Example sentences of "[vb past] i with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 2 | One of my colleagues , no doubt swayed by the heat of the discussion , turned on me sitting in my short-sleeved uniform shirt , and rebuked me with the warning that ‘ in my force , you 'd be disciplined for mutilating police property … |
| 3 | Anorexia provided me with the illusion that I was in control , not only of my body and my own status within the community , but of that community itself and , finally , of the biological processes which others around me were powerless to influence . |
| 4 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 5 | Taff prodded me with the butt of the Bren gun . |
| 6 | ‘ Beuno helped me with the washing-up after you went to bed . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ My niece , Gina , helped me with the washing-up . |
| 8 | Comments included ‘ Scott helped me with the photocopying ’ , ‘ Can we stay in the groups because I really like working with Bobby ? ’ and ‘ Why could n't we stay all day ? ’ |
| 9 | Soon after my retirement the Oxford University Press approached me with the suggestion that I might collect and edit an anthology of prayers . |
| 10 | And on one occasion in the gymnasium , I turned round to look at a boy behind me and the master was there and he smacked me with the flat of his hand as hard as he could . |
| 11 | In the Observer , Janet Watts had no reservations : ‘ Hannah received me with the warmth and courtesy she radiates in the film and talked for three hours without any refreshment but a tooth-glass of tap water , in which she toasted my health . ’ |
| 12 | E. Dewell , 7 Church Drive , St Andrews Road , Bishop Auckland : I was having lunch at my parents ' home when my father-in-law , Frederick Dewell , telephoned me with the news . |
| 13 | She fixed her star-like eyes upon my face and startled me with the question , ‘ When are you going to meet me underneath the trees ? ’ |
| 14 | He killed me with the death breath . |
| 15 | My missionary vocation landed me with the task , the experience probably did more for me than for the fifty to one hundred loyal missionary supporters who attended . |
| 16 | It was you , when I was ready to deny any such ridiculous notion , who threatened me with the loss of my job if I did n't back you up all the way ! |
| 17 | Then he hit me with the butt of his gun and the next thing I remember is coming round to find my colleagues crouched anxiously beside me . |
| 18 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 19 | ‘ He hit me with the Christmas tree , so I picked it up and hit him back , ’ Lorraine told bemused police in Newport , Gwent , yesterday . |
| 20 | My mum was only a little cross with me. then — mystery and more mystery — my mum took me with the fireman in his car to his house . |
| 21 | Several of the backstage staff , including Annie and Jennifer , had bought a space in the Chassidic Hospital in Jerusalem in my Dad 's name and presented me with the certificate . |
| 22 | Moments before the Prime Minister presented me with the trophy , I was asked if I would pose in the sea for a tourism promotion picture . |
| 23 | There were 23 other pairs — all younger and all seeming to possess the speed of Linford Christie around the court — and , when my partner greeted me with the news that he had been undergoing physiotherapy for a dodgy back all week , I felt that our interest would be peripheral , to say the least . |
| 24 | But Szasz 's observation struck me with the force of revelation . |
| 25 | One day he took me aside and left me with the designer , a nervous girl who always wore black . |
| 26 | Although the banquet and establishment of courtiers and servants was as splendid as possible , there was a feeling in the air which impressed me with the idea that the whole pageant might be ephemeral . |
| 27 | I called in Doctor Andrews last night — I felt a little shaken and I do n't like that hotel fellow — and he supplied me with the information , ’ was the reply . |