Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [vb past] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lindsay Kemp : ‘ David Bowie struck me from the very beginning as being very versatile and very ‘ up-front ’ and not in the least bit naîve . |
| 2 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Now , fanning his face with his hat , Senator Crowninshield followed me into the shade of Masquerade 's hull and stared up at her scarred flank . |
| 5 | Jane Brompton called me from the Betty Ford clinic last night and it 's absolutely 100% sure . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But my heart was not in insurance , and when Fred Workman recalled me to the editorial offices I rushed back to my old love . |
| 8 | Mr Duncan took me to the farm and I met Dan and Stella Parks . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Uncle Joe subjected me to the same torture and humiliation every time we were alone together — although , thankfully , he never actually went as far as raping me . |
| 11 | On Teddy Sheringham : ‘ Mr Sheringham elbowed me in the face and I could see it coming . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Gene Nocon introduced me to the technique of pre-flash a few years ago and it altered the way I approach printing . |
| 14 | Gene Nocon introduced me to the technique of pre-flash a few years ago and it altered the way I approach printing . |
| 15 | Mrs Aboud led me to the balcony from where it was evident that many of the surrounding buildings — like those elsewhere in the Arab quarter — had been devastated , their roofs smashed in and their windows punched out of their frames . |
| 16 | And Mouse would have had to keep sitting there saying over and over , ‘ Yes , Viola Angotti hit me in the stomach . |
| 17 | After one interview in the relatively early days , my mentor , Ron Evans buttonholed me at the end of the programme . |
| 18 | Brian Thomas told me in the wake of the 12–9 French win in Cardiff : ‘ Too many walkers , not enough runners ’ . |
| 19 | I said ‘ Hullo ’ to everyone I knew , and Violet Sangston introduced me to the people I did n't know . |
| 20 | ‘ Captain Robins drove me around the island last night , ’ I said . |
| 21 | And so it was that Osman Abdelal took me from the gas station and up to a small Arab village called Mazraa , clustered round the ruins of an old Roman aqueduct . |
| 22 | I was still very pleased , however , when the statistician Ian Hodge told me at the end of the year that I had moved from being 156th in the world 100 metres ranking list in 1985 to 4th in 1986 ! |
| 23 | On one hand , Uncle Geordie and Auntie Julie took me to the pictures on Saturday nights to see Tom Mix and Buck Jones . |
| 24 | Richard Holmes of the Sheffield YMCA told me about the background to the game . |
| 25 | 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 . |