Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 If it were , the day would come when the man behind the shining table lamp would toss a fountain pen in my direction and tell me to sign a piece of paper , and I would say , what the hell , why not ?
2 He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor .
3 The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree .
4 Sergeant Moustaine punched me in the face , stuffed my shitty underpants in my mouth and ordered me to run around the parade ground holding my kitbag above my head .
5 ‘ To my grief and surprise I found her mind bowed down to the very depths of painful disquietude , unable to realise the presence of her Saviour , and harassed with the fiery darts of the great Enemy …
6 ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them .
7 He looked at my work and said I had talent , but that I needed " earnest practice in drawing " , to which I wholly agree : He also said he would be glad to take me as his " chela " but that my name and work must go before the council of professors of the Academy , which meets next Thursday , 17th inst. and that if they accepted me I could start work on the following Monday , 21st inst .
8 It was extremely effective , did n't pull any punches , but had caught my eye and made me think .
9 Helena said : ‘ I know I have no overdraft facility but I genuinely believed there was enough money to pay my mortgage and feel I have been punished out of all proportion .
10 A few monsters lay against my body and made me warm .
11 For them an insidious sense of illusion stimulates my imagination and enables me to see the entire pageant of Venetian ships , present and past , actual and intangible , sailing before my eyes .
12 Instead he took the wineskin from the horn of my saddle and forced me to drink .
13 It is therefore natural to speak of my desire for coffee as the cause of my going to the kitchen ; a quite different kind of cause would be operating if someone twisted my arm behind my back and forced me to go .
14 Instead it switched a light on inside my head that enabled me to see things , which at the time , were away beyond my full understanding .
15 I am writing this partly to get it clear in my head and to help me make up my mind .
16 It was their means of controlling my behaviour and getting me to do exactly what they wanted .
17 He gave me every encouragement , lent me camp equipment , provided me with a Somali called Ali as my headman and helped me collect the necessary servants .
18 ‘ You just grope my fanny and expect me to respond .
19 The coachman took my luggage and called me to hurry up .
20 mask on my love and dared me to count
21 The ‘ personality ’ had to conceal my natural impatience , my moods , my fatigue and make me appear endlessly dynamic and reassuring .
22 I scratched my ear and wished I knew the answer to that one .
23 Miss Abbott , when you came to my house the other day and wandered round my studio and let me see something of your thoughts , it was as if a gale had blown through all the dust and cobwebs , all the mouldering old habits that were growing up round me like ivy , and when you had gone , I tore that canvas off the easel and smashed it — ’
24 ‘ They 'd begun to despair of me , so one of the lecturers ’ he laughs , ‘ bunged a camera in my hand and suggested I go out and take some photos instead .
25 You see , it was really my dad that made me go along with the Church , even though he did n't really involve himself .
26 ‘ The practical help in developing my business plan was invaluable in focusing my idea and helping me obtain LEDU assistance ’ .
27 When we arrived at her house , Eva put her hand on my shoulder and told me to go upstairs to Charlie .
28 She runs her hands up my legs to my buttocks again , sliding her fingers between my cheeks , touching my anus and making me go up on the balls of my feet , then her hand runs back down my legs .
29 One day , while we were roaming around junk shops and the Paperback Exchange , Changez took my arm and forced me to face him , which was never a pleasant sight .
30 Self-satisfaction had given way to an impatience that said , as clearly as the words , ‘ If that 's the best you can do , stop wasting my time and let me get on with my work . ’
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