Example sentences of "[verb] i [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all this high-profile imagery I had fully expected the Serenade to hit me with a physical force akin to Karajan 's classic BPO digital remake ( DG ) . |
| 2 | When I visit my home city of Manchester , or travel to London , New Age-types seem to greet me in every other conversation . |
| 3 | The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian . |
| 4 | The shaft of the arrow protruding from my back occasionally knocked against something , bringing me to a gasping halt . |
| 5 | I think Anna was pleased to see me despite the knowing looks from the other two , and none of them seemed to have heard about Salome , so I stayed tight-lipped . |
| 6 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 7 | ‘ Did you , as a matter of interest , happen to see me on The Human Angle last week ? ’ |
| 8 | Adventure Training put him in contact with me and after five days Bombardier Michael Goldsmith and a subaltern had come to see me from the Outer Hebrides with a view to offering an army vehicle . |
| 9 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters . |
| 10 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
| 11 | They wanted to kill me in a horrific way , to frighten those who work in defence of human rights . |
| 12 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 13 | you met me with an exalted smile |
| 14 | Pa sits me on the wooden bench he has built facing the altar , and himself sits down next to me . |
| 15 | I had heard the bell toll … the wave of ecstasy which drove me on to this shore had pressed me into a dark , dull interior . |
| 16 | ‘ Let's go and have a drink , then you can treat me to a celebratory dinner ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Other students did n't treat me as a mature student and I got to know students aged 17 to 70 . |
| 18 | But please , Mama , Lucinda pleaded silently , do n't treat me like a complete idiot . |
| 19 | ‘ You need not treat me like a half-witted child ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Why ca n't he treat me like a good-time girl , ’ wailed Babs . |
| 21 | Do n't treat me like a naughty schoolgirl . |
| 22 | No yes Mr Singe is dedicated to the fewcher of Athletes Whaddon and to proove it has prezented me with a BLANK czech for £53–24p only , which is at my dispozal for strainthning the squid . |
| 23 | A group of pupils studying science asked me about the new member of staff . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend asked me about the medical ethics of the issue . |
| 25 | ‘ Did you ever take drugs ? ’ the senator asked me after a long silence . |
| 26 | Pain , boredom and badgering of some very kind nurses bring me to a steam-age typewriter in the hospital 's occupational therapy department . |
| 27 | It seems at first quite astonishing to learn that neither the inventory in Jacques 's marriage contract nor that made after death provides any evidence that he was a flute-player or maker ; they seem to contradict the generally held view that he was a maker - a view which is supported by an entry in von Uffenbach 's diary which records a visit he paid Jacques in 1715 : ‘ He [ Jacques ] led me into a tidy room and showed me there many beautiful transverse flutes that he himself makes and from which he wishes to gain special profit . ’ |
| 28 | She returned a few minutes later and somewhat grudgingly led me into a little room at the back . |
| 29 | I waited in the office for an hour before she led me into a darkened side ward . |
| 30 | She led me into the pink-and-green chintzy sitting-room where Harry , pale with blue shadows below the eyes , sat in an armchair with his bandaged leg elevated on a large upholstered footstool . |