Example sentences of "i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 32 | Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad . |
| 33 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 34 | It was like Frazer 's looking into the ‘ abysm of time ’ , but it was a vision only imperfectly appreciated by Charlie Mears , as the narrator of ‘ The Finest Story in the World ’ emphasizes : ‘ Above all , he was absolutely ignorant of the knowledge sold to me for five pounds ; and he would retain that ignorance , for bank-clerks do not understand metempsychosis , and a sound commercial education does not include Greek . ’ |
| 35 | He rented me a projector , and because he wanted to retire sold his movies to me for a few pesetas a twelve-reeler . |
| 36 | Must have been the early 1940s , my mother taking me for a walk near Bostall Woods during a gap in the bombing . |
| 37 | He did n't talk to me for a week after that . |
| 38 | ‘ What did you want to bring anything to me for ? ’ |
| 39 | ‘ That bloody bird has been annoying me for days . ’ |
| 40 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 41 | I have seen photographs of orca , both still and movie , close-up and underwater , but nothing prepares me for the sight of a real one that scythes out of the water 100 metres or so away from the boat . |
| 42 | Tony finds several packets of banana custard that is hot and sweet ; it tastes bloody awful and neither Tony nor I like it , none the less he fights me for the last helping . |
| 43 | ‘ Leave me for a bit , Billy , ’ she says with her back to me , so I go out and sit on my bed . |
| 44 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 45 | Won t you forgive me for keeping it a secret ? ’ |
| 46 | With any luck my father would n't call me for the milking too early ; he generally does n't when I 've been out on patrol the night before . |
| 47 | I am greeted by a timid and frail old man who , clutching his hands nervously , thanks me for coming : a greeting he continues to offer throughout my stay . |
| 48 | ‘ Forgive me for saying so but in East Prussia — Poland , I should say ! — we had our pick of game . |
| 49 | Those summer nights will stay with me for ever , with the moon illuminating the darkness and the birds calling to each other in the trees at sunset . |
| 50 | ‘ You have n't really seen me for years . ’ |
| 51 | If there is anyone in your parish whom you think might be interested and suitable , perhaps you would draw their attention to these posts and encourage them to write to me for application forms and job description . |
| 52 | I knew that telling them would be hard but nothing prepared me for their anger and grief during our final month together . |
| 53 | ‘ Every time you take me for a meal , it 's to a non-smoking restaurant , ’ said Bob in a somewhat annoyed tone . |
| 54 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 55 | And now when it comes in a miracle , you wonder at me for looking twice , thrice , four times , to see if it comes through ivory or horn . |
| 56 | He 'd just hit me for two huge sixes , then slapped me savagely through the covers . |
| 57 | The line ‘ women only like me for my mind ’ is clever … |
| 58 | Ronnie Ross : ‘ At the time he came to see me for lessons , groups like The Rolling Stones were just beginning to come into vogue although he was more interested in jazz , and we 'd sit and talk about jazz and jazz musicians quite often . |
| 59 | He waited what seemed to him rather an excessive ti me for Catherine , but decided , charitably , that you could n't look as she did without pretty regular attention to the overall effect . |
| 60 | ‘ You didna ask me for evidence , John , you sought my best judgement , and you have it . |