Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | The army was an unsatisfactory occupation for a man who lacked the money to purchase promotion , for he was likely to be in the situation of the Master of Elphinstone , who complained in 1715 that ‘ I have served as Capt[ai-n] this nine years which I have the vanity to believe intitelis me to something better than a company of foot ’ . |
| 3 | And when I last looked at it , one question on behaviour modification had managed to creep on there as well but I ca n't remember what the question is , so you 'd better pay attention for the whole of the rest of this lecture in case I in case I remember it . |
| 4 | ‘ My mum used to monster me for coming home so late . |
| 5 | 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 ! " |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Oh well , my goodness me in a carpet . |
| 8 | Er I 'll just talk erm just talk briefly about emergency access money , cos this wi this covers one point I in the next session . |
| 9 | When I returned from Libya via Egypt , just after the Munich crisis I at once got in touch with Eliot , and put my proposal before him . |
| 10 | Even so , I had been surprised when he agreed to back me on the amateur circuit for one year after I left the university . |
| 11 | Third , she claims to have authorisation from Mephistco to boot me off the assignment . |
| 12 | The only fing we 've got ta decide is , who 's gon na come wiv me on Sunday evenin' fer the pay out . |
| 13 | Could you advice me of any reputable wreckers who may have ouch a late model unit ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Can I can I just raise a question er to r to clarify the point before I answer your question that I are am I are we to assume that in response to Mr , erm it 's on the record that there 's a er a request to add , clear expression of local preference I by local planning authorities ? |
| 17 | Then , bugger I down dead if she did n't get me . |
| 18 | That in and under the bread and wine , as Calvin put it , set apart from common use to this holy use to represent his body and blood , he feeds us with his very life I in you and you in me , I the vine and you the branches . |
| 19 | But for the moment , why not humour me with a little explanation ? ’ |
| 20 | I phoned Shirley , a friend I 'd made who ran a travel agency , and asked her to book me on the mid-day Concorde . |
| 21 | This enabled the movements of Filden I to be monitored closely from the time she left Dieppe . |
| 22 | yes I see , I think er unfortunately doctor I in this particular case I ought to make an order for certificate for counsel erm in the current , in respect of the costs incurred below on the thirteenth of August seems to me do er the proper kind of case in which to instruct counsel . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He was reaching out from death to hurt me in the same old way , only this time I did n't have to know . |
| 25 | Whilst I 'm thinking of that notice the way I into the middle of the plate . |
| 26 | Well there 's no way I against the |
| 27 | He grabbed my tie and I thought he was going to nut me in the face . |
| 28 | ‘ Invoice me for damages . ’ |
| 29 | What does interest me about the leaf stem she suggested it should be put in the foyer of County Hall well when Nottingham becomes a unitary stat unitary authority and County Hall is made into an hotel perhaps it would be a bit unfortunate for the visitors to have the leaf stem er when they book in . |
| 30 | I 've got to solve it or she 'll just re-route me to some tedious filing-clerk 's job ! |