Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] i [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all . |
| 3 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 4 | Is it my Unconscious ( of the existence of which I have informed doubts ) that has dropped me in this plight ? |
| 5 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 6 | Then I would tell myself such ideas were unreasonable : why would an American half-poet want to betray me to any government agency ? |
| 7 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 8 | ‘ I should think Dane will enjoy embracing me in this outfit , do n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | Suddenly , the other evening , he starts asking me about all the new sorts of mobile phone on the market — how they work , what their range is , how much they cost . |
| 10 | Board masters are guests with years of experience of Scourie fishings , and my favourite is a wonderful gentleman called Stanley Tuer ; a man of advancing years , but fleet of foot , who has exhausted me on many a long hill walk . |
| 11 | No-one has set me above this people . |
| 12 | I see alright well or I I invite members of the jury , the council wants to address me on some point of law which need n't concern you , so if you take a short break please . |
| 13 | None has led me to that dangerous conclusion that we were doing it better over there than here . |
| 14 | ‘ My whole life has led me to this point . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's cruel of you to try to force me into this family . |
| 16 | They always photograph me with Kylie because she 's my wife on screen , but they never bother to photograph me with any other girls . |
| 17 | I have set down the following experience as one that has haunted me for many years . |
| 18 | Several years of research into our love of meat has left me in little doubt that most of us nowadays would prefer not to face up to the carnal origins of our flesh foods . |
| 19 | Can anyone tell me where ‘ balmpot ’ did originate as it has puzzled me for some 60 years ? |
| 20 | The reply , which has mystified me until this day , was , ‘ Oh ! we did n't know you meant that one ! ’ |
| 21 | Palace chairman Ron Noades confirmed Sunderland 's move for Coppell , saying : ‘ Steve was asked two weeks ago whether he was interested in the Sunderland position and he has informed me of this approach . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch . |
| 23 | CATHERINE Why did you have to go frightening me like that ? |
| 24 | ‘ Stop asking me about that ! ’ |
| 25 | I suppose if you 'd asked me before all this happened , I 'd have said I 'd give in , but I was so angry . |
| 26 | Stop affecting me like this , attacking me on all fronts with your damned charm and intelligence and unbelievable sex appeal ! |
| 27 | ‘ Are you going to treat me like this for the next ten years ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Are you never going to forgive me for that ? ’ he queried , and there was such bone-melting charm in him then that Fabia was glad that she was sitting down . |
| 29 | ‘ And now you 're going to kill me with that ? |
| 30 | A typical example — and there are many of these — was when he patiently sat through a high level Air Ministry conference listening to the Mosquito being castigated for its poor night flying qualities ( because of the glare from the exhausts ) , and Boscombe Down recommended that it should never be flown at night , the chairman , as an afterthought , suggested Bennett contribute his views : " I wish someone hid told me about all these faults ' , he replied , " because I have been flying the Masse on OBOE night trials with excellent results " . |