Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | That was a nice picture — Marie liked it I think , cos she did n't mind me sticking it on the wall . |
2 | Boys pouring into the room below , laughing , chattering , me seeing them through the crack . |
3 | I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment . |
4 | FERDINAND … . my imagination will carry me To see her in the shameful act of sin … . |
5 | Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground . |
6 | And Dr Carrington had particularly asked me to disconnect him from the ventilator . |
7 | ‘ Here , let me shield you from the wind . ’ |
8 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |
9 | He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night . |
10 | As I do not , as a rule , take alcohol , the one glass of sherry I had with lunch enabled me to enjoy myself with the other guests . |
11 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
12 | In December 1757 he tried to excuse himself ‘ as my abode is at such distance from the place where the Royal Society hold their weekly meetings as to render it not only inconvenient , but unsafe for me to attend them in the winter season. , A month later Ellis countered with , ‘ I scarce think it possible that Mr. Miller should have no one friend in the Society to send him word and , indeed , I had told Rivington to tell Miller I would be glad to discuss the matter at Fulham , and Miller ignored it . ’ |
13 | Let me introduce you to the world of press releases . |
14 | Let me introduce you to the class . |
15 | Crilly tells me to meet him at the Hope and Vixen in half an hour . |
16 | He tells me to meet him at the magistrates ' court the following morning , tells me to keep away from the scumbags . |
17 | ‘ It told me to meet him by the Princess Alice in Forest Gate , ’ he recalls . |
18 | I carry with me the tattered remnants of this psychic structure : there is no way of not working hard , nothing in the end but an endurance that will allow me to absorb everything by the way of difficulty , holding on to the grave . |
19 | As one who was so instrumental in mapping out the future promise of early Smiths , his quote ‘ If you asked me to write something about The Smiths now it would probably be critical ’ , remained interesting . |
20 | I asked them about the war , and they said it was okay , but you could see in their eyes they did n't mean it . |
21 | So I asked them in the lodge like do n't do any damage and Tom was in e he gave them a good lecture so and the lads in the lodge said , Well look you tell them as well not to do this attitude and perhaps you 've seen it on these flumes when they saw a crowd that was there they were changing gear with the Land Rover and through you know like anybody in the way you 'd be underneath . |
22 | I asked him about the disrepair of the buildings . |
23 | It was an easy entry into conversation and , after going through the statistics dear to a teacher 's heart ( hours per week - twenty-five : pupils in a class — thirty ) , I asked him about the problems of teaching Spanish here . |
24 | When I asked him about the Galapagos T-shirt he was wearing , he merely snapped , ‘ No , I have n't been . |
25 | I asked him about the meatless days which the man at Amsterdam had mentioned . |
26 | I asked him about the girls and he told me to offer them drinks , talk to them , spend 1,000 francs on them , and I would be away . |
27 | When I asked him about the college he volunteered only that it was an experimental community of researchers and students — ‘ the kind of imaginative endeavour you will find only in the States . ’ |
28 | ‘ I asked him about the Lady Eleanor and he replied : ‘ She is near to death , a fall , an accident . |
29 | But for Ilsa 's sake I asked him about the gleaming star and discs on their rainbowed ribbons and he became almost talkative . |
30 | I asked him after the event what he thought . |