Example sentences of "[vb -s] i [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew . |
| 2 | That still messes me up on the guitar . ’ |
| 3 | Before waiting for an answer she takes me by the hand and leads me on to the dance floor . |
| 4 | I have to go to bed early and then Mum gets me up in the morning she 's going get up ! |
| 5 | It must be because it gets me out of the tent in the middle of the night to stand and contemplate the untroubled majesty of The Plough . |
| 6 | This is the very reason a member of the steering group gave for becoming involved in the project : ‘ It gives me something else to do , gets me out of the factory [ adult training centre ] and is less boring . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Well , it gets me out of the house . ’ |
| 8 | Gets me out of the house . ’ |
| 9 | But it gets me out of the house for a while . |
| 10 | It just takes me out of the house for an hour or two . ’ |
| 11 | He does n't like to be seen with mum and dad , but when I 'm poorly and he takes me out in the wheelchair , he does n't mind who he meets and he says : ‘ Hi fellas , this is my mum . ’ |
| 12 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 13 | He yanks me up by the hair . |
| 14 | His voice did n't sound at all unfriendly though , not like that tone he uses when he catches me up on the table eating the butter . |
| 15 | The memory of Nancy brings me back to the question that occupied me so much , what was it about the Centre that could transform misery , bitterness and hatred into love and hope , and possibly even happiness , all in the space of fourteen days ? |
| 16 | Which brings me back to the sermon with which I started . |
| 17 | ‘ People have suggested to me that changes have been coming more rapidly than they would like but that brings me back to the feeling that people intrinsically do n't like change . |
| 18 | It brings me back to the Nicklaus chain , and how a shot can swing an Open . |
| 19 | Once again it brings me in to the point where er double glazers have to go and measure up then do their , I know they 've got lovely lap tops I 've seen them now with their lap top comp their little samples there special catches here . |