Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] i [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 2 | Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards . |
| 3 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 4 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |
| 5 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 6 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 7 | Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’ |
| 8 | When Andy invited me to the launch of the The Gadget Shop I naively assumed it would be in the shop itself , in Covent Garden . |
| 9 | Every Saturday found me in the Hippodrome , our nearest cinema , which stood like a red-brick wireless set at the junction of Main Street , Byrely Road and Auckland Terrace . |
| 10 | ‘ I was very undecided when my agent told me about the offer … ’ |
| 11 | After some time Jean advised me in the words above to go out and be alone with God and express my renewed affection for him . |
| 12 | One banking employee told me of the demise of her bank branch . |
| 13 | The dilemma followed me through the publication of a few accounts of my researches . |
| 14 | ‘ And with that David kissed me on the cheek . |
| 15 | After it was all over there was another strange and thrilling event when a car whisked me to the News at Ten studios where I was interviewed by someone in Leeds . |
| 16 | Pahdra Singh called me to the club this morning where he and Reg Pybus and their crony , that stingy git Pugh , the corpse planter , unveiled the new team strip . |
| 17 | Were it not for the narrow strip of tar , I would have been stuck hopelessly — several times I was bogged down when the wind blew me off the road . |
| 18 | ‘ So your mummy saw me with the boys , did she ? |
| 19 | In any event , a few particularly strident voices denounced me over the agreement . |
| 20 | The soldier seized me by the hair and pushed me across the garden . |
| 21 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 22 | After Richard reminded me of the problems I was about to face following that first flight , I was n't looking forward to the next flying lesson . |
| 23 | I suppose Sue saved me in the nick of time , ’ he said . |
| 24 | I said ‘ Hullo ’ to everyone I knew , and Violet Sangston introduced me to the people I did n't know . |
| 25 | Neither of them felt up to leading and their enquiring eyes forced me into the lead . |
| 26 | I endeavoured to paint a picture of this scene , but again and again legions of midges drove me from the spot : I got a phial of essence supposed to keep them away , but alas ! in vain . |
| 27 | Irena drove me to the station , past the monastery that is now a military hospital , along the main road north where tanks rumble across at night . |
| 28 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 29 | Recently , the Queen invited me to the Windsor Horse show along with my little friend Mohammed Al Fayed , who has a shop in Knightsbridge , the name of which escapes me . |
| 30 | I hoped that the off-licence opened soon because the journey to Dover could only be improved by getting drunk ; besides , a few cans of lager helped me through the morning pretty well , and killed off hunger till late afternoon . |