Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd found them through an ad in Private Eye , and they always welcomed his business — but then , the tottering co-operative would welcome anybody 's business . |
| 2 | I met them through an advert . |
| 3 | Or see them through an abortion , |
| 4 | Their migration route to the Alaskan feeding grounds takes them through an area of ocean which is cluttered with drift-nets . |
| 5 | ‘ If you leave it with me for an hour , I 'll pencil in the vowels and divide up the words at the end of the sentences . ’ |
| 6 | And , her tone suddenly changing completely , ‘ Would it really hurt you so much to pretend to be me for an hour ? ’ she asked mournfully . |
| 7 | I , I just ask him if , and it , the question that I 'm interested in the answer to , like how did it go ? and , now he talks at me for an hour until Diane comes in and says enough Vaughany , cos she can see I sort of trying to edge away |
| 8 | Last time Roger was outside waiting for me for an hour and a half |
| 9 | Do n't think the morality of it troubles me for an instant . |
| 10 | Claris looks out from under her limp-brimmed woollen hat and asks me for an orange with a charming broken-toothed smile . |
| 11 | ‘ I know God originally intended me for an angel , ’ she said crossly , brushing wood shavings from her knees . |
| 12 | You have n't been in touch with me for an age , and I have wanted you since I saw you again at dinner . |
| 13 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 14 | I could go anywhere in the world and people would recognize me as an athlete . |
| 15 | You know , I had to say something clever — to win her , to set me apart , to make her see me as an individual — but wit is normally aggressive . |
| 16 | Can you see me as an Army Wife ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ That is a great honour for me as an Irishman , ’ he said . |
| 18 | The GMC called me as an expert witness . |
| 19 | He started off by taking Jack Hylton — an old friend of mine and a leading member of the board of TWW — to meet some of the independent television proprietors , and at that stage he suggested to Hylton that he might use me as an intermediary . |
| 20 | Several informants in my study articulated the view that their parents preferred them to speak British English : Mom — mom likes me to speak mostly English , she said when I go out into , you know , upper class society , and I start speakin " Patois dey might not understand , and take me as an idiot . |
| 21 | G Nat History & tc will also be of interest to me as an evidence that our intercourse has been productive of none but the most amicable feelings , that your [ two words illegible ] [ eyes the blessing of friends ] [ illegible ] |
| 22 | Also , I often feel I gain from venomously critical views of me as an artist , more than from dithery , sloppily fawning , supportive views . ’ |
| 23 | It devalues me as an artist , painting is WORK , just because I 'm a woman . |
| 24 | But suddenly the sheer numbers of people quietly bedding down in doorways strikes me as an augury of Labour defeat . |
| 25 | The teachers treat me as an adult , but I 've always been very mature for my age . |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't use me as an instrument , I said , and I 'll have to sort out my own feelings . |
| 27 | The Jungle Book was not mentioned again by any of them , as if they were n't ready to see me as an actor but preferred me in my old role as a useless boy . |
| 28 | Mr Leach , who had originally opposed Mr Taylor 's selection on procedural grounds , said : ‘ Some of them still treat me as an ally and I know what they are saying . |
| 29 | ‘ One of the things that struck me as an outsider , coming into the firm two and a half years ago , was that there was no accountability , ’ recalls Mel Smaje . |
| 30 | For half of the twelve tracks here , the Labèques use acoustic pianos ( that has always struck me as an oddity , by the way : a piano , or a guitar that was n't acoustic would be damned difficult to record ; the only non-acoustic piano that I can think of is Joseph Cooper 's dummy keyboard ) ; for the others we are told they play ‘ MIDI Grand pianos & Synthesisers ’ . |