Example sentences of "[vb pp] i [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You might have heard me on the radio , ’ she said . |
2 | I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective . |
3 | Then one day Kirsty met an old friend who happened to have consulted me in the past for regression therapy . |
4 | When , sometimes , I think back on the beauty of life on a South Seas island , I start to wonder how fate could possibly have propelled me from the rain and bedraggled leafless winter trees of England to such distant enchantment . |
5 | I 'll propose Emily 's report and , and in doing so I 'd like to say thank you to her for her sterling work this year , I think she 's done a terrific job erm and I 'd like to thank her personally for the help she 's given me over the year . |
6 | Well I think I 've been rather more fortunate , the two branch managers I 've had er , before , I 'd not had long enough , er , both have given albeit not regular , but feedback both positive and negative , er , when you 're doing a good job and when you 're doing a bad job , and er , in all honesty , it 's probably the appraisal itself , that 's actually been unnecessary because of their feedback they 're given me during the year , because the appraisal is just a formal repetition of what 's already been said . |
7 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
8 | Against the advice given me at the Centre , quite deliberately I decided to have neither a counsellor nor a healer . |
9 | My geraniums ( pelargoniums if you must ) are making a brave show at last in spite of one or two early frosts , and I am delighted that a tiny sprig of gentian given me by a neighbour has four vivid blue flowers . |
10 | The amount of serum given had to balance with the amount given me by the Pharmacist from the records she kept of that given to Ward Sisters for use on the wards . |
11 | Later on I produced a medical certificate , given me by the doctor , stating that my father was ill and that Saturdays and Sundays were the only days of the week I was at home and could help my mother look after him . |
12 | I am grateful to my colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Britain for the help and opportunities they have given me in the preparation of this book . |
13 | It must have lulled me into a day dream . |
14 | Sapt had hidden me in a room in the old castle , and he and Fritz brought her to me there . |
15 | Various organisations have lobbied me about the Bill . |
16 | Then I 'd wondered if some women who 'd stopped me on the path had taken it . |
17 | I turned to find that a girl had joined me at the bar . |
18 | Chris Patten has now joined me as a party chairman held responsible for winning an election by running a bad campaign ! |
19 | He has always impressed me as a man of great good humour , and with a wonderful fund of stories . |
20 | After visiting Bruce Hutchison , the next stop would be at the home of Mrs Nellie McClung whose books ‘ Clearing in the West ’ and ‘ The Stream Runs Fast ’ had impressed me as a youth . |
21 | They probably thought you 'd added me as a convoy . ’ |
22 | The only reason I was here was because Joyce , who was to spend the first two days at the Centre with me , had continuously reminded me on the journey that the decision to go to Bristol had been mine and mine alone . |
23 | Our Minister had reminded me of a sermon by a former St. Andrew 's minister , about ‘ A Garden City , ’ where there would be realisation of the twin idelas : service and society . |
24 | Agnes nodded and smiled at her ; then , as Nan came behind the counter , she whispered to her , ‘ His lordship has reminded me of the time . |
25 | A funny thing for a gyno to say out of the blue — and the first time he 's ever looked me in the eye . |
26 | He must have rescued me from the canal , because my clothes were wet through , so were his … ’ |
27 | That chilled me in a way I ca n't properly describe . |
28 | For half a second you might have thought his fist had smashed me across the room , except that I follow through my dive into a roll and end up squatting on the floor , eight feet away , with the pistol pointing straight at his guts . |
29 | I felt proud that Mr Rochester had trusted me with the story of his past life . |
30 | The same morning Mrs Singh had approached me in the school foyer , handed me a bag full of letters , and burst into tears . |