Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I buy enough marmalade at local fayres to see me through the year . |
| 3 | I was on my way to Glen Nevis with enough gear to see me through the night . |
| 4 | No , what I am looking at are the first direct signals to reach me from the dark constellation of Serafin . |
| 5 | ‘ I do not actually need the evidence of two people in one bedroom and the sight of crumpled covers to point me in the right direction . |
| 6 | Perhaps you will be so good as to tell your guards to accompany me to the foot of the hill ? " |
| 7 | You have failed in your attempt to convince me of the coincidence between the bourgeois and the human . |
| 8 | I even went out and bought a dictionary on Sixth Avenue to assist me in the project . |
| 9 | I spoke to him like a mother but he was determined to put an end to her life , so on 11 January 1987 , when Paulette was leaving the home of her friends on the way to her own home , [ the defendant ] stopped her and shot her and then placed a call to my home to inform me of the murder . |
| 10 | Some girls I knew had arranged for their two penfriends to meet me at the Gare du Nord and , somehow , we recognised one another . |
| 11 | I can get a boy from the village to help me on the farm . |
| 12 | At the end of the afternoon 's events the Head makes an emotional speech praising my athleticism , my versatility , my stamina and my humility as he kneels at my feet to present me with the ‘ School 's Outstanding Sportsperson of the Decade ’ award . |
| 13 | On Sunday , after leaving my suitcase with the hall porter who was to see that it was in the Land Rover to meet me after the shooting , I enjoyed brunch in the Gleneagles restaurant sitting at the same table as the Princess Royal . |
| 14 | Despite this , the new president of the CSIC , José Mato , decided in November to exclude me from the examination and to cancel the competition . |
| 15 | These meetings were largely an opportunity for Harold Wilson to use me as the wall of a fives court against which he banged the ball . |
| 16 | Mummy tell daddy to put me in the hall . |
| 17 | He figured it was worth a nickel to call me at the Globe , and he 's not a wasteful man . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I am asking for a mandate from the supporters and shareholders to put me on the board . ’ |
| 19 | I asked Stephen — one of the two hapless fathers and himself reduced to a mulberry-eyed basket case — if he still had enough marbles to drive me to the station at Orvieto . |
| 20 | When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit . |
| 21 | They made what seemed to me rather artificial efforts to draw me into the conversation . |
| 22 | Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . ) |
| 23 | And I 'll need a taxi to take me to the airport . |
| 24 | Tell me something ; were you always prepared to sleep with me to get the jade , or was that a ploy to throw me off the scent when I was getting too close ? ’ |
| 25 | She paused , then changed the subject by looking at him expectantly as she said , ‘ Have n't you things to show me about the running of this office ? ’ |
| 26 | The telephone rang at 8a.m. this morning to alert me to the fact that you were to be broadcasting on Radio 4 … 't was a friend of mine to whom I had mentioned your future plans … |
| 27 | The King of this country ( which was called Lilliput ) had ordered his people to carry me to the capital city , about a kilometre away . |
| 28 | as if in a dream , I allowed Mrs Knelle to lead me to the front door . |
| 29 | Er I 'd like to i ask our presenters this morning to join me on the stage to take any questions from the floor and ask if you could er fill in your er y y your sur your sheets on the on today 's events before you leave please . |
| 30 | And do you honestly think that I normally allow females to wallop me across the face ? |