Example sentences of "[v-ing] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There the young ladies ' brother found me , when he returned home a few minutes later , and he insisted , much against the housekeeper 's wishes , on bringing me into the house . |
| 2 | My time at the Housing Corporation was eventful in bringing me for the first , but no means last , time into contact with Mrs Thatcher when , on the fall of the Heath government , she became the shadow Minister of the Environment , in succession to the job she had had as Minister of Education . |
| 3 | It was supposed to shoot back up again , hitting my jutting backside en route and pitching me across the stage , but it did n't . |
| 4 | He glared up at me as though seeing me for the first time . |
| 5 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 6 | Or perhaps it was just shock at seeing me without the gag . |
| 7 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 8 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 9 | I was awakened by a French Commando nudging me in the ribs with the toe of his boot . |
| 10 | ‘ Hopefully your bloodhounds will be able to run the truants down before Sunday , in which case I 'd appreciate your contacting me at the hotel . ’ |
| 11 | Stop touching me in the knee Derek ! |
| 12 | I mean I , I mean I du n no I mean I just , I just ha , I just had to tell you because I mean it really is pissing me off the way fucking Catherine treats me , she was alright before like and when I 'm on my own , no |
| 13 | I thought he would , he deserves it and suddenly the semi-circle is clapping and looking at me : ‘ She 's won , she 's a-a-a won , ’ I hear John shout from half-way up the stalls , and my fellow contestants are slapping me on the back and pushing me to the front of the stage , |
| 14 | And so am Ah , ’ he added , slapping me on the back as he got out of the car . |
| 15 | Furthermore , ’ he went on , drawing me in the direction of pool Valley , ‘ one is insistently aware that all of these actors are the meanest of impostors . |
| 16 | This man , Tepilit , was injured helping me with the filming of a lion hunt . |
| 17 | only helping me with the |
| 18 | She was helping me with the french . |
| 19 | Someone was , and probably is , with me , helping me in the little I am trying to do . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'll take it , ’ she said firmly , taking out my credit cards , my pen , easing me towards the Mercury phone booth which doubled as his office . |
| 21 | There the bailiffs pushed and shoved me through a porticoed entrance , down a long , dark , musty passageway into the main well of the court , fastening me to the bar ; beyond it sat the three magistrates before a square table ringed by clerks . |
| 22 | I never wore the roll-neck out there again and as the years passed I was gradually given a large wardrobe of beautiful traditional dresses , which I wore with comfort and delight , each dress reminding me of the giver . |
| 23 | After all that , one of the arms fell off recently , reminding me of the time the same thing happened during a recording of Give Us A Clue . |
| 24 | All right , the little sod 's reminding me of the truth , so I 'll tell it . ) |
| 25 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 26 | Clive also attended , visibly gleeful that he had spared the school any undesirable publicity by unloading me in the nick of time . |
| 27 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 28 | Although people generally consider me to be a very tolerant person , my moody male boss at work is driving me to the end of my tether . |
| 29 | My mate who is driving me to the match tomorrow says he wants to go straight to the ground so I wo n't be able to get to the Adelphi . |
| 30 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |