Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] i [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bless you for helping me out with the Watsons . |
| 2 | He made the mistake of letting me in on the ground floor when he was offering a Pissarro . |
| 3 | Pink and blue drifted away , leaving green to chat for a few minutes — ‘ I jest lerved those cute red heels and hose you 'rived in ’ — before escorting me back to the changing room on the floor above . |
| 4 | ‘ They wasted no time in getting me up to the theatre , and after making the General promise not to take my arm off I gave a running commentary as the ether took effect . |
| 5 | A miserably dull , windy and cold Saturday morning beckoned for the last of my Island days and Ewen very kindly had given up his spare time to run me around the Stornoway locality before dropping me off at the airport . |
| 6 | By the third morning , however , I was so weak and the pain so unbearable that they had little difficulty in taking me up to the theatre and performing the necessary operation . |
| 7 | ‘ In very strong winds I ca n't prevent the sail from lifting me out of the water . ’ |
| 8 | my dad this morning he woke me up by pulling me up by the hair , bashing my face into the pillow a couple of times , I just looked at , then go , and I looked at him |