Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] i " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps , though , you could get a message to Cabochon for me . ’
2 The sticking point in faith for me was abnegation .
3 Did you phone that hairdressers for me ?
4 She put a condom on me and we got stuck in , but as soon as I had ejaculated she whipped the condom off me , leaving me floundering for a while on the bed .
5 ‘ But I have gone over it many times in my mind about why we lost so heavily in India and one of the main reasons for me was that we were not used to playing on turning pitches .
6 ‘ It is not an area of expertise for me . ’
7 And Prozac did the trick for me , erm it wo n't work for everybody , it 's not a happiness pill , it just restores you to some sort of normality .
8 There was more of an opportunity for me to stand out over here , particularly as there is no real heavyweight contender on the British scene since Bruno lost to Tyson . ’
9 This present trip represents , after all , a rare opportunity for me to savour to the full the many splendours of the English countryside , and I know I shall greatly regret it later if I allow myself to become unduly diverted .
10 ‘ I did n't think I could face the idea of someone else having the job , ’ she laughs , ‘ but it was also a great opportunity for me . ’
11 Shortly after my return , the Governor was to make a tour of Central Burma and it seemed a great opportunity for me to gauge conditions outside Rangoon , so I was invited to accompany him .
12 Hunt , who broke an ankle at the start of this season , said : ‘ This is a good opportunity for me to show what I can do after a bit of a difficult time . ’
13 Later on , perhaps at the next election , there might be an opportunity for me to get into Parliament .
14 ‘ This is a great opportunity for me .
15 It shocked my manager a lot too and he 's going to be concentrating on a big relaunch of Suzanne over the next while so I think it 's a good opportunity for me to take my career more into my own hands . ’
16 This gives an annual opportunity for me to get up to dates with Fordyce Maxwell of The Scotsman , an old friend from my Berwick days , at the preliminaries .
17 I know it must seem an unnecessary fuss to you , Dana , but it 's a big opportunity for me and I want everything to be as perfect as possible , ’ she said urgently .
18 It was an opportunity for me .
19 This debate is an opportunity for me to pay tribute , as he did , to the excellent management skills and work of Iain MacKinnon and his task force .
20 If he had had any foresight , when the Woolf-Tumim report was published , the right hon. Gentleman would have said to himself , ’ Here is a unique and historic opportunity for me to make my reputation as one of the great Home Secretaries of the 20th century . ’
21 This is n't just another investment opportunity for me , you see , Miss Williams .
22 ‘ I decided that , somewhere among the pottery and handicrafts which are sold on the Algarve , there had to be an opportunity for me to utilise my design skills and earn money without the need to park Thomas with a minder .
23 He wired all my lamps for me and fixed my washing machine . ’
24 well it was a book that was produced a little while ago you can buy that tape deck off me if you like
25 If you got tired and worried , she 'd say , ‘ Come on , comb my hair for me . ’
26 So do n't cut your hair for me ,
27 A friend does my hair for me , she 's a freelance hairdresser .
28 I said , ‘ If there is naught else in Paradise for me but this delight which I have in my own nature , no other blessing will I want and not even the houris and sugarcane of Paradise will divert me from it . ' ’
29 This is the most difficult part of my story for me to tell .
30 in the story for me .
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