Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] i [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually my mother was just like a sister to me but she has a strange fascination with the Queen . |
| 2 | It is , it was a case it was a case with me that I was black or white and that 's why that 's why it hit the press like it did . |
| 3 | ‘ She always says that on the court she is n't a mum for me and I ca n't imagine that she is n't my mum . |
| 4 | Then she put a condom on me and we had penetrative sex . |
| 5 | She put a condom on me and we got stuck in , but as soon as I had ejaculated she whipped the condom off me , leaving me floundering for a while on the bed . |
| 6 | We walk in and see these tables of hors d'oeuvres , and people standing round them , and then Sam Peckinpah takes a look at me and he says , ‘ Do n't you think you ought to have something to eat ? ’ |
| 7 | And they come back and see me what they taken from here and seen in other papers is a privilege for me if I 've set them off in my biased Welsh way . . |
| 8 | This was a worry to me because I could not work out how much money I would have to live on . |
| 9 | Also my mum had to share a bedroom with me and she did n't like watching someone else seeing to me . |
| 10 | The sheep were very curious and made a bee-line for me but I managed to push my way through to the birds . |
| 11 | I think erm what , what we , what I 'd really like to do is if I could get in touch with him and give him the chance to make up his own mind er then he could decide whether or not he would like to have a chat with me and I 'd just run a few ideas by him , just as you 've done , without any pressure er and he can make his own decisions . |
| 12 | ‘ But you have n't made such a fool of me as you 've made of yourself . |
| 13 | ‘ See , I think the machines started to get a hold of me when I was a lad . |
| 14 | ‘ This is a battle for me but I 've been brought up to battle . |
| 15 | He read a scene with me and I said : ‘ Just a moment , ’ |
| 16 | Give my father a hug from me when you write to him . |
| 17 | This was a joy for me as I had puzzled often on the jumble of tops visible from the A82 and in the mass of high peaks this area contains . |
| 18 | If I 've got to turn out drawers or turn out the airing cupboard or get the kitchen tidy , it 's a relaxation for me and I like it , or just going through some interior decoration books or moving the furniture round — I 'm a great mover of furniture . |
| 19 | Let me now vouch for his kindness and generosity , for he was as good a friend to me as he was to dozens of others , not all of them writers . |
| 20 | ‘ I had a friend with me and she was quite upset . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Penry , ’ she said , frowning , ‘ are you saying you — well , that you would n't want a relationship with me if I were frigid , like Melanie ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I was wondering if you 'd come and have a drink with me before you go home , ’ he said at last . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Can you hold that a minute for me while I get up ? |
| 25 | No , but it was a loan to me and I said to my dad he was loaning it me and I said to him erm I pay you back and then when I went to pick the cheque up er he says er well me mum says he giving you that you know he says what we 're gon na do is when , when they write the will out you 'll get that much less than the others , I says well as long as it ai n't gon na cause any problems |
| 26 | once a week to me and I ring him occasionally , and er his first remark which was quite erm natural he said well you know Ernest , he said I 've heard many ministers . |
| 27 | Very often , when I take a walk along the river in the close season and see a shoal of chub sliding in and out of the streamer weed , or merely lying near to the surface , ready to suck in a floating insect , I imagine I have a rod with me and I want to catch one of those chub . |
| 28 | The Russians were determined to remove every last item of its inventory , down to the lavatory brushes and the steel tracks on which the dockyard trains ran : indeed it was a miracle to me that they did not demand the cobblestones as well . |
| 29 | ‘ He has n't played a game for me since I came here , ’ said Keegan yesterday . |
| 30 | ‘ Lay a finger on me and I 'll — Let go ! ’ |