Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] i [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 2 | Your heart fits me like a glove . |
| 3 | Harvey led me to a room which he unlocked with a key . |
| 4 | Later in my life — ça sera pour un autre jour — birds led me into a very unusual experience . |
| 5 | Alison led me through the hall into the kitchen , a sprawling space with a flagstone floor dominated by a huge table , a Welsh dresser and rows of large cupboards . |
| 6 | A temporary assistant lecturer 's post was available in my Department at U.C.L. Apparently , my Head of Department , , was happy to appoint me , but before the decision was made , he offered his new professorial colleague , , an opportunity to interview me for the job . |
| 7 | I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 9 | Nour drew me as an English Miss : Ingleesy , prim , uneducated , unsophisticated . |
| 10 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 11 | Ezra provided me with a standard ; and gingered me into an attempt to train towards it . |
| 12 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 13 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |
| 14 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 15 | Bob and I are progressing as a piano/clarsach duo , and of course some of the accompaniments to his songs tax me to the limit , or have to be vetoed altogether . |
| 16 | ‘ I buy enough marmalade at local fayres to see me through the year . |
| 17 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 18 | Ken met me at the entrance and guided me into a side room . |
| 19 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
| 20 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 21 | waves push me to the side |
| 22 | I was on my way to Glen Nevis with enough gear to see me through the night . |
| 23 | Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’ |
| 24 | Lungfish joins me under the blanket . |
| 25 | When Andy invited me to the launch of the The Gadget Shop I naively assumed it would be in the shop itself , in Covent Garden . |
| 26 | In my teens , similar doubts lured me into the darker recesses of the family 's medical encyclopedia , there to discover I was Britain 's first recorded case of Futtock 's Syndrome . |
| 27 | Sure enough , a high-pitched peeping drew me to the stable , and there on the floor was the hen with one minute black puff-ball of a chick . |
| 28 | First of all Gyggle tried me on the same sort of rudimentary exercises that I remembered performing as a child . |
| 29 | Every Saturday found me in the Hippodrome , our nearest cinema , which stood like a red-brick wireless set at the junction of Main Street , Byrely Road and Auckland Terrace . |
| 30 | In response to some implied criticism I made of his treatment of the sub-editor , Porua regarded me in a sneering silence and then said , ‘ Why should I have regard for my fellows ? |