Example sentences of "[vb -s] i [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters . |
| 2 | Pa sits me on the wooden bench he has built facing the altar , and himself sits down next to me . |
| 3 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |
| 4 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 5 | He wants me in a purple gown to match the set and shows me drawings of the dancers ' outfits . |
| 6 | Everyone loves me for the very things that you want me to cover up ! |
| 7 | The current advert for the Washburn Mercury guitar revolts me to the very depths of my soul . |
| 8 | Susan uses me for the first person pronoun [ G2 ] , and unmarked past tense [ G4 ] in tell , see , pick and run , and she has initial /t/ in ting , " thing " [ P17 ] . |
| 9 | What interests me as a social anthropologist is not just that human beings behave in a lot of different unexpected ways but that the patterning of these differences of behaviour also varies ; and it is the continuities and the variations in these underlying patterns which are the real focus of my interest . |
| 10 | Frankly , none of that interests me in the slightest . |
| 11 | Because now I know there 's nothing behind the fancy shirt that interests me in the slightest . ’ |
| 12 | She smilingly explains that the scanner is a sort of lie-down X-ray and leads me to a narrow bed that slides inch by inch through what looks like a dry-cleaning machine . |
| 13 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 14 | This leads me to the last determinant of transmission teaching I want to explore here : that of teacher isolation . |
| 15 | That leads me to the last question , ground ( 7 ) . |
| 16 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 17 | And that , logically , leads me to the obvious conclusion — that I love you , and that we must be married as soon as possible . |
| 18 | Now , that as the picture er , leads me onto the next er , stage which is what in ministry , er what can we do in nineteen ninety three ? |
| 19 | Occasionally , there 's a happy accident that leads me in a nice direction . ’ |
| 20 | The world still sees me as a nasty kid |
| 21 | McDunn introduces me to the other officers . |
| 22 | I 'd be a fool if I did n't realise that just being the boss invests me with a certain glamour , and it would be easy to let it slip out of control . |
| 23 | Even if I did n't have a job that keeps me at the other end of the country for most of the year , this sort of place could n't provide a living . |
| 24 | It also keeps me on the right track as well . |
| 25 | The letter acknowledges me as a mature and responsible individual , always paying my credit-card account on time . |
| 26 | Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph . |
| 27 | The other side of the coin is that it is very satisfying and rewarding because it stretches me in every possible way . |
| 28 | ‘ What depresses me about the whole position is that skills are so important and the lack of them now is undermining our whole competitive position . |
| 29 | Another twenty minutes of this reduces me to a disorientated wreck , near to tears and vomiting . |
| 30 | And he takes me to an Italian restaurant in Mitcham . |