Example sentences of "i [conj] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It was me that shot the bull , son . |
| 2 | Why did you think it was me that wrote the letter ? |
| 3 | So there were parts of me that watched the naming ceremony for the new catapult with some amusement , even contempt . |
| 4 | He is a lying bastard and he has just used me and wiped the floor with me . |
| 5 | I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time . |
| 6 | I decided that Pam was frailer than me and carried the bags myself . |
| 7 | So me and got the , the ice packs out of the freezer . |
| 8 | A friend of mine Dave who wrote half the album with me and produced the album has been on at me for five years , come on let's make an album , let's make an album , let's make an album , making a , let's make an album er and a few record companies have come on and they 've always wanted me to do an album like maybe , let's prepackage old sixties ' songs and revise them , or let's do love themes from T V shows and which would never have interested me , so I said to Dave , you know when a record company comes with an offer to make an album , to do the album I wan na do then we 'll do one . |
| 9 | He pulled up about three yards from me and stuck the boat into full reverse to stop . |
| 10 | I fixed my chin firmly on the metal in front of me and obeyed the instructions . |
| 11 | He sat in the seat across the aisle from me and said the cars would be backed into a siding for two days , the engine would be removed and used elsewhere , and there would be a security guard on duty . |
| 12 | In his speech , Charles praised my ‘ sterling contribution ’ to the school and shortly after it Paul came up to me and made the touching suggestion that I should give some classes in the summer term — if I was still free . |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't 'elp it , misses , ’ he sobbed , ‘ bigger than me he was , this boy set about me and when I was on the floor he kicked me and took the boots away from me . |
| 14 | Our Mickey [ Margy 's brother ] came looking for us and he kicked me and took the bairn away . |
| 15 | Aired the beds like you told me and cleaned the shoes . |
| 16 | I palmed the credit cards into my jacket pocket so that Melanie did n't see me and rescued the still smoking joint from Carol 's fingers . |
| 17 | The next question is : If Jesus died for me and paid the ‘ price of sin ’ , to whom was the penalty paid ? |
| 18 | She finished , fluttered her lashes at me and smoothed the corduroy dress over her wide hips . |
| 19 | He grinned at me and tweaked the nipple . |
| 20 | Toby had n't had time to try the ‘ exclusive ’ story on the dirty mac brigade and they clustered about me and shouted the usual obvious questions . |
| 21 | Toby looked meaningfully at me and changed the subject as we moved towards the table for lunch . |
| 22 | Now she stood beside me and watched the white Lincoln drive out of the boatyard . |
| 23 | The Queen looked at me and glimpsed the iron chain in my hand . |
| 24 | I would have loved to have swung the sodding bag and hit him straight in the balls but the old tight-fist snatched it off me and threw the gold on to the hall floor so he could watch his courtiers scramble . |
| 25 | He was about to skip past me and hit the bomb with the piece of wood — he had already raised it above his head and made the lunge — when I reached out and caught him round the waist . |
| 26 | One of the men came straight up to me and grabbed the kids . |
| 27 | He did n't leave me but brought the covers over us both and closed his body around mine in a grip that was painful , miraculous , unceasing . |
| 28 | These tales made quite an impression on me as did the story of Uncle Fred 's eldest son , young Fred as he was known , putting on his age and managing to join the Marines when only sixteen , then found himself serving on the same ship as his father during the great battle — something of a unique record . |