Example sentences of "[vb past] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lowered me into a chair at the foot of the stairs and stood above me critically . |
| 2 | Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified . |
| 3 | The most intriguing matter supplied by Gaitskell was when he consulted me about the constant leakage of the party 's National Executive minutes to the Manchester Guardian . |
| 4 | She leaned in and pecked me on the lips . |
| 5 | In breaks in our work Edward entertained me with curious stories of the old alchemists . |
| 6 | ‘ The referee took me aside and penalised me for ‘ over-robust ’ play , not foul play . ’ |
| 7 | He interrupted me with , ‘ Oh , we know you — you 're the chocolate mouse from Lancashire ! ’ |
| 8 | Without taking hold of me , she forced me to stand in one spot of my own will , while she whipped me on all sides . |
| 9 | She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down . |
| 10 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
| 11 | ‘ They expected me to be a lawyer too . |
| 12 | What I discovered at this point , was that they , my Thai co-workers , also expected me to be the teacher for this newly organised project ! |
| 13 | ‘ You nearly expected me in vain , ’ the Friar said . |
| 14 | ‘ He met me at the station … ’ |
| 15 | I had supposed that Aunt Louise would be in bed , but she met me at the door ; opened it , in fact , and held it ready for me to come in , because there was something she was bursting to tell me : ‘ I 'm not staying in this cold place a day longer . ’ |
| 16 | Rich and Syb met me at the station . |
| 17 | My faithful driver , Murphy , met me at the gate , taking my bags and walking me past the vagrants and money changers to his car , an old American model that had become something of a collector 's item . |
| 18 | On the appointed Saturday in October , Micky met me at the railway station and drove me ( in a fairly elderly Morris Oxford with a canvas hood ) right down the High as far as the University Church , and there he parked ( no problem then ) . |
| 19 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 20 | But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me . |
| 21 | She met me with a friendly smile , shook my hand and introduced me to the class : ‘ This is Wanda , our new pupil who has come to live in our village . |
| 22 | you met me with an exalted smile |
| 23 | She met me in London wearing a wide-brimmed hat , khaki shorts and a loose white top ; she says she loves showing off , feels her legs are her best feature and that short skirts suit her . |
| 24 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 25 | ‘ I know he met me in Florence . |
| 26 | You would n't recognise me if you met me in the bath . ’ |
| 27 | Ashley met me in the Jac that night , listened to my woes , bought me drink when I ran out of money ( I 'm sure I was short-changed at the bar ) even though she probably had less dosh than I did , and listened to my woes all over again when we went back to her mum 's and sat up till God knows when , talking low so we would n't wake Dean in the next room . |
| 28 | My father met me in the kitchen . |
| 29 | He met me after school and accompanied me to the newly opened branch of Smith 's in Churchill Square . |
| 30 | P : I was coming home from a party with Robert Mitchum drinking cider when one of Shane 's gang came out and stabbed me in the arm … ( goes on for about ten more pages — Freudian Ed ) |