Example sentences of "[vb past] i [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without taking hold of me , she forced me to stand in one spot of my own will , while she whipped me on all sides . |
| 2 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
| 3 | Ward was due to take over the driving and at the end of it I slumped into the seat beside him in a happy daze which insulated me from all sense of reality . |
| 4 | There was a very long and comfortable settee in front of the window which had a view of the River Thames which mesmerized me to such an extent that I could scarcely tear myself away to go to bed . |
| 5 | When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience . |
| 6 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ , but indeed it could be applied in many places . |
| 7 | That was why , when you first asked me about this , I turned the whole question round and said , ‘ You have to begin from the philosophical problem ’ . |
| 8 | You asked me for that ? |
| 9 | No one asked me for any comment . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 11 | They asked me for more money . |
| 12 | I want to take you through the thinking that led me to that conclusion , and then to concentrate on one of the keys to securing that future — the whole question of advancing the cause of children 's books . |
| 13 | A small Palestinian boy led me up some steps to the side of the building and the woman ushered me inside . |
| 14 | Yes and er I er they got me on that and I 'd er seen a bit on it before hand one way or another , but I went to a place and , and asked them if I could er see and er they showed me and explained it , the er the way to er . |
| 15 | I dreamt of making an Olympic team when I was in high school , a rather far-fetched dream for a 4:36 miler , but that dream was part of what got me through all those hard times during the years that I was losing race after race in college . |
| 16 | You got me into this mess . |
| 17 | It was drink that got me into this mess . |
| 18 | You got me into this , lady . |
| 19 | This got me into some problems too with a chap in Braigh who was very fond of black Polled cattle . |
| 20 | I know it was only the extra weight of the Cross that got me up that hill . |
| 21 | I went to Hemel Hempstead er a school called in Hemel Hempstead that was only from the August till December when I left school and then the erm then the Headmistress , cos we had a Headmistress there cos it was a mixed school , and she recommended me for this here errand boy 's job , his name was . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 23 | There had been conflicting stories as to whether Anthony had been intended , Wells having gone on record as saying he had been conceived in a moment of carelessness , professor Gordon Ray , who edited the West-Wells correspondence , as saying it was a deliberate attempt by Wells to keep Rebecca with him , and Rebecca herself as saying , ‘ Wells cheated me of all but one child . ’ |
| 24 | It certainly sustained me during that dreadful time . |
| 25 | Into the uneasy silence , while brother looked most earnestly at brother , and wondered , and sought or evaded the eyes of his neighbours , Brother Cadfael said : ‘ Brother Abbot , I have thoughts to share that never visited me until this morning , but are become very relevant now . |
| 26 | I was dead happy there and then , all of a sudden , they came one day and just moved me to another home . |
| 27 | He understood a little of my behaviour as he was a photographer , who also provided me with many useful photographs . |
| 28 | And when that one ‘ went home ’ she provided me with another one , which is still going today . |
| 29 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
| 30 | So I er carried on with what they found me with this in the brew house and then er where did I go from there ? |