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Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb base] i [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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	‘ Take a complete break from your obsession and call me in two weeks . ’
3	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 . ’
4	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 .
5	Thanks to all those who have informed me of sightings of wildlife ; please keep up the good work and contact me in the Library & information Service ,
6	‘ I am sure the town will do everything it can to make the officers and crew feel at home and join me in wishing them all the best for the future . ’
7	Ask me a question and engage me in conversation or make a statement that applies to me .
8	That would help to show the universal determination of all parties in the House to achieve an answer that will provide a proper future for British agriculture and enable me at least to be able to tell my companions in the negotiations that there are things that matter so much to us that we will sit there until we achieve them , even if it means that we will sit there for many more months to come .
9	Shine through the storm and point me to the skies .
10	It screeches to a halt beside me , three guys get out , blindfold me , tie me hand and foot and bundle me into the van .
11	Now I need you to back up my story and put me in the clear .
12	The guards and police took me completely outside the town and put me into some weird hotel that looked like a Holiday Inn , but it was in the middle of the woods .
13	‘ Could you close the shop and drive me to Dublin ? ’
14	Bernice said she would show me Billy 's room and leave me to it while she made lunch and did I fancy a drink ?
15	It spat a worrisome mixture of steam and flame out periodically and covered the bottom of the pans with black ooze , a treacly goo that got itself on to my pile jacket and put me in good humour for an hour or so .
16	Barlow confessed : ‘ Mo called for the ball and put me in two minds .
17	I chased one into a warehouse where he managed to double back and attack me from behind .
18	Putting a hand on her arm , he said gently , ‘ Would you like to sit for a while and tell me about it ? ’
19	Dear God , they 'll pick their things up in a minute and leave me on my tod with that Peaseblossom .
20	My sister and me are very close , so this woman gave me a giro to go to my sister 's — they took me to the station and put me on the train .
21	I want you to move to another booth and call me in forty seconds on this number .
22	My poor mother , I am sure , could n't determine whether to commend my prudence or berate me for my lack of romance .
23	They spend a lot of time with their father and treat me like a friend , which is great . ’
24	‘ And d' you feel you could sweep them from my ground and deliver me from my past — or reconstruct my life without the shards of my past — or what ? ’
25	Let that be a lesson to you , Clare , she thought , to lose your temper and try me with your emotional immaturity .
26	But Ngugi managed to lift me out of my armchair and place me inside his imaginary village of Ilmorog .
27	The day they come to the door and denounce me in fluent Anglo-Saxon for a Scarlet Woman , then I 'll think about it . ’
28	They unlocked this gate and thrust me through it , locked it behind me .
29	She stripped the bed and lay me on the bed .
30	A voice that called me ‘ old boy ’ suggested that I ‘ toddle over the road and meet me in Greenwich Village at the corner of Bleeker Street and MacDougal .