Example sentences of "[verb] i [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised the truth of all I had heard and read and decided to give my heart to Jesus and ask God to forgive me my sins on Wednesday , 13th April in the car on the way home from work . |
| 2 | Until I can persuade her to unbind me — or make contact with Mephistco and convince someone back at base to forgive me my trespasses just long enough to do an override — I am confined inside the plane of reflected light . |
| 3 | When he holds out his tiny arms to greet me my whole heart keels over as if a great wave has hit it . |
| 4 | I suppose people have got used to bringing me their queries , to some extent , " said Richard , going into their cabin to take off his black shoes and put on a pair of red leather slippers , which , like all his other clothes , never seemed to wear out . |
| 5 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 6 | Er , he said , while we 're about it , you could n't lend me your bass as well , could you ? |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , do lend me your anorak , Seb dear , ’ Nutty said , and he nobly took it off and handed it over . |
| 8 | The man says to her , ‘ Would you lend me your pitcher ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Will you lend me your car , Fred ? |
| 10 | ‘ They sell me my flat , then decide to demolish the place , ’ Mr McKenna said yesterday . |
| 11 | Mr Arlidge asked : ‘ Supposing a man came to the bakery and said , ‘ Mr Kuc please sell me your kidney ’ . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Arlidge asked : ‘ Supposing a man came to the bakery and said , ‘ Mr Kuc please sell me your kidney ’ . ’ |
| 13 | He has made no secret of his irritation with the City and its ways , and in the light of the group 's disastrous plunge to losses of £71m for the year to June , shareholders are being presented with a ‘ sell me your shares or shoot yourselves in the foot ’ type offer . |
| 14 | ‘ Sell me your daughter , Li Lu , ’ he cried when he reached the house , ‘ and I will release you from half your debt to me . ’ |
| 15 | She lent me her copy of Anais Nin |
| 16 | My thanks also to Sandra Burslem and Sue Thorne who kindly lent me their word processor . |
| 17 | Tremayne lent me his Volvo to go to the boatyard in the morning , reminding me before I set off that it was the day of the awards dinner at which he was to be honoured . |
| 18 | ‘ One of the bosses lent me his Jaguar Sovereign XJ6 for a week when my car broke down , ’ said Pete . |
| 19 | ‘ And he lent me his boat for a family outing . |
| 20 | Finally I saw shapes of valleys , hills , crags , the white flash of waterfalls and then after Bill Robins lent me his binoculars , even houses , mostly thatched with palms or with roofs of red corrugated iron , the trademark of Polynesia , with the occasional roof of startling white . |
| 21 | He sat beside me and lent me his shoulder as a back-rest . |
| 22 | Immediately he lent me his support , his judgement and helped me find a publisher , putting me in touch with Jan Martens and the Fonds Mercator which publish admirable art books . |
| 23 | I taught for a term at a crammer half a mile from my home , and instead of passing lazy days with charming children whose actively hatted mothers would smile , condescend and yet flirt during some endless pollen-spattered sports day , I spent my time with the son of the local bookmaker ( he lent me his bike : I crashed it ) and the daughter of the suburb 's solicitor . |
| 24 | Anyway , he 's alright by me cos he lent me his Porsche . |
| 25 | In Primary Three I fell in love with another boy because he lent me his ‘ Lo-lo Ball ’ and I thought this meant love ! |
| 26 | As the organist began the introduction , the lights dimmed to add ‘ mood ’ , allowing me my first sight of the sparse audience . |
| 27 | He already had my passport in front of him , and he opened it and asked me my name , age , parents ’ names and a lot of other routine questions . |
| 28 | I had n't been in your shop two minutes before she asked me my birth date and told me her hobby is astrology . ’ |
| 29 | On the third day , I was marched before a prison officer , who perfunctorily asked me my name and address , and if I would confess to where I had concealed the body of Victor Frankenstein . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character . |