Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb -s] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like when we go to the laundrette , or she takes me to the swimming baths to have a hot shower . |
| 2 | The matches are made of a wood so flimsy that it reminds me of the balsa with which I tried , unsuccessfully , to build model aeroplanes . |
| 3 | He 's mad on polo so he takes me to the Hurlingham Club to watch him play . |
| 4 | I 'll go and phone him , put ten P in the phone and he rings me at the phone box . |
| 5 | I turn round , and it hits me between the eyes . |
| 6 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 7 | ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Money is my motivation , but what keeps me at the top is that I 'm petrified of losing . |
| 10 | I 'm pleased you think that because it gets me off the hook now . |
| 11 | It 's a favourite because it reminds me of the most exciting part of political campaigning : the roadshow . |
| 12 | I 'm aching to run , but make myself sit for a second while she watches me through the black circles . |
| 13 | It 'll be up to him whether he throws me to the dogs and I finish up in a debtor 's prison , or whether he turns into a guardian angel complete with halo and big fat cheque . |
| 14 | You see him , cos he 's , Nick goes can I have a poster ? no , they 're only for erm the prettiest girl in Clapton and he shook my hand and sort of giving it yeah , before he drags me behind the counter ! |
| 15 | And I 've got no make-up remover — my make-up 's inches thick — it 'll go streaky in the night — if my eyes water , the mascara 'll run down my cheeks — and I 'll have no mirror to check my face before anyone sees me in the morning . |
| 16 | The closest we get together is when we dance and when he slaps me on the arse and that 's about it . |
| 17 | When he greets me at the door , he is still wearing an apron , after ‘ helping out ’ in the attached tea shop which he runs ‘ as a bit of a hobby ’ . |
| 18 | Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ? |
| 19 | You like yams ? ’ he asks as he hurries me through the West Indian greengrocer 's and out the back . |