Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |
| 2 | I had the uncanny feeling that the ghost of Sigmund Freud was chiding me for thinking this and she was clearly incensed that I could suggest that her father could have had any interest in religion whatsoever . |
| 3 | But wider , deeper and larger considerations had to be taken on board and at this stage I do n't know if any of the money will be available to me for replacing Batty if he goes . ’ |
| 4 | Erm , the final point on the shortfall of funding is as I 'm , keep emphasising , forgive me for repeating this , this is going to be year two of a four year transition . |
| 5 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
| 6 | absolutely horrendous , oh by the way you did n't thank me for getting those yoghurts did you ? |
| 7 | He wanted to thank me for having such an undying belief in his footballing ability and for working tirelessly to further his career in soccer . |
| 8 | Excuse me for needing this spelt out , but does this mean that Leeds fans can now just pay at the door to stand at away games . |
| 9 | Not only is Martin now the proud owner of a brand new set of Elite Strings , but is also ‘ eternally grateful ’ to me for featuring this bass part and naming the bassist involved , a certain Rutger Gunnarson . |
| 10 | He apologised to me for paying insufficient attention while entering a strange harbour . ’ |
| 11 | Many of my hon. Friends will take revenge on me for making that remark , because the Whips hijack hon. Members into taking part in , and thereby lengthening , long and tedious debates . |
| 12 | I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you . |
| 13 | You probably hate me for saying that . ’ |
| 14 | May Jupiter forgive me for saying this Buddy - but I do think his head would go nice on your mantelpiece . |
| 15 | John Hall wo n't thank me for saying this but the MetroCentre falls into this category . |
| 16 | I write this letter in the hope that someone will explain the errors of my ways , forgive me for mixing relativistic and Newtonian physics , and enlighten me . |
| 17 | ‘ Barry , excuse me for asking this , but why would n't I want to see where I was going ? ’ |
| 18 | Blame me for becoming poor if you like — I admit , I blew it — but the responsibility for the way our society treats its poorer members is not exclusively mine . |
| 19 | Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you . |
| 20 | ‘ Dr Neil , ’ she said , and her manner was almost shy , ‘ I hope you do not think the less of me for raising such a delicate matter . ’ |
| 21 | The problem is that if one of the projects you tell them about goes wrong , as inevitably it will , they 're inclined to hold it against you . |
| 22 | Indeed , multiproduct companies will normally have a variety of means open to them for breaking even on their operation , some of which may be approximately equally efficient , so that governmental intervention to choose one amongst them , something facilitated by state ownership , is not necessarily inefficient . |
| 23 | I bet they 're thanking them for getting two hundred and fifty nicker |
| 24 | Many lower-level headmen received a legitimate income by retaining a proportion of the fees paid to them for issuing various licences and for other duties . |
| 25 | They , they are going beyond what they have to do by law , and all credit to them for doing that . |
| 26 | Not the part about Jeff and Silvia disappearing off together — though she felt angry with them for doing that , she was n't totally surprised . |
| 27 | Attlee chided them for ignoring any notion of what the country could afford in suggesting armed forces levels , and for suggesting that cutting spending on the armed forces to £700 million would virtually immobilize them . |
| 28 | Good luck to them for winning international honours at that level . |
| 29 | He takes the belt to them for nicking one minute , and then the next he 's sending them out to do it . |
| 30 | Of course , I despised myself for despising them for showing such genuine and unselfish emotions , but that 's just one of the things you have to get used to when you 're in a serious self-destruction spiral . |