Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] i [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether he wanted to be hurt and suffer , or an excuse to hit me back , I do n't know , but I 'm sure he wanted me to hit him . |
| 2 | Any excuse got me out of the office . |
| 3 | My mum helped me out a bit , but not everyone has parents who will help . |
| 4 | ‘ There was this wave knocking me over . |
| 5 | I mean my sister phoned me up tell her friend died in the . |
| 6 | Phil , his ever-cheerful self , telling me he has stood up his girlfriend to see me through till the end . |
| 7 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 8 | Well before both , my alert mind has me up and about my mother 's business . |
| 9 | In an attempt to shake me off , his elbow smashed into my face , breaking my nose and a canine tooth . |
| 10 | I was near the Bridge of the Spaniards when a car overtook me and stopped , the door was opened and a very friendly fellow at the wheel invited me in . |
| 11 | That cream tea filled me up . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We had breakfast and Mummy dropped me off at the playground , ’ Verena told police . |
| 13 | A few discreet phone calls and suddenly I find myself shunted into a siding while the investigation into Ruggiero 's murder passes me by . ’ |
| 14 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 15 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
| 16 | The wind picks me up and pushes me in front of it like an irate mother with a naughty child . |
| 17 | I could see him thumb through several papers before returning to the counter with a single sheet ; he made no attempt to invite me in or even to offer me a chair . |
| 18 | The intern cleaned me up then made me lie on a trolley in a curtained cubicle . |
| 19 | I thought the part that , you know , she forgot it er well I know she did n't forget it , she just did it on purpose , but three days after my birthday it 's her wee brother 's first birthday and she had , she had the nerve to ring me up and invite me to her brother 's first birthday party accept and go up there with a present and a card and all and she could n't even have rang me up to say happy birthday So I have n't |
| 20 | This episode put me off water for years , the platform had seemed almost as high as the Blackpool Tower which we had just visited . |
| 21 | When it was time to leave and I was waiting for the car to take me back to the station for the journey back , I have to confess that I shed a tear or two . |
| 22 | Bonanza tips me off that Vecchi killed Mahoney . |
| 23 | The following morning , the scout picked me up and I went for a trial . |
| 24 | The first yard took all the effort I could manage , creeping a toe 's length at a time , my rubber soles slipping on the loose stones , as the wheelbarrow pushed me back to where I had been and we fell over . |
| 25 | Then I slid on to the stool and began the second verse , seated , then hit the foot-rest and the stool began a too-slow descent which fortunately gathered enough momentum to throw me off . |
| 26 | We got a same day driver picking me up at five fo , five thirty outside the hotel . |
| 27 | Mum let me down |
| 28 | The concussion of the exploding wave drove me down like a steam hammer . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't want any young whipper-snapper pushing me about . ’ |
| 30 | Mum told me off ! |