to the shuddering , feverish condition in which this is being written at the Wheatsheaf , Sandbach . |
| 17 | ‘ None of the calls have hit me between the eyes so far as the vital piece of information , but I 'm still hopeful that what we need may be in there , ’ he said . |
| 18 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 19 | He 's already been denied £4,000 in not facing the Windies , and said from his Melbourne home last night : ‘ The selectors have put me in the position where I have to work out what is right for my family and me . ’ |
| 20 | My dealings with the café owner have left me with the impression that he has got to breaking point with the number of canoeists being attracted to the Fairy Glen and has singled out a canoeist who happens to drive a red Escort van and has used this as an excuse for stopping other canoeists when the real reason goes much deeper and in my opinion is linked to financial gain . |
| 21 | These poor folk , whose lack of privilege is just one of the many thrusting reasons that have sent me to the bosom , not to mention the buttocks , of today 's quite heavenly Labour Party , may find that my pronunciamentos become somewhat impenetrable once past the ninth , tenth , or even twenty-third of their constituent subordinate clauses , so that the very juicy and surprisingly supple points that I make are lost amidst their attendant persiflage . |
| 22 | ‘ You have kept me in the background of your life for too long now ; I do n't think you will notice when I am not there , ’ she had said . |
| 23 | ‘ You have paid me for the ring , a little , ’ he said aloud , and got off the bed , leaving her in disorder . |