Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] i [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The unremitting four-mile ascent to the high pass over the ridge reduced me to a walking wet rag ; I was literally soaked to the skin and could feel rivulets chasing each other down my bosom . |
| 2 | Occasionally I would join Robins on the bridge ; at other times , when all was going well , he would come into the saloon to join me in a drink served by a Cockney steward called Tomkins ; the choice was limited , but I did n't drink much anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ On a personal note , in 1991 when the Board nominated me and the shareholders elected me to the chairmanship , I indicated that I would serve in this capacity for two years and oversee the rationalisation and turnaround of the Waterford and Wedgwood businesses . |
| 4 | Four days after the Ralembergs told me about the Luciferi , I was in the Golden Turk carousing by myself . |
| 5 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 6 | Nothing that I have read about the case leads me to the conclusion that anything untoward happened or that the basic and important principle of the GP 's right to refer has been undermined . |
| 7 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 8 | I felt the present hit me like a blow in the back . |
| 9 | I rose hurriedly and stumbled towards the door but the redolence followed me in a wave . |
| 10 | The DoE tell me in a letter that they are free from indemnity . |
| 11 | The building reminded me of a con-servatory , the walls being made from small panes of glass . |
| 12 | The story reminded me of a report I once received from an Advisor about a youngster who was out of school . |
| 13 | The driver grabbed me by the shoulder and asked for my fare . |
| 14 | Despite this , my parents found the wherewithal to send me to a cheap fee-paying dayschool . |
| 15 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 16 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 17 | The soldier seized me by the hair and pushed me across the garden . |
| 18 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 19 | The dilemma followed me through the publication of a few accounts of my researches . |
| 20 | My man in the sombrero tells me of an incident at Goldsmith 's Mexican estate two weeks ago which has severed relations for the foreseeable future . |
| 21 | Were it not for the narrow strip of tar , I would have been stuck hopelessly — several times I was bogged down when the wind blew me off the road . |
| 22 | ‘ I have also been to the Guildhall , ’ he mournfully concluded ‘ The mayor told me in no uncertain terms how displeased His Grace the Regent Duke of Lancaster is at our lack of progress . |
| 23 | The boy in the daylight reminded me of a bird , a bold curious bird . |
| 24 | The barman fixed me with the kind of stare you could roast weenies on . |
| 25 | I held Elizabeth close , and as I held her , I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room . |
| 26 | The words cut me like a sword . |
| 27 | ‘ The Open College of the Arts encouraged me to a course in music using electronic keyboards and things took off after that . ’ |
| 28 | The fireman put me in a car and drove me back home . |
| 29 | Once a lady aid a daughter , remote cousins or friends of friends , came , and the girl left me with a yearning heart for some days and a curiosity for years like my curiosity about the lost childish books . |
| 30 | I 'd be a fool if I did n't realise that just being the boss invests me with a certain glamour , and it would be easy to let it slip out of control . |