Example sentences of "i [prep] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted me for the part because it seemed they wanted someone younger . |
| 2 | ‘ But the biggest joke is that Pauline actually recommended me for the part because she liked me so much ! |
| 3 | she , keeps checking me for the thyroid as well now , every time I go and the tablets are all going haywire , she takes a blood test , a blood thing you know , your pulse every time I go |
| 4 | ‘ Did you make sketches of me through the spy-hole when I was undressing ? ’ she asked . |
| 5 | He would not let me off the hook until I had confessed that I could no longer work with my boss . |
| 6 | Tell me something ; were you always prepared to sleep with me to get the jade , or was that a ploy to throw me off the scent when I was getting too close ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ MY GRANDADDY … would gently nudge me off the sidewalk if a white person ever walked close by . ’ |
| 8 | That body has not yet contacted me about the Bill although the Association of Railway Preservation Societies and David Morgan thereof certainly have . |
| 9 | Well I have to , I , I 'll have to have Elaine with me about the hat because er I prefer somebody else with me |
| 10 | I to the school after I was fourteen just for a wee while . |
| 11 | ‘ Beuno helped me with the washing-up after you went to bed . ’ |
| 12 | She said : ‘ I am enjoying it although it is difficult for me with the customers as I do n't know the shop . ’ |
| 13 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
| 14 | Really she was just working out her guilt for having thrown me under the wardrobe when I was six weeks old . |
| 15 | Convinced by fear that another attempt to manipulate the rigid ropes and frozen krabs at my waist would result in permanent loss of consciousness , I let Roger take over , clipping me into the belay while I lowered by head against the ice , shivering violently , numb fingers screaming with the return of feeling , struggling rationally to convince my swimming brain that this was not the final descent into hypothermic oblivion . |
| 16 | Benjamin pulled me into the shadows as Mandeville came out to issue curt instructions for the dead sheriff 's body to be removed and informed the soldiers that he would stay at Templecombe for a while . |
| 17 | Reg Pybus , with his gun at my head , is always ready to stab me in the back though , and eighteen unlucky defeats has given him plenty of ammunition . |
| 18 | All I can remember is an object hitting me in the head as it came through the window and glass shattering everywhere . |
| 19 | ‘ People have helped me in the past so I thought I would give them a help along the way , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I had to accept what had happened to me in the past before I could even begin to accept the changes in my life . |
| 21 | Have me in the bathroom if she wants me ! |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll ring Mr Pritchard to fetch me in the morning if you 'll just let me stay the night . ’ |
| 23 | I 'll leave you to fathom that out I know you do n't like me in the room when your fathomering things out |
| 24 | She sat next to me in the front while Walt occupied the back seat . |
| 25 | Yes , and I guess it kicked me in the face when I was already down … ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ They put me in the bin because I suddenly had a talking jag , ’ Edward said . |
| 28 | I meet an eager mob of fifty Class 2 children in Swaziland and a large lady who had taught every single one of them to read , determined collectively and individually to hold me in the classroom until they have proved it true . |
| 29 | I just do n't see how you can kiss and cuddle me in the department when nothing at all is going on between us , and then just as soon as there is , you switch it all off like a blasted tap ! ’ |
| 30 | Even so , the cherry berets threw me to the ground , kicking me in the ribs as they frisked me for weapons . |