Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It did n't distress or alarm me in any way , certainly not as much as many other things that I have seen that have earned certificates ’ . |
| 2 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 3 | When I think of love or beauty or gardens , the images that moved me in my everyday life appear again and I feel the same sensations as when I first found them . |
| 4 | It was probably the idea of having to hang on for no more than two months that convinced me of the value of these silly prophesies , but I was a true believer . |
| 5 | It may have been the horse that roused me from my sleep . |
| 6 | I turned to go into the house , made with great difficulty the three or four steps that separated me from my room , and felt my arms and legs burning , also my body . |
| 7 | They had such nice manners and treated me like one of their own , so I reckon I was one of the lucky ones . |
| 8 | He was running on three legs and holding me in the fourth . |
| 9 | Half way up , Springsteen shot through his legs and passed me at about Mach 5 , doing a handbrake turn at the bottom of the stairs and heading for the back door . |
| 10 | ‘ Take a complete break from your obsession and call me in two weeks . ’ |
| 11 | Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist . |
| 12 | I was brought rudely back to the real world by Tony 's tripod coming off the top of the pile of clatch ( odds and ends ) piled up above the seat and hitting me on the head as the truck lurched to a halt , diving itself into a drift of deep snow . |
| 13 | And she reeled off several names and exact addresses and sent me on my way : Kerr ( ‘ Everyone is related to Kerrs ’ ) , MacMillan , Mackinnon , Lowe . |
| 14 | I got on my bike and went back to the house a bit recklessly , shooting through puddles on the path and taking the Jump — a bit on the path where there 's a long downhill on a dune and then a short uphill where it 's easy to leave the ground — at a good forty kilometres per hour , landing with a muddy thump that nearly had me in the whin bushes and left me with a very sore bum , making me want to keep opening my mouth with the feeling of it . |
| 15 | He took me in his mouth and carried me to his master . |
| 16 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
| 17 | If you 've any sense you 'll give me a ride to Shipton and put me on a train , then go back to your farm and forget all about me . ’ |
| 18 | He 's been out the car and locked me in it . |
| 19 | When he looked up and turned to greet me Gyggle 's real profile showed the beard off to even greater effect and teased me with its diversity . |
| 20 | A murdering Fascist , ’ I cried and Richard took me gently by the shoulders and pushed me towards the door . |
| 21 | She puts her hands on my shoulders and steers me to the chair . |
| 22 | He made sure I knew it was him by flicking on his interior light and waving me towards him . |
| 23 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
| 24 | For over a year David wrestled with a guilty conscience because of his adultery with Bathsheba and other crimes which followed and his anguish and desire to be right with God are recorded in Psalm 51 ‘ Have mercy upon me , O God … blot out my transgressions . ’ ( v. 1 ) ‘ Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin . ’ |
| 25 | Jack Mason appeared at the players ' entrance and greeted me in his usual jovial way . |
| 26 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 27 | Fritz jumped down from his horse and lifted me in his arms . |
| 28 | During the summer and early autumn she helped me with Government aid and guided me in the direction of private aid . |
| 29 | [ My father ] used to talk to me of books and take me to lectures . |
| 30 | Already they keep me busy coming and consulting me about their topics to write on , and that , with 12 hours teaching a week , means that it is no holiday . |