Example sentences of "[vb -s] i [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he irritates me by repeating things over and over again . ’ |
| 2 | It soileth my soul , It leadeth me into deep waters , |
| 3 | Ask yourself the question , ‘ Is it my desire , my greed , my wish to be in control that drives me in this matter , or do I feel the lightness of purpose that is a mark of the guidance from within ? ’ |
| 4 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
| 5 | Just because unsubstantiated rumours abound that Terry 's brother Ted occasionally supplies me with specialist literature from the Continent , it does not mean I am taking backhanders or looking favourably towards Terry when including him in the first team . |
| 6 | This involves me in some paperwork , which , however tedious … |
| 7 | The swine owes me for two weeks . |
| 8 | ‘ Although someone supervises me at all times , I handle all my cases myself . |
| 9 | ‘ Till my husband returns , and rescues me from this misery ! ’ |
| 10 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 11 | Clearly that 's what worries me about this Government 's implementation of the Children Act . |
| 12 | He has a weasel face and subjects me to piercing scrutiny . |
| 13 | The way he went away hurts me to this day . |
| 14 | The use of acrylic colours in my palette allows me in all aspects of landscape painting to correct and add light ; in fact it enables me to work more in the manner of an oil painter . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's what frightens me about this campaign for nuclear disarmament . |
| 16 | Fif always seems a little surly with me , because he blames me for some trouble he had on another world . |
| 17 | The idea of sub-contracting an exhibition piece now fills me with abject horror . |
| 18 | But the thing that always concerns me about these kind of decisions under those kind of circumstances is that it might be a temporary depression : in other words a suicide wish , and this is a terrifically difficult issue that is bantered about a lot under these kind of circumstances , and normally , if someone says ‘ Kill me , ’ you figure they 're crazy . |
| 19 | And what leads me to that conclusion is the distortion that Mr brought in , in suggesting that the estate is worth forty million pounds . |
| 20 | All that leads me to British Rail Bills , and the fact that only now are we talking about ditching the procedures of 150 years ago . |
| 21 | Since DOL is hopefully making a comeback this evening for the reserves it leads me to this question . |
| 22 | Finally , this leads me into green disciplining . |
| 23 | So with you mentioning leather then it leads me onto another question erm was there much done in the way of leather work in the Caldmore area ? |
| 24 | What gets me about this guy Alderson is that he served in the country area of Cornwall , and he makes all these proposals about inner-city policing ; now how the hell would he know anything about the inner city ? |
| 25 | If that 's what the women want , then let them have it , and if anyone accuses me of ulterior motives such as laziness , squeamishness or Freudian anxieties about symbolic castration by infant sons — I deny it all . |
| 26 | Later Susan takes me on one side . |
| 27 | Seven minutes is what it takes me at this time in the evening ; eight , sometimes nine , coming the opposite way in the morning , to allow for waits at the two pedestrian crossings and the crowds coming out of the station . |
| 28 | ‘ She usually lets me in these days . ’ |
| 29 | Few words had passed between them over the past week , and now she could see that it was with an effort he said , ‘ Your mother tells me about this idea of hers . |
| 30 | Everything he tells me of former times is suffused with loss . |