Example sentences of "[vb -s] i [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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ That 's what bugs me about the experience . |
| 11 | " The very thought of it chills me to the bone . " |
| 12 | It points me to the verse numbered twenty-one , and the line is : ‘ And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death . ’ ’ |
| 13 | Ali pats me on the hand . |
| 14 | Lungfish joins me under the blanket . |
| 15 | She joins me on the carpet , and we all sit blowing on our coffees and warming our hands on the mugs . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 18 | She wants me off the case . |
| 19 | I do n't know why he 's suddenly decided he wants me off the team … ’ |
| 20 | If my mother wants me off the Project , she can damn well go through channels and see how far it gets her . ’ |
| 21 | She wants me at the birth . |
| 22 | Nobody wants me in the team , only to do the sweating , making Hoomey an' all swim . |
| 23 | I suppose if you were either one of them it would be nice but I 'd go out and say to them , ‘ David , it 's time for us to do a vocal now ’ and Angie would say , ‘ Oh , Davey Wavey , do you have to leave me now ? ’ , to which he 'd reply , ‘ Oh , Angie Pangie , I suppose I do — old Uncle Tony wants me in the studio . ’ |
| 24 | That shooting The London boxing promoter Mickey Duff said : ‘ The only thing that worries me at the moment is his speedy recovery . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ However , ’ said Canon Wheeler clearing his throat to indicate that he had n't finished and intended to keep the reins of conversation in his own hands , ‘ what chiefly worries me at the moment is the Old Man 's reaction . ’ |
| 26 | What worries me at the moment about the proposals is that there is discrimination not only against the United Kingdom but against Europe in the way in which the Commission is carrying out the negotiations with the United States . |
| 27 | Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ? |
| 28 | He holds me like the devil himself . |
| 29 | I want to get summat else to play with and I try and get up , but Peter holds me by the arm . |
| 30 | It covers me for the preparation work to an industrial tribunal . |