Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb past] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Someone also presented me with an electric washer but I have never been able to use it because there is n't water in the house and I would n't be able to understand it anyway . |
| 3 | Someone else told me of a friend who brought her ninety-year-old mother to visit her . |
| 4 | Somebody once asked me to . |
| 5 | I walked through the big , wide classroom door , and into the hall which always reminded me of the giant 's room in ‘ Jack and the Beanstalk ’ . |
| 6 | At the party , I was presented with a gold wristwatch in a cobalt-blue presentation case — a wonderfully absurd gesture which nearly had me in tears . |
| 7 | At the barrier at Gatwick , I was met by a friendly policeman who told me that the injuries were not as bad as had at first been thought , and that none of my family was in danger — news which immediately reduced me to tears . |
| 8 | She-She then parked me in the aromatic cubicle . |
| 9 | Returning to my first meeting with Vincent , Arthur Cheyney naturally became my hero , especially when he took me on a trip from Ipswich to Parkeston Quay , which completely sold me on the job and made me resolve to move heaven and earth to get on a cutter crew as soon as possible . |
| 10 | She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me . |
| 11 | Tell him what you just told me about his spring collection and you 'll have him eating out of your hand . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ No more ridiculous than what you just accused me of trying to do . ’ |
| 13 | In August 1942 I was delivered to No 7 Squadron at RAF Oakington by an oppo , Geoff Wornersley , who shortly followed me to PFF . |
| 14 | I think she felt awkward , because she quickly helped me to more raspberry-fool . |
| 15 | She always struck me as a ginger nut sort of person . |
| 16 | ‘ Not the helpless drug addict you once believed me to be ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Except that you were right when you once accused me of having a personal prejudice . |
| 18 | One year , I was so proud of Dad , who always took me to the Fair on the Tuesday evening , because he won a coconut which I carried home feeling most superior . |
| 19 | I particularly enjoyed the article about Basil Cottle , who once tutored me in speaking the lilting cadences of medieval verse . |
| 20 | This is not what I want to hear from the man who once shook me to the core with a string of incendiary albums . |
| 21 | ‘ Miss Havisham , ’ I said , ‘ I must tell you that I 'm as unhappy as you ever wanted me to be . |
| 22 | She smilingly reminded me of this at an audience six years later . |
| 23 | The first time she nearly burnt me in my bed , and the second time she visited you , and must have been reminded of her own wedding day by seeing your wedding dress . ’ |
| 24 | He understood a little of my behaviour as he was a photographer , who also provided me with many useful photographs . |
| 25 | ‘ You nearly expected me in vain , ’ the Friar said . |
| 26 | ‘ And there was I imagining that underneath that hostile exterior there was a girl who really held me in high esteem . ’ |
| 27 | You really left me in the shit … ’ |
| 28 | You really left me in the shit . ’ |
| 29 | She often told me of the nightly air-raids , her parents worn out from fire-watching , houses in the familiar streets suddenly plunged into dust , people suddenly gone , news of sons lost at the Front . |
| 30 | She often asked me about the hills in the distance , beyond the moors , and wanted to ride her pony there . |