Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [vb past] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not be whimsical to suggest that I still go to Arsenal now because of what Swindon did to me then : like a gambler who keeps playing because it is the only way to win back what he has lost , I still feel , somewhere in me , that I am owed for what Ian Ure and Jon Sammels and Bobby Gould put me through that afternoon . |
| 2 | Friday evening saw me at the National Gallery with her boyfriend and , quite literally , hundreds of other people , to the opening of the annual exhibition , sponsored this year by BP , of the Scottish Artists and Craftsmen . |
| 3 | Green-eyed , bemasked , conjuring up the ten-foot plus boards that could conquer the peaks of Waimea , Ken Bradshaw reminded me of Dr Rotwang in Metropolis instilling his robot with beauty and life . |
| 4 | Lindsay Kemp : ‘ David Bowie struck me from the very beginning as being very versatile and very ‘ up-front ’ and not in the least bit naîve . |
| 5 | ‘ I hear you 're thinking of retiring , ’ David Knell informed me over coffee one morning . |
| 6 | At 10 am precisely a bell rang and Miss Maine took me for introductions . |
| 7 | Bobby Lavender asked me about the target range . |
| 8 | Then Monsieur Coutelan invited me to lunch in a restaurant in some village . |
| 9 | Your article on hedgehogs in the March issue reminded me of an incident last summer . |
| 10 | Somehow , I never found my way back to Porthford until this week , when the March winds blew me in a letter from Ilsa . |
| 11 | King Alexander ordered me into her retinue ; I got bored and used to listen to her conversations with the one French lady-in-waiting she brought with her , a girl called Marie . |
| 12 | Dr Allott advised me to be entered for Wadham , Oxford 's ‘ medical ’ college , and I arrived there when I was eighteen . |
| 13 | ‘ Then , late in the game , Ray Wilkins grabbed me by the shirt and threw me to the ground with a judo throw . |
| 14 | With the most impressive efficiency and a phone call to Tucson , the American Express Office in Avenida del Sol issued me with a fresh set after half an hour 's verification : necessary , Ian told me , because there are so many freeloaders who keep on going by selling their cheques and claiming they have been stolen . |
| 15 | While he fiddled with his samovar , Dr Jaffery told me about his work . |
| 16 | Sergeant Moustaine punched me in the face , stuffed my shitty underpants in my mouth and ordered me to run around the parade ground holding my kitbag above my head . |
| 17 | When it came to boxing , Reg Witter paired me with a bigger boy called Charlie Featherstone , who happened to be quite a friend of mine . |
| 18 | Meanwhile as my visits to South Africa showed me in such a traumatic and depressing way the conditions of the majority have got worse there 's economic recession lay-offs , high inflation rate and growing violence more people have been killed in South Africa in the last two years than in any previous two years that you look at . |
| 19 | Now , fanning his face with his hat , Senator Crowninshield followed me into the shade of Masquerade 's hull and stared up at her scarred flank . |
| 20 | Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . |
| 21 | Aunt Louise greeted me with a kiss , and there was a feeling that I was the guest of some great lady in exile . |
| 22 | Jane Brompton called me from the Betty Ford clinic last night and it 's absolutely 100% sure . |
| 23 | Bruce Carver reminded me of Bill Murphy . |
| 24 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |
| 25 | The sun was going down when we sailed into the port , and the doctor and Mr Trelawney took me on shore . |
| 26 | The acquisition of a new Wilson racquet fooled me into thinking I could teach Adam how to play . |
| 27 | But my heart was not in insurance , and when Fred Workman recalled me to the editorial offices I rushed back to my old love . |
| 28 | There were no farewell parties for me when I left Moose Jaw , although Fred Workman took me to lunch and treated us both to a glass of ale at the Grant Hall Hotel . |
| 29 | At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ . |
| 30 | Mr Duncan took me to the farm and I met Dan and Stella Parks . |