Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " I expect they 're anxious to chair me around the hall , " thought the Collector triumphantly . |
| 2 | ‘ Who should be free to help me with the food . |
| 3 | I was sure that I could smooth over our little misunderstanding , and that Sergia would then be glad to have me on the job — so to speak — instead of some heavy-footed FedPol type . |
| 4 | You 'd be able to hear me on the radio , smiling . |
| 5 | They were prepared to hit me on the head , were n't they ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Newcastle were supposed to contact me over the weekend , but I have n't heard anything , ’ rapped McGraw . |
| 7 | Lord knows what they say to her , but they must be on at her night and day , to get her into a state where she 's afraid to acknowledge me on the phone ! ’ |
| 8 | You are scared to pass me on the way to the stairs ? ’ he grated . |
| 9 | Jenny was supposed to meet me at the airport . " |
| 10 | A shadow fell across my sunny table and I looked up to find Kenneth who 'd been on a recce of the hospital , so after a lunch of ribs , skins , wings and blueberry pie , he was able to lead me through the appropriate doors of the vast , multi-entranced building . |
| 11 | I have been interested in the dynamics of the golf swing for ten years , and John is an expert on instrumentation who was able to help me with the experimental work . |
| 12 | I think Anna was pleased to see me despite the knowing looks from the other two , and none of them seemed to have heard about Salome , so I stayed tight-lipped . |
| 13 | He was silly to tell me about the date over the door . |