Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one direction only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean , while in the other the valley goes back for miles and miles . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been telling myself I would n't let this happen , ’ he rasped , ‘ but there 's something about you that drives me to the edge of my control . ’ |
| 3 | Drives me up the wall |
| 4 | See the but er , this room drives me up the wall ! |
| 5 | I hate doing that , drives me up the wall the first bit cos I 've got all them houses in the first bit have n't I ? |
| 6 | It just drives me up the wall . |
| 7 | ‘ The forgetfulness and repeating things all the time — it drives me round the bend . ’ |
| 8 | When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’ |
| 9 | The body has an organising intelligence that orders it and runs all the processes and functions of the parts and integrates them into the whole . |
| 10 | In the different sense of the priest ‘ representing ’ the people to God in worship the role is more that of an intermediary or go-between — a role more akin to that of a Member of Parliament who understands the needs of his constituents and represents them to the Government in Parliament . |
| 11 | ‘ What angers me about the system goes beyond the unreliability of ‘ proof ’ … it 's that the way criminals are dealt with has nothing to do with rehabilitation and readjusting people who 've stepped outside society 's norms . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's what bugs me about the experience . |
| 13 | As these animals roam around their home ground , any unaccustomed mark alerts them to the passage of a stranger . |
| 14 | " The very thought of it chills me to the bone . " |
| 15 | It points me to the verse numbered twenty-one , and the line is : ‘ And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death . ’ ’ |
| 16 | Ali pats me on the hand . |
| 17 | TIM PEACOCK joins them on the road and discovers that they 're dab hands at snooker , Ian T Tilton gets them in the frame . |
| 18 | TIM PEACOCK joins them on the road and discovers that they 're dab hands at snooker , Ian T Tilton gets them in the frame . |
| 19 | Lungfish joins me under the blanket . |
| 20 | She joins me on the carpet , and we all sit blowing on our coffees and warming our hands on the mugs . |
| 21 | Discrimination against people on the grounds of ‘ non-normal ’ bodies or intellectual capacity places them outside the mainstream of social life . |
| 22 | The man takes my hands in his and places them within the box and around the point of life . |
| 23 | To ‘ freeze-dry ’ his wigs , David simply applies gel to the wigs and places them in the freezer for 30 minutes ! |
| 24 | A fully grown red tail is a massive bird , over two feet tall — this one looks me in the eye when she sits on my fist . |
| 25 | ‘ To the well-deserving Gaius Seius I leave and wish to be granted in addition that neither from him nor from his heirs should be claimed whatever he owes me on the basis of documents or accounts or has borrowed from me or I have guaranteed for him . ’ |
| 26 | Maria ties up the contents in parcels , and ( I believe ) exposes them on the hillside like unwanted infants . |
| 27 | To undertake strategic research , which takes the new ideas coming out of basic research and develops them to the point where the possibility of commercial application can be identified . |
| 28 | That 's what has them on the run although , in the end , they 'll be forced to give birth . |
| 29 | She has them in the bathroom with her , and she apologizes : ‘ I 've just put fifty pence in the meter to get water for our bath . ’ |
| 30 | Many of them just lie there helplessly until somebody manhandles them over the side of the boat . |