Example sentences of "of i because [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And making a fuss of me because they knew that my stitches had burst . |
| 2 | All the sounds of the valley end here in my room , and the women speak in front of me — of Hywel and Beuno and Elizabeth and me — and the men who work on the farm piss in the hedgerow in front of me because they all think I am dead . |
| 3 | ‘ But she puts you in charge of me because she 's leaving me alone in her house ! |
| 4 | More than sixty years after the event , while watching a child of his own try out his first steps , he suddenly stated in reminiscence and satisfaction to his most intimate Spanish friend , ‘ I remember that I learned to walk by pushing a big tin box of sweet biscuits in front of me because I knew what was inside . ’ |
| 5 | IT frightens the life out of me because I fear I 'll never work again . |
| 6 | ‘ It frightens the life out of me because I fear I 'll never work again . |
| 7 | Even if we had n't seen each other for ages and ages , I 'd know he was still fond of me because I 'm his sister . |
| 8 | The boys at school used to make fun of me because I have a crooked spine . |
| 9 | I said , ‘ Cynthia would n't let him ’ , which was silly of me because it aroused several emotions in my mother . |
| 10 | Sometimes Maisie went to him instead of me because he was the one who was there and I was the one who went away . |
| 11 | But he 's not prepared to … take advantage of me because he knows that I 'm inexperienced and that it would be too important to me . |
| 12 | He asked me to resign , but I think that was just an excuse to get rid of me because he 's jealous of my work ! ’ she finished baldly , quite unable to dress up the truth . |