Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It may have been the horse that roused me from my sleep . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He took me in his mouth and carried me to his master . |
| 5 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
| 6 | He 's been out the car and locked me in it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Jack Mason appeared at the players ' entrance and greeted me in his usual jovial way . |
| 9 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 10 | Fritz jumped down from his horse and lifted me in his arms . |
| 11 | During the summer and early autumn she helped me with Government aid and guided me in the direction of private aid . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | I detest the armoured , air-conditioned truck that deprived me of my final opportunity to desecrate the holy relic that is ‘ Guernica ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I thought about that scent ; there was something about it , something extra besides the smell that reminded me of Marcus 's bathroom . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And when I arrived in Lanyon 's house , I took the dose of the drug that returned me to my normal appearance . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It was then that I began to discover the fate that awaited me as a female . |
| 21 | A bright-red saloon car zoomed past from the south and shot me to my feet with my arms waving wildly . |
| 22 | My flesh crept as he unleashed a hearty laugh and motioned me towards the chair . |
| 23 | She came out , saw me in the passage and hurried me into the lounge . |
| 24 | He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor . |
| 25 | Dorje greeted me at the bottom and pulled me by the hand across the slabs of ice which had cracked into pontoons , barely locked together . |
| 26 | She moved back against the pillow and drew me on top of her . |
| 27 | As I took my place in the darkened centre stage for the opening of the first act , and the lights slowly came up , I saw a sight which I 've never seen before , a sight which chilled me to the marrow and froze me to the spot . |
| 28 | When we returned the traffic warden was waiting and launched into a tirade of abuse and threatened me with a ticket for all my disabled badge was displayed . |
| 29 | So when Dawson came on the scene and swept me off my feet , as the expression goes , I half jumped into his arms . |
| 30 | That two hit men had waylaid you and that we were making our escape when you suddenly had a brainstorm and accused me of being in league with them ? |