Example sentences of "[vb past] i [adv] in the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And if you phoned me early in the year it must have been just after we got the V W.
2 Ivy caught me alone in the passage to say how much I must miss Donald .
3 Stubbly paused for a moment , then rocked forward on his heels and prodded me gently in the chest with a forefinger .
4 He prodded me playfully in the chest .
5 The secret of public speaking , he told me early in the campaign , is to address your audience right between the eyes .
6 He served me well in the attack on the T'ang 's Plantations . ’
7 Well I had Mrs in this morning she had a tooth out this morning and he broke it and he tried to get the rest out you know using a special instrument and he twisted it and a fragment of the tooth come off and hit me straight in the eye .
8 Why , once he looked me right in the face and sneered .
9 She looked me straight in the eye .
10 Wilkerson looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ You could kill me , Nicky .
11 Wilkerson took the cartons from us and looked me straight in the eye .
12 At one point during the meal , she reached over to me , put her hand on mine , looked me straight in the eye and said , ‘ I think you are a lesbian . ’
13 But my prize for all time lack of observation goes to the old gentleman who , after walking past row upon row of fish tanks , stacks of fish food and eye-catching displays of pond accessories , looked me straight in the eye and said : ‘ Do you do cheese and tomato sandwiches ? ’
14 And then he looked me straight in the face , ‘ One day , soon , Nicky , God 's spirit is going to deal with you .
15 Melanie looked me squarely in the face .
16 They took me there in the car .
17 One of the things that bothered me most in the villages of the Delta was the treatment given to women in childbirth .
18 He just looked at me and then punched me straight in the face .
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