Example sentences of "[vb past] i [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He met me after school and accompanied me to the newly opened branch of Smith 's in Churchill Square . |
2 | In the end , it worked out very much better than expected , essentially because the two companies had outstanding chief executives , both of whom eventually succeeded me as chairman . |
3 | He sifted through junk shops for cardigans , jackets and hats for the sketches by day and pinned me into paper versions of the dresses by night . |
4 | Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful . |
5 | During the last Employment Question Time , the hon. Gentleman asked me about job clubs in his constituency , and I have written to him about the matter . |
6 | Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there |
7 | Accordingly , he asked me to lunch , and we went to the Russell Hotel , which was conveniently near his office . |
8 | The following week the US Tour moved to Los Angeles for the LA Open , and Frank asked me to caddie for him there . |
9 | He asked me to caddie for him for the rest of the year . |
10 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
11 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
12 | And always , every day , he asked me for money . |
13 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
14 | I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa . |
15 | He asked me in German what I had come for but I said ; untruthfully , ‘ Nicht verstehen . ’ |
16 | ‘ He asked me in front of a niece and her husband . |
17 | ‘ Do Black Magic people in England attack you ? ’ a Roscommon chip shop boy asked me in awe . |
18 | I was given anti- depressants , that did n't help and it was n't until four years later when they actually admitted me to hospital and then an ulcer and the depression disappeared once it had been diagnosed . |
19 | Enquiries led me to owner Tony Allen and the information that it awaited final paperwork after having had floats fitted . |
20 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
21 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
22 | That 's what got me under par today . |
23 | I imitated his style and it got me into trouble . ’ |
24 | I had a wife once , and she got me into trouble … |
25 | I think that 's what got me into crime . |
26 | ‘ A mobility officer from the social services got me into action straight away . |
27 | Cos whoever it was they got me in trouble . |
28 | He hugged me in consent . |
29 | Syl 's mother disapproved of this most bitterly and rebuked me for waste . |
30 | I seem to know that name " " You recommended me in Mespot for a pilot 's course " I enlightened him . |