Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] i [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all . |
| 3 | Oh you want to see me in four weeks ? |
| 4 | But er you want to see me in four weeks to see about that ? |
| 5 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 6 | Is it my Unconscious ( of the existence of which I have informed doubts ) that has dropped me in this plight ? |
| 7 | ‘ He has forbidden me to fast or even keep the days of abstinence . |
| 8 | By the time the aged parents had arrived , Lisabeth was ensconced in my bedroom , the sleeping-bag ( which has seen me through three continents , two sit-ins , an eviction and a New Year 's Eve in Trafalgar Square , and which I called Hemingway ) in place on the sofa . |
| 9 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 10 | Then I would tell myself such ideas were unreasonable : why would an American half-poet want to betray me to any government agency ? |
| 11 | ‘ You have come to challenge me in mortal combat . ’ |
| 12 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 13 | ‘ I should think Dane will enjoy embracing me in this outfit , do n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | Suddenly , the other evening , he starts asking me about all the new sorts of mobile phone on the market — how they work , what their range is , how much they cost . |
| 15 | Board masters are guests with years of experience of Scourie fishings , and my favourite is a wonderful gentleman called Stanley Tuer ; a man of advancing years , but fleet of foot , who has exhausted me on many a long hill walk . |
| 16 | No-one has set me above this people . |
| 17 | I see alright well or I I invite members of the jury , the council wants to address me on some point of law which need n't concern you , so if you take a short break please . |
| 18 | I have a severe visual problem and this has led me into wonderful ventures around the galleries , ‘ seeing ’ art in my own way . |
| 19 | None has led me to that dangerous conclusion that we were doing it better over there than here . |
| 20 | ‘ My whole life has led me to this point . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's cruel of you to try to force me into this family . |
| 22 | ‘ They always photograph me with Kylie because she 's my wife on screen , but they never bother to photograph me with other girls . |
| 23 | They always photograph me with Kylie because she 's my wife on screen , but they never bother to photograph me with any other girls . |
| 24 | Yeah but er it really has knocked me for six this time . |
| 25 | I have set down the following experience as one that has haunted me for many years . |
| 26 | Several years of research into our love of meat has left me in little doubt that most of us nowadays would prefer not to face up to the carnal origins of our flesh foods . |
| 27 | ‘ He has jolted me into new experiences , obliging me to reconsider old questions about good and bad , beautiful and ugly , vulgar and elite , ’ and ‘ has been a major innovator in exploring new visual sources , new media , new thresholds of propriety ’ . |
| 28 | Can anyone tell me where ‘ balmpot ’ did originate as it has puzzled me for some 60 years ? |
| 29 | The reply , which has mystified me until this day , was , ‘ Oh ! we did n't know you meant that one ! ’ |
| 30 | I believe that it was a good inheritance , and one that has stood me in good stead all my life . |