Example sentences of "i [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The differences are deep and go far back into history , but while I have been a Minister dealing with the economy and the environment I have always had the greatest possible collaboration from all the parties in Northern Ireland , which have always worked cheek by jowl with one another and with me for the benefit of all the people of Northern Ireland . |
| 2 | Perhaps he was going to touch me for the air fare home . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , Dacre came to find me for the purpose of asking my permission to address you , ’ said Kirtlington . |
| 4 | Maybe I 'd set him at ease by saying ‘ g'day ’ , but he looked like he 'd known me all his eight years , and leant quite steadily on me for the drive to Robert 's parents ' cottage , where we arranged photos . |
| 5 | I do n't want him to say well she did n't come round , she did n't ask me for the money , I mean I have n't ask him for the money and , he 'd like to on a Friday , when one come up , when the next one comes you can you ? |
| 6 | ‘ No , I 'll keep her down with me for the night . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ For some reason he was adamant that he simply had to have me for the make-up on the new play he 's doing . ’ |
| 8 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 9 | He will be long remembered , valued and respected by me for the development of a movement which firmly established " People 's Art " as part of the expectation of education for each person and especially for children . |
| 10 | Rather more than 20 years ago , over a lunch in Staff House , I was persuaded by three eminent lecturers of this University to allow them to nominate me for the Council of Consumers ' Association . |
| 11 | As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply . |
| 12 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 13 | He often says unkind things to me , blaming me for the break-up of our marriage and accusing me of being a useless wife . |
| 14 | I had to admit to myself that that threw me for the minute . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ It berates me for the way I mistreated it last night . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't blame me for the way you interpret anything I say , ’ he said blandly . |
| 18 | Hope you can join me for the breakfast show for Gary and Robbo 's next in your day . |
| 19 | ‘ You may thank me for the breakfast , ’ McAllister said , sitting down to attack her own meal with vigour , ‘ but the weather — now that , alas , is beyond me . |
| 20 | Although in the early days Derek was happy to drive me around and did n't even charge me for the petrol , pretty soon our visits here and there grew so frequent and far afield that he was finding himself quite a bit out of pocket . |
| 21 | If it makes you feel better , you can even pay me for the drink . ’ |
| 22 | I reached out behind me for the feeder on the locker-top . |
| 23 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 24 | For myself , I wish to say to men that as long as they associate me with an idea of ‘ woman ’ drawn from the past , or suppose that a model for gender relations is to be found in that past , they have failed to see me for the person who I am , or to envisage what equality might mean . |
| 25 | It joined me for the rest of the holiday , much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers . |
| 26 | ‘ But it means you work for me for the rest of your life to pay me back . ’ |
| 27 | With a Raleigh-esque flourish he threw a hanky over the unexploded missile and scraped it up , apologising profusely , before pocketing the prize and slinking off , red-faced and too embarrassed to talk to me for the rest of the evening . |
| 28 | I understand all right , and if you think you 're going to live off me for the rest of your life you 're mistaken . |
| 29 | ‘ He had three years with John Edwards , but we bought him back for 5,600gns a year last June and he will be with me for the rest of his days . ’ |
| 30 | But the band stuck by me , worked out a routine with me , and busked through it with me for the rest of the run . |