Example sentences of "i [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My clever chat would avail me nothing in the face of the fact that I had chosen to ally myself with a woman who practically peed her pants at some salesman 's blue jokes . |
| 2 | ‘ To me everyone in the pop has an image of being stoned and drunk every night . |
| 3 | Little did I know how right he was because the first thing that happened when David 's mother had a bad day , she would call me everything under the sun . |
| 4 | ‘ But you must show me the books , tell me everything about the business . ’ |
| 5 | Montaine and I were not similar in any obvious way , but Jean-Claude may well have detected in me something of the quality he relied on in his sister . |
| 6 | It had to me something of the effect that arises from the turning up of the fresh soil , or of the first welcome breath of Spring . |
| 7 | You owe me something for the humiliation which you are about to put on me . ’ |
| 8 | I asked if they could give me something for the pain . |
| 9 | Erm can you tell me something about the temple in that area in Caldmore , its role in the community , briefly perhaps . |
| 10 | Can you tell me something about the crowd itself , erm did particular age groups tend to stand together around the ground or were the young |
| 11 | look your sisters trying to tell me something about the television , well the televisions not switched on though |
| 12 | ‘ Well , say I then took Fiona off him and maybe I told him to go find himself another filly and the next thing was he got a pincer-hold on my ear and was bopping me one on the nose and there I was bleeding fit to fill the Frenchy furrows so naturally I gave him one back . ’ |
| 13 | With Mr Merchant 's assistance Stewart opens up the box of chocolates and offers me one with the hand that is n't attached to a pulley and the ceiling . |
| 14 | And do n't try to tell me everybody in the class can spell that word . |
| 15 | so I gave him a couple of quid , three quid , for lending me it plus the spinner cos spinner do n't work on washer |
| 16 | You did n't tell me anything about the cheque . |
| 17 | I would be grateful if you could tell me anything about the guitar . |