Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] i [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 2 | There were no brakes , and if I had stumbled , then the bar that ran between the shafts behind me would have caught me in the back and either dragged me along or knocked me to the ground . |
| 3 | You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink , perhaps by showing me a colour chart . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've a great deal to thank-you for , Edward , ’ he said , ‘ not many would have helped me the way you did or taken me in the way I looked that night . ’ |
| 5 | Is there anyone who would act as a referee or recommend me for the job ? |
| 6 | Nor do I in the case of Martin Crowe , whose influence during his Taunton days was quite considerable and who return , given sufficient fitness to sustain the rigours of a year on the circuit , ca n't be completely discounted . |
| 7 | It was supposed to shoot back up again , hitting my jutting backside en route and pitching me across the stage , but it did n't . |
| 8 | P : I was coming home from a party with Robert Mitchum drinking cider when one of Shane 's gang came out and stabbed me in the arm … ( goes on for about ten more pages — Freudian Ed ) |
| 9 | He smiled too , and stabbed me in the gut with the gun-barrel hard enough to make me suck in my breath . |
| 10 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 11 | Ralemberg smiled , sheathed his dagger and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 12 | He laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 13 | Benjamin grinned and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 14 | They laughed and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 15 | They laughed and clapped me on the back and handed the container round the circle again . |
| 16 | He grasped my elbow and led me through the hallway and into a long room knocked through the whole length of the house . |
| 17 | Then the old lady took me firmly by the arm and led me into the bathroom . |
| 18 | She frowned for a moment , then picked up my hand and led me to the window . |
| 19 | But he raised his left hand again , this time to silence me ; took my arm and led me to the edge of the colonnade . |
| 20 | One of my colleagues , no doubt swayed by the heat of the discussion , turned on me sitting in my short-sleeved uniform shirt , and rebuked me with the warning that ‘ in my force , you 'd be disciplined for mutilating police property … |
| 21 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 22 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 23 | Pahdra Singh mounted the pavement in his Bentley this morning and pinned me to the window of the Wimpy Bar . |
| 24 | It screeches to a halt beside me , three guys get out , blindfold me , tie me hand and foot and bundle me into the van . |
| 25 | She stripped the bed and lay me on the bed . |
| 26 | He caught me around the waist and flung me to the floor . |
| 27 | On the climb-out at 100 ft there was a loud explosion and a lump of metal attached to a control wire whipped round and caught me in the groin . |
| 28 | Richard played me their record and invited me to the end of recording party . |
| 29 | From the outset , McLaren was convinced that Branson wanted only to take the Sex Pistols away from him , ‘ and grind me into the ground ’ . |
| 30 | Father spun round , took three steps towards me and smacked me on the ear . |