Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] i the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you very much for bringing me the transistor — and I 'm sorry , Dr Vaughan . |
| 2 | ‘ I am not bitter about that , only grateful to Arbroath for allowing me the opportunity to put what I have learned over the years into practice , ’ said McGrain , who was awarded the MBE in 1983 for his services to the game . |
| 3 | Firstly can I say thank you to Asda and Long Eaton who I work for for allowing me the day off so I can come into Radio Nottingham . |
| 4 | Instead of showing me the door , he roared with laughter : ‘ So what if I clothe gangsters on the screen ? |
| 5 | Annabelle 's father , George , and her mother , Martha , have done me the honour of offering me the opportunity to make a speech on this wonderful occasion and propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven . |
| 6 | I 'm the highest paid driver today — it 's not because of my skin colour , my eyes , my hair or anything , it 's because it 's worth paying me the money . |
| 7 | Thank you President and Congress for granting me the honour to report back on behalf of the ten G M B Members in the European Parliament . |
| 8 | We were brought back to reality by Marty , who stood dripping on the pier head in a bitter east wind shouting , " Come on , when you lot have finished , what about giving me the headrope ? " |
| 9 | I 've got I , I as I say , I feel very grateful to the society for giving me the chance . |
| 10 | I 'm therefore doubly grateful to you for giving me the chance to meet you today , and I hope that some of the contacts I might make today will stand me in good stead in the job that I 'm doing in Oxford over the next year or so . |
| 11 | So thank you for giving me the chance to , to air that view . |
| 12 | I am very grateful to the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence for giving me the opportunity to give this paper as a lecture at the Accademia on 1 May 1992 . |
| 13 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving me the opportunity to reinforce the Government 's commitment to protect green belt districts . |
| 14 | But thank you for giving me the hope , coat peg to hang some further comment . |
| 15 | So I felt inexpressible gratitude to you for giving me the support and care of that relationship , however attenuated it appeared to me at times : |
| 16 | ‘ Myself , I am thankful to finish second and thank Williams for giving me the car to do the job . ’ |
| 17 | For giving me the courage to do what I did . " |
| 18 | Petri often quoted the older man 's opinion : ‘ He called me his most genuine pupil and tried everything to further me , recommended me to managers and conductors , sent to me all the pupils he did not want to take , and was instrumental in getting me the appointment of Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Manchester , England , where I remained from 1905 to 1911 ’ . |
| 19 | For example , in Pass me the sugar the referent ( ie the sugar on the table in front of you ) is identifiable on extralinguistic grounds . |
| 20 | I nodded and he turned back to mutter something into his talkback before handing me the mike , taking my hand and leading me to the stage . |
| 21 | He insisted on calling me the Professor of French Letters — introduced me to everyone as that in the pubs . |
| 22 | My region I thank for nominating me the region I am so proud to belong to . |
| 23 | He 'd kept his part by buying me the nightdress , now it was up to me to keep mine . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm thrilled that the board have shown faith in me by giving me the chance to work with them for another 12 months . |
| 25 | Unless you want to make the excursion unnecessary by telling me the truth ? ’ |