Example sentences of "to [noun] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one day Miss Havisham decided it was time to apprentice me to Joe , and told me to bring him to her house . |
| 2 | ‘ My mum used to monster me for coming home so late . |
| 3 | Some time previously and after a wait of five years my name had been proposed and seconded for membership , but when my proposer heard that two members were of a mind to blackball me in the ballot , he ( without telling me ) withdrew my candidature . |
| 4 | I felt helpless in the face of my own infantile bad temper and sulkiness ; I could remember exactly how I 'd felt when I was six , and somebody was trying to cajole me into doing something I did n't want to do … in a minute , I thought in some recess of my mind , I 'll be stamping and shouting , " Wo n't ! " |
| 5 | Third , she claims to have authorisation from Mephistco to boot me off the assignment . |
| 6 | Even so , I had been surprised when he agreed to back me on the amateur circuit for one year after I left the university . |
| 7 | It was a bulky volume to carry around and my RAF friends used to rib me about my " vest pocket edition " , but I had resolved to keep reading it in spare moments to remind me of my real life . |
| 8 | This is not the time to subject me to some kind of general knowledge quiz … or to make love to me , although heaven knows I 'd like you to . |
| 9 | I phoned Shirley , a friend I 'd made who ran a travel agency , and asked her to book me on the mid-day Concorde . |
| 10 | And she says her day with Becky and the team was a revelation : ‘ The Granada Reports people came to my house to film me in some of my own clothes and then took me to the Hillcrest Hotel in Widnes where I had my hair styled and my make-up done , and then tried on lots of different outfits . |
| 11 | He was reaching out from death to hurt me in the same old way , only this time I did n't have to know . |
| 12 | He grabbed my tie and I thought he was going to nut me in the face . |