Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she turned to wait for me at the end of the path , I felt I was looking at her for the first time : her face paler than her arms , a blonde shadow on her upper lip , no lipstick . |
| 2 | I grinned wickedly back and told Benjamin to wait for me in the street outside . |
| 3 | Two days sitting in the plane and fifty bourbons later I had this young born-again advocate holding my hand and praying for me at the top of his voice . |
| 4 | He seemed to have forgotten about me in the middle of his sentence . |
| 5 | Will you wait for me in the car ? ’ |
| 6 | Can you wait for me in the foyer of the nurses ’ home at ten past and we 'll run over to Faye and Bill 's in my car ? ’ |
| 7 | I was looking forward to the chance to meet ‘ our ’ health visitor and find out what would be expected of me in the months leading up to the birth . |
| 8 | " Well , mother explained to me what was expected of me in the marriage bed and it sounded so terrifying . |
| 9 | I could do what was expected of me by the crowd , or I could do what he trusted me to do . |
| 10 | I saw a group walking towards me through the ashen darkness . |
| 11 | Instead of being cosily tucked up in her bunk near the bar , she surprisingly came walking towards me from the sleeping car forward of Filmer 's , her diamonds lighting small bright fires with every step . |
| 12 | When I close my eyes and imagine fatherhood , I see all the standard clichés : John Jr walking with me in the park , a football dribbling at his chubby little feet ; John Jr passing me a spanner as I lie underneath the motorbike ; John Jr asking me to read him that story one more time because I read it so well . |
| 13 | He replied on August 15 , suggesting that the SMG 's Balwinder Gill telephone the community liaison officer , adding ‘ should you wish to meet with me in the meantime , again this can be arranged . ’ |
| 14 | I had an Abaya ( the long black gown ) which I had carried with me on the plane and a scarf to cover my hair , so I was able to enter the Ministry of Health without shocking the men too much . |
| 15 | Anybody come with me to the hospital |
| 16 | Well they could address their letters to myself Councillor David Poole or Councillor Stuart Argyle to the Council House erm the suggestion you know er their the thoughts the thoughts on this what er they could er erm help us in our campaign and also about the leaf stem as well if they want to write to me at the Council House suggesting and I mean proper places to where it should go because that 's really up to County Council but er at least if I had some suggestions we can pass them over to the County Council where where it could go . |
| 17 | If the hon. Gentleman wishes to write to me about the details of the case to which he referred I shall be happy to respond . |
| 18 | I would like and I feel humble for asking , for anyone to write to me about the above . |
| 19 | I cast in and try to shrug off the disappointed , deflated feeling that has come over me since the anticlimax of the eel . |
| 20 | He said , ‘ Sickness has given me this fortune that this sultan has come to my side , at morn so health and well being have accrued to me from the arrival of this King without retinue . |
| 21 | That 's all that matters to me at the moment . ’ |
| 22 | Well , since he did not appeal to me in the slightest , the whole business became a terrible bore . |
| 23 | Yeah , so she 's going to come to me on the bus on the twenty third . |
| 24 | After some thought he said ; ‘ Well , I have a daughter your age , and if she were to come to me with the same question I would advise her to terminate . ’ |
| 25 | How many birds did my true love send to me on the twelfth day of Christmas ? |
| 26 | I am a recent subscriber , having recently renewed my subscription for a second year and I have enjoyed every issue that has come to me in the post . |
| 27 | I strongly felt that Resenence had come to me in the dream and yet , when I awoke , when the morning came , I told myself I had created it myself . |
| 28 | Much more cogent reasons for Ms Brown 's correct conviction are to be found in Lady Diana 's own words , which I quote from Philip Ziegler 's biography and which amply confirms others , just as forceful , that she used to me in the course of our more than 40 years of close friendship : I never responded to his dribbling , dwarfish little amorous singeries . |
| 29 | It looks to me on the plan , |
| 30 | At the exalted level of Olympic competition that might be true , although I find it hard to attribute the concept of ‘ needing ’ to Carl Lewis , who , and no doubt I am being unfair , always looks to me like the lead actor in a Disney film entitled The Fastest Kid on Earth . |