Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did the Prince love me in those early days ? |
| 2 | The unremitting four-mile ascent to the high pass over the ridge reduced me to a walking wet rag ; I was literally soaked to the skin and could feel rivulets chasing each other down my bosom . |
| 3 | Occasionally I would join Robins on the bridge ; at other times , when all was going well , he would come into the saloon to join me in a drink served by a Cockney steward called Tomkins ; the choice was limited , but I did n't drink much anyway . |
| 4 | Nothing that I have read about the case leads me to the conclusion that anything untoward happened or that the basic and important principle of the GP 's right to refer has been undermined . |
| 5 | Within a day the vet phoned me with the news that the dog had two intact testicles ( a matter I 'd hardly been musing upon ) and was suffering from a bit of diarrhoea — but had been put on a milk diet which would soon clear it up . |
| 6 | I felt the present hit me like a blow in the back . |
| 7 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 8 | I rose hurriedly and stumbled towards the door but the redolence followed me in a wave . |
| 9 | To the extent that inclinations from my own viewpoint harmonize or conflict with yours , the interaction moves me in new directions for or against you and your goals , to sympathy or antipathy , love or hate , pity or cruelty , gratitude or revenge . |
| 10 | The building reminded me of a con-servatory , the walls being made from small panes of glass . |
| 11 | The story reminded me of a report I once received from an Advisor about a youngster who was out of school . |
| 12 | It seemed that the thread linking me to those with whom I was familiar was inherently insubstantial . |
| 13 | Thinking quickly , I asked the driver to take me to Clonmacnoise instead , a famous holy city that stood in ruins scattered over a sloping river bank . |
| 14 | The driver grabbed me by the shoulder and asked for my fare . |
| 15 | Despite this , my parents found the wherewithal to send me to a cheap fee-paying dayschool . |
| 16 | The Sister sent me to her room , but she was n't there . |
| 17 | One of the problems that the college told me about is that school children are leaving school with more computer literacy than the university teachers , so university teachers are having to run hard simply to keep up with the people they are teaching . |
| 18 | ‘ Everything about the college reminded me about the attack , ’ she explained . |
| 19 | Nor do I feel like setting myself up as an Aunt Sally just waiting for all those girls to throw themselves at me in the attempt to knock me off my perch ! ’ |
| 20 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 21 | In the carriage taking me into town , I cried a little . |
| 22 | The soldier seized me by the hair and pushed me across the garden . |
| 23 | He had the impertinence to berate me for knee-jerk reactions on behalf of the Government when he opposes absolutely everything that the Government do , however sensible it obviously is . |
| 24 | The dilemma followed me through the publication of a few accounts of my researches . |
| 25 | My man in the sombrero tells me of an incident at Goldsmith 's Mexican estate two weeks ago which has severed relations for the foreseeable future . |
| 26 | The President told me in person last night . |
| 27 | Were it not for the narrow strip of tar , I would have been stuck hopelessly — several times I was bogged down when the wind blew me off the road . |
| 28 | ‘ I have also been to the Guildhall , ’ he mournfully concluded ‘ The mayor told me in no uncertain terms how displeased His Grace the Regent Duke of Lancaster is at our lack of progress . |
| 29 | With your track record I do n't know how you have the nerve to lecture me on commitment . ’ |
| 30 | The boy in the daylight reminded me of a bird , a bold curious bird . |