Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] i [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stands above me on his knuckles like a gorilla , and peers at me curiously . |
| 2 | For a moment — then the skylight in the beamed roof was flung up , and Frankenstein 's Adam came leaping down to stand before me in his wrath ! |
| 3 | He knew at once of a house to let for a whole year , the owners being abroad and failing to let it before they left last month and seeing my condition he took pity and had the caretaker prevailed upon to come to me at his premises . |
| 4 | ‘ In later years , ’ Philip wrote , ‘ he always referred to me as his father . |
| 5 | He referred to me as his ‘ Princess ’ and I referred to him as ‘ the Prince ’ ! |
| 6 | If my father ca n't provide a decent standard of living for me on his present salary , then he will just have to start looking for another job . |
| 7 | ‘ He got away from me and came for me with his fists . |
| 8 | He came after me with his arms wide , still dazzled and dazzling in his private powerful light ; those pale jeans already crumbling for want of their accustomed humidity . |
| 9 | He even jumped on me when asked to pose for a photo and , towering above me with his paws on my shoulders , gave me the most enormous , slobbering lick imaginable . |
| 10 | ‘ The title came to me through his death . |
| 11 | If he wants to talk to me about his future then he should do it to my face . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He was looking at me with his eyes just flickering with fear . |
| 13 | He was looking at me with his head to one side . |
| 14 | Quigley pushed the seance table into the middle of the room , grinning at me over his shoulder as he did so . |
| 15 | He squinted at me through his spectacles . |
| 16 | Ian Jack , my guide for the next part of the trip , was waiting for me with his new vehicle . |
| 17 | Mr Billings was waiting for me in his yard . |
| 18 | He was wearing a burgundy-coloured bomber jacket and jeans and was thought to me in his mid to late teens . |
| 19 | McIllvanney did not respond , except to stare at me with his unblinking and reptilian eyes , and thus he forced me to add an unnecessary explanation . |
| 20 | He simply could not fathom ‘ the ethical questions raised by me as his bishop ’ . |
| 21 | And he comes running towards me with his arms out ! |
| 22 | McIllvanney suddenly demanded of me in his sour Belfast accent . |
| 23 | ‘ T was the only story he 'd have from me at his bedtime , before he was grown … |
| 24 | Can not you see him as well as myself ; Is he not sitting behind me at the bed 's head , to seize upon me for his victim , as soon as I have breathed my last ? ’ |
| 25 | From time to time Mr Salmon used to read to me from his morning paper , but as he could never find a mention of the Royal Fusiliers I did n't discover what the old man was up to . |
| 26 | If every minion came running to me with his little scrap of information , I would never get any work done . ’ |
| 27 | He was leaning forward staring at me with his hands on his knees . |
| 28 | ‘ Every morning this time the bus is full of nuts , ’ the driver said with violence , not even visibly addressing me , though his right eye was glaring at me in his driving mirror . |
| 29 | My er , circumstances are entirely different , I am the person who 's being cared for and my husband died in nineteen eighty seven , and my son in nineteen eighty eight and I was left with my young son , and he looked after me on his own , and then my daughter who li , I was living in Ireland , my daughter lived in England , and she decided it was n't good enough that it should all be left to him , so we had a long talk and we discussed it at length for two weeks at Christmas , and then they all moved Sou , over here , we got a house in Scotland , and I 'm looked after by my young son and my daughter , and since then a year ago my daughter got married , her husband moved in and he looks after me as well , so I 'm looked after by three young adults . |
| 30 | Only the occasional sales rep , in his weekend mufti , went past me in his company Cavalier . |