Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | It may have been the horse that roused me from my sleep . |
| 4 | ‘ Take a complete break from your obsession and call me in two weeks . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He took me in his mouth and carried me to his master . |
| 8 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
| 9 | He 's been out the car and locked me in it . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He made sure I knew it was him by flicking on his interior light and waving me towards him . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Jack Mason appeared at the players ' entrance and greeted me in his usual jovial way . |
| 14 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 15 | Fritz jumped down from his horse and lifted me in his arms . |
| 16 | During the summer and early autumn she helped me with Government aid and guided me in the direction of private aid . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Severed as I was from Father and from Helmut , living in a foreign country , was it the fear of further severance that kept me in this unequal concurrence ? |
| 19 | I detest the armoured , air-conditioned truck that deprived me of my final opportunity to desecrate the holy relic that is ‘ Guernica ’ . |
| 20 | That , mixed with the mule 's contribution , produced an atmosphere in the cabin that stood me in good stead for the rest of my flying career . |
| 21 | Because now I know there 's nothing behind the fancy shirt that interests me in the slightest . ’ |
| 22 | A presence that disturbs me with the joy |
| 23 | I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom . |
| 24 | And , perhaps , with this act of treachery I can finally buy my freedom from the burden of buried horror that bound me to Andy twenty years ago , so that — dispossessed of that trespass — I 'm left free to betray him again , now . |
| 25 | And when I arrived in Lanyon 's house , I took the dose of the drug that returned me to my normal appearance . |
| 26 | Something within him seemed to collapse but he did n't outwardly fall to pieces or rant or rave or even again try to pull out the arrow or finish me in any other way . |
| 27 | The WS286 was a nice machine that served me until September last year when , sadly , I had to replace it to make more room on my desk . |
| 28 | I had a conversation the other day with Con that reminded me of what I used to be , before I got corrupted by this place . |
| 29 | It was then that I began to discover the fate that awaited me as a female . |
| 30 | He often says unkind things to me , blaming me for the break-up of our marriage and accusing me of being a useless wife . |