Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 2 | Gyggle was driving me along the coast road to Brighton as he spoke . |
| 3 | The government 's obvious intention was to identify me as the main source of all the criticism and speculation running counter to the official line on Flight 103 and then to destroy me . |
| 4 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 5 | As Estella was leading me along the dark passages , she stopped suddenly and put her face close to mine . |
| 6 | I think Alwin and Pat use an auditor cos as you know he 's in business and I 've got a feeling that Alwin was asking me about the auditors the other day , so whether there 's would be , whoever he is , would be er willing to do it , I do n't know . |
| 7 | The Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education is to advise me on the implications of the report for primary initial teacher training in future . |
| 8 | The registrar was regarding me over the top of his spectacles and trying not to look at his watch . |
| 9 | The next moment I was on the floor and one was kicking me and the other was hitting me in the face . |
| 10 | ‘ People are stopping me in the street to ask about it . ’ |
| 11 | Souness is fixing me with the glare he reserves for the enemy , the look that countless midfield players must have known to their terror , a look that threatens to rupture my Achilles tendon , if I hover on a question too long . |
| 12 | GERRY JOHNSON is driving me along the winding roads of south-western Virginia . |
| 13 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 14 | ‘ Lieutenant Lapointe is escorting me to the opera on Wednesday , ’ she announced defiantly . |
| 15 | As I prowled about outside the garden wall , it came on me with a start that a young , man was regarding me over the barrel of a pistol . |
| 16 | He guessed rightly that little Didier Bluot was leading me into the cemetery and would direct me to Montaine 's grave . |
| 17 | Later we were to have several talks , but when I first arrived sick and ill and my GP went through the diagnosis , his greatest concern was to get me into the hands of a good specialist which he did with the utmost speed . |
| 18 | Fairfax turns to me : ‘ The laibon is telling me about the lion hunt in which his brother was injured . ’ |
| 19 | Everyone is being extra nice to me and , best of all , Pa is taking me to the yard tomorrow . |
| 20 | Another small farm was shown me as the place where the mother of a young baby had forgotten to place the poker over its cradle : as a consequence the child , unprotected by iron , had been stolen by the fairies and replaced by a ‘ changeling ’ . |
| 21 | The answer was staring me in the face . |
| 22 | All right , the little sod 's reminding me of the truth , so I 'll tell it . ) |
| 23 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
| 24 | I was in a shop once , buying scented candles , and on the radio came Steve Wright with a collage of Smiths ’ songs , and I got a distinct chill , almost as though the hand of death was tapping me on the shoulder , saying : ‘ put yer candles down , it 's time to go ! ’ ’ |
| 25 | I dreamt that my mother was calling me from the bottom of a deep , deep well . |