Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] i [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards . |
| 2 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |
| 3 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 4 | Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’ |
| 5 | When Andy invited me to the launch of the The Gadget Shop I naively assumed it would be in the shop itself , in Covent Garden . |
| 6 | Every Saturday found me in the Hippodrome , our nearest cinema , which stood like a red-brick wireless set at the junction of Main Street , Byrely Road and Auckland Terrace . |
| 7 | After some time Jean advised me in the words above to go out and be alone with God and express my renewed affection for him . |
| 8 | ‘ And with that David kissed me on the cheek . |
| 9 | Pahdra Singh called me to the club this morning where he and Reg Pybus and their crony , that stingy git Pugh , the corpse planter , unveiled the new team strip . |
| 10 | After Richard reminded me of the problems I was about to face following that first flight , I was n't looking forward to the next flying lesson . |
| 11 | I suppose Sue saved me in the nick of time , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I said ‘ Hullo ’ to everyone I knew , and Violet Sangston introduced me to the people I did n't know . |
| 13 | Irena drove me to the station , past the monastery that is now a military hospital , along the main road north where tanks rumble across at night . |
| 14 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 15 | My turn came and Lobsang coaxed me to the edge . |
| 16 | As soon as he 'd gone , Reggie touched me on the arm . |
| 17 | Then Fenella tapped me on the shoulder and I almost had a heart attack . |
| 18 | Dorje greeted me at the bottom and pulled me by the hand across the slabs of ice which had cracked into pontoons , barely locked together . |
| 19 | Felix threw me to the ground and hit me again and again with his heavy stick . |
| 20 | Rich and Syb met me at the station . |
| 21 | His manager Alan McColm said : ‘ Martin phoned me from the airport to say what had happened and he was furious . |
| 22 | Luney told me about the party . |
| 23 | A talkative Bruce Willis dropped me outside the London flat fifteen minutes later ( you can assess the situation on the way upstairs ) , and Kenneth came down to meet me at the door . |
| 24 | After the prize giving , Mr Andrew Satow , Major Rupert Lendrum , and Mr John Grant joined me in the car and we drove , still in torrential rain , to Heathrow Airport where we joined Lord and Lady Marchwood Baron de Montesquieu , and Mrs John Grant . |
| 25 | Shortly Mala joined me in the control area losing no time in calling her FedPol friend , Chertro , to suggest that he contact Ardakke and offer his services . |
| 26 | Graham spurred me into the lead and we decided to split the route into three pitches , belaying on the rings with a Czech friend taking the middle pitch . |
| 27 | Emil beckoned me towards the kitchen end , and I went up there into the small lobby with a serving counter , a space that made a needed gap between the hot glittering galley and the actual dining area . |
| 28 | Mr Duncan took me to the farm and I met Dan and Stella Parks . |
| 29 | Paddy introduced me to the leader , a man of forty who earned his living taking convoys across the Sahara . |
| 30 | Sergeant Moustaine punched me in the face , stuffed my shitty underpants in my mouth and ordered me to run around the parade ground holding my kitbag above my head . |