Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [coord] [vb past] i " in BNC.

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1 He took my passport off me and told me to sit down on a bench sat against the wall ; I picked up a magazine and read it while he checked my details .
2 It was never going to be a career for me but kept me in beer money and taught me about how to deal with the public . ’
3 And he hung it there for me and made me feel its proportions .
4 Type Report on Yugoslav Spitfires by Peter Arnold in the April issue ( p70 ) evoked many memories for me and caused me to rummage around for some half-forgotten photos of nearly half a century ago , and there it was , Mk VcJK808 ‘ B ’ with yours truly in attendance .
5 When he returned , he sent for me and said I must be stark crazy .
6 Lord Palmerston sent for me and told me in a jaunty way that he would have nothing to do with this Gothic style , and that though he did not want to disturb my appointment he must insist on my making a design in the Italian style which he felt sure I could do as well as the other .
7 The next I knew was when the boy came for me and told me that there were two dead bodies in the Little Vestry .
8 But later , I realized that it had been quite good for me and stopped me getting big-headed .
9 I only once went into his garden , a beautifully kept one , even in war-time , when he kindly picked a bunch of tulips for me and showed me some new potatoes he was growing in pots in the greenhouse .
10 And after two and a half hours , the doctor made the decision for me and gave me the epidural .
11 In a Welsh farm family the grandmother was bedridden , and child-care fell to the grandfather : ‘ cause he was in the house , he was the one that looked after me and kept me in order . ’
12 But the dogs chased after me and attacked me , and I was soon knocked to the ground .
13 But I have two lovely daughters and two sons , and they 've always looked after me and loved me .
14 As I landed , four of the men came towards me and took me by the arms .
15 Father spun round , took three steps towards me and smacked me on the ear .
16 ‘ One barged past me and said I was not going to be taking the car away and became abusive .
17 When he joined Ingard and wanted a number two he thought of me and asked me to come in with him .
18 They got hold of me and pushed me to the ground then they took the money in my pockets .
19 They got hold of me and pushed me to the ground then they took the money in my pockets .
20 ‘ Valerie , ’ the editor of the Mail on Sunday said to me once , after I had filed a neat and convincing piece on an earthquake the ground had trembled beneath me in Rome , where Lou was playing with the London Symphonic and a wall had fallen on top of me and trapped me for two hours — ‘ you are the mistress of controlled reportage .
21 I touched the needle tip of it and wished I had n't .
22 I could make neither head nor tail of it and decided I was dealing with a bunch of idiots .
23 No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper .
24 But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message .
25 As soon as I walked outside , the policeman jumped on my back , twisted my arm behind me and arrested me .
26 Signe stood behind me and helped me off with my coat .
27 A motor horn sounded off behind me and scared me silly .
28 One day he came up behind me and pushed me into a metal locker .
29 Not all the congratulatory letters were complimentary , but I 'm just as grateful to those who took me to task or argued with me or lectured me as I am to those who gave me a kind pat .
30 She caught up with me and took me along to a paddock to see her horse .
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