Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what it was about , but I know that it shocked me into the sort of terror that I did n't know I was capable of . |
| 2 | The matches are made of a wood so flimsy that it reminds me of the balsa with which I tried , unsuccessfully , to build model aeroplanes . |
| 3 | That was his word , and it struck me at the time that it was extreme language for a man of his temperament . |
| 4 | I turn round , and it hits me between the eyes . |
| 5 | ‘ Because ‘ e 's my mate , and it annoyed me at the time to see ‘ im get ahead of me . ’ |
| 6 | The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys . |
| 7 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 8 | There I am on the neatly mown grass that says Keep Off Grass with the pigeon pinned under my armpit trying to bend its neck double and it smacking me in the face with one wing , when all of a sudden there 's this : ‘ Oi ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process . |
| 10 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |
| 11 | I 'm pleased you think that because it gets me off the hook now . |
| 12 | It 's a favourite because it reminds me of the most exciting part of political campaigning : the roadshow . |
| 13 | This is because it reminded me of the type of frame one might put around a tapestry or sampler , and I feel this symmetrical design is somewhat reminiscent of sampler work and needlework in general . |
| 14 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |