Example sentences of "[prep] i [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain kinds of illness and illness-proneness are experienced : people are more likely to catch a cold or flu , for example , and be less able to shake it off ; they feel generally run down and may suffer from mysterious but more debilitating viruses , such as ME or glandular fever , that are difficult to diagnose and take a long time to clear up . |
| 2 | I said , ‘ If there is naught else in Paradise for me but this delight which I have in my own nature , no other blessing will I want and not even the houris and sugarcane of Paradise will divert me from it . ' ’ |
| 3 | Bridget too had a similar experience : " The other girls had mixed feelings , some of them were happy for me but some thought I was a slag and a tart and that I did n't know who the father was , and they were bitchy towards me when they passed in the corridors . " |
| 4 | ‘ Remember when you were delivering boots for me and that boy took them from you , how did you feel then , Will ? ’ |
| 5 | Tea for me and one sugar . |
| 6 | But she tells the programme : ‘ It worked for me and other people have said the same . |
| 7 | A ‘ cell ’ group of colleagues in my days at St. John 's College also proved an important means of personal review and direction for me and other colleagues . |
| 8 | Anne Boleyn gave a copy to Henry VIII , who declared appreciatively , ‘ This is a book for me and all Kings . ’ |
| 9 | Tyndale 's claim that ‘ God hath made the king in every realm judge over all ’ also made a favourable impression on Henry , and he subsequently declared : ‘ This book is for me and all kings to read . ’ |
| 10 | But for me and many others , old school is something that transcends fashion and has precious little to do with paying £60 in London for something that cost $5 in the backstreets of Chicago . |
| 11 | When fellwalking becomes a passion as it has been for me and many others , the summits are regarded as old friends and memories are refreshed on each visit . |
| 12 | After a bath and an early night to stave off jet-lag , we awoke refreshed and ready for the mammoth breakfast of fresh berries and juice , buttered muffins , hash browns , bacon and eggs — sunny side up , of course — coffee for me and English breakfast tea for Kenneth . |
| 13 | ‘ The republican terrorists will hit the likes of me or other party members who keep themselves to themselves and do their council work without much public glorification . |
| 14 | But is he fifty P in front of me or fifty P behind , Cos then Ken turns |
| 15 | Both boats then reversed in front of me and two people from each boat set about the bridge , trying to free it . |
| 16 | Anyone considering a purchase from this company should make sure they get cast-iron guarantees concerning specification and after sales support or , like me and many others to my knowledge , they will wish that they had not been taken in by misleading advertising and had paid a little more money to an established British company . |
| 17 | At least it started that way , then the sharkskin dress was rubbing against me and other things began to seem far away . |
| 18 | But the wind was behind me and each wave picked up the boat and surged her ahead , so that I tied up at the pier some fifteen hours after I had left , a little tired but satisfied that another small gap in our knowledge of birds had been filled . |
| 19 | In the first flush of youthful passion , and in the imminence of war , Leslie had vowed that he would rather have a few years with me than eternal life without me . |
| 20 | If I go I will only take you with me and this bed is already warm . |
| 21 | Those of you who saved or remember the ‘ CRAP ’ incident with me and some floozy who supported Sheff Utd but got on the list , will recall that I paid Sheff Utd some compliments … in the form of Hodges , pemberton and Bassett . |
| 22 | I ca n't think of his name now , but it was great because there was this really tough girl who wanted to hang around with me because this guy fancied me . |
| 23 | He was good at his job and was always gentle and careful and did n't strike the same terror into me as other dentists . |
| 24 | Yes , yes , now that group have come into me and two weeks after they 've worn the hairpiece they 've got a job after two and half years of not finding work , so what do you say to that ? |
| 25 | I could go on about singing harmonics and endless sustain , but just take it from me that this amp covers the whole guitar tone palette from clean to mega-dirt with considerable ease . |
| 26 | Well , that 's it from me and many thanks to my guests here in the studio . |
| 27 | The club have shown faith in me and that kind of backing deserves loyalty from me . ’ |
| 28 | It seemed to me that each person living in a house needed his or her special place , a sort of perch . |
| 29 | Whatever they like bottom of the River Trent if you like but it would be very going off the subject and I 've only got a minute or two to spare but what someone pointed out to me that terrible monstrosity outside the Theatre Royal subway and every time I pass I fume inwardly . |
| 30 | I was asked once if it seemed real to me that one day I would be lifeless inside it . |