Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Connon when I arrived told me about the letter Jenny received and also about your warning to him that there might be phone calls also . |
| 2 | I looked wildly about me a hundred times , unable to think what to do ; then I threw my coat on over my nightdress , pulled woollen socks over the wool trousers I wore to protect me from the cold , and ran to the door , without listening to what his friend was trying to say to me . |
| 3 | She agreed to accompany me to the building society the next day so that we could withdraw Charlie 's share of the money . |
| 4 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 5 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 6 | I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques . |
| 7 | See , she came to see me on the bridge . ’ |
| 8 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 9 | This time she started to interrogate me from the very beginning . |
| 10 | After checking that I was not talking to the media , I asked what the nature of her enquiry was , and she proceeded to furnish me with the facts . |
| 11 | I could get no further information from Mrs Fairfax about Mr Rochester , but instead she offered to show me round the whole house . |
| 12 | I had expected , perhaps because the image she had presented me with the week before had been more domestic , someone less ambiguous and far less assured . |
| 13 | She got me she had to kiss me on the arse she fucking she had to be there thirty seconds to get the points and I farted at about ten seconds |
| 14 | ‘ That 's right , ’ she kept saying to herself I was glad you had warned me about the Rent Restriction Act , because it began as soon as I arrived . |
| 15 | The two biffos would have come sneaking through the door , rubbing their hands and telling themselves they 'd got me by the balls , and I 'd have pointed the extinguisher and put out their fire . |
| 16 | Conversation had to be minimal , but they did guide me through the maze of one-way streets , diversions and road-works which makes driving in Prague difficult even if there are no other cars on the streets . |
| 17 | I fell down in a kind of madness , and they had to carry me from the room . |
| 18 | Last time I had been to Paris they had rescued me from the freezing streets and hungry wolf packs . ) |
| 19 | Two of my other men came running over and they had to pin me to the ground . |
| 20 | The Board said that they deserved their percentage because they had put me in the position to attract the money . |
| 21 | They had to help me into the house and let me rest in a chair . |
| 22 | He tried to look me in the eye , Say |
| 23 | I promised to see that Constanza would get to Brussels on time , and he promised to take me behind the scenes of the art world . |
| 24 | He rose to conduct me round the TOM complex . |
| 25 | Once he 'd introduced me to the Princess , he never said another word . ’ |
| 26 | But at least he did n't spot that until he 'd got me on the committee . ’ |
| 27 | All the same I felt a twinge of unease as he came to greet me in the bar of the Atlantic Hotel in Hamburg , an admiral now and much older , hobbling a little and holding a stick . |
| 28 | He came to see me after the performance — several times , in fact . ’ |
| 29 | The following day he arrived to collect me from the hotel where I had spent the night . |
| 30 | He started to clout me around the head , yelling , ‘ Burglar ! |