Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] i the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | More than any other sound , more even than the grunting roar of a lion , their howling evokes for me the African night . |
2 | And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it . |
3 | Please confirm your acceptance of this post by signing and returning to me the docketed copy of this letter . |
4 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
5 | As he opens the door the lid snaps up and as he looks at me the social dimension locks me in its perspective . |
6 | You drove past me the other day when I drov , was it you ? |
7 | Only later , I told the now somewhat quivering Principal , only later , when Rosa had gone , did it come to mind that one or two of the other girls had made of me the same enquiry over the past twelve months . |
8 | ‘ He did n't try to flirt with me the whole time , ’ she defended , and half wished then that she had n't said anything about lunchtime . |
9 | He came with me the whole way of my round south of the Court . |
10 | Then they clapped me on the back with too many hands , thrust upon me the plastiform wafer that confirmed payment of the rest of my fee , and proclaimed that they would create a song for the festival in praise of ’ the , most safe and reliable Delmore Curb , master courier ’ . |
11 | ‘ To be sure , the lad 's name is Gabriel , and he came to me the very day I was needing an angel . |
12 | The following case study is unusual because Charlotte ( not her real name ) had not revealed to me the actual reason why she felt the need for aromatherapy . |
13 | Reveal to me the great secret . |
14 | That God will give me a clear vision for the future and reveal to me the next step after DTS . |
15 | This seemed to me the greatest achievement of the afternoon ; some people do n't even learn to think for themselves at university . |
16 | The chapel seemed to me the focal point of our small , humble community . |
17 | I caught Cam looking at me the other day . |
18 | His daughter fed him on tins of baby food , which again confirmed for me the sour joke of existence and the particular contemptibility of this old man . |
19 | His age and status induced in me the normal mixture of deference , fear and cheek . |
20 | ‘ See , ’ said Renwick pointing to his balding pate , ‘ that 's what happened to me the last time I did n't stop ! ’ |
21 | Certainly I always tried to remember the shocking effect which the sight of so many old prisoners , some of them bearded , all of them strangely dressed , had had on me the first time I arrived in a main camp . |
22 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |
23 | It hangs over me the whole time . |
24 | I had a determined attitude , a few months ' really hard winter training under my belt and a driving ambition to put behind me the previous year 's exit in the opening round . |
25 | But he 's moaning to me the other week about you know , er and I bloody near said to him , well er , things have come back on you know , but I should of |
26 | I dare not ask directly what is the precise matter but I see in Mr Browning 's eyes an anxiety deeper than usual and he confessed to me the other day that he fears there may be water on the lung . |
27 | One comes from perhaps the pharmaceutical and the medical profession side , and it seems to me the other side is really the public side . |
28 | It seems to me the only thing to do . ’ |
29 | One thing about the strategy is that it seems to me the ultimate goal is perhaps to get rid of the warlords |
30 | To conclude , the play does give us the answers to the questions we demand from Hamlet , we understand the delay 's he makes in killing Claudius due to the nature of his thoughts , he is concerned with the future of his soul and this seems to me the central issue in Shakespeare 's Hamlet . |