Example sentences of "of [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the hero takes the castrato to be a woman and makes a sculpture of him/her in female form , castration is linked to problems of representation . |
| 2 | And also you said , you were going , you were taking the piss out of me about that thing I told you about something to do with Aaron erm |
| 3 | " He thinks of me as such . " |
| 4 | I have always been exclusively attracted to girls and wimmin in any sexual or deep emotional way ; it has always been a part of me as grey eyes or dark hair . |
| 5 | The sail had been a hindrance , making sport of me at each whim of the wind , so I lowered it . |
| 6 | Perhaps they were afraid of me at first . |
| 7 | There is a photo of me at fifteen : round face , shoulder-length mousey-brown hair , grey eyes . |
| 8 | But I felt dreadful , like a bloated lump with one leg and no hair , so there are n't any photos of me at that time at all . |
| 9 | ‘ If you 've thought of me at all since we last met I 'd be very surprised . ’ |
| 10 | I was never going to be a replacement for his wife , just a diversion , and I hope that , if he thinks of me at all , it is with the same shiver of half-remembered pleasure with which I think of him . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , he made like he wanted no part of me at all . |
| 12 | She 's not frightened of me at all and I like that very much . |
| 13 | The clouds covered most of the sky and there was little light from the moon , and none ahead of me at all . |
| 14 | Just before my mother 's death , playing around with the photographs on the bedroom mantelpiece , my niece discovered an old photograph underneath one of me at three . |
| 15 | She was such a nice , kind lady and I recall her taking care of me on one of the Sunday School trips when Mother was unable to go . |
| 16 | He 'll think ahead of me on that . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , I could never be sure exactly what was required of me on these occasions . |
| 18 | we get more of you than me get plenty of me on these . |
| 19 | You 'll be the death of me with all your questions . ’ |
| 20 | Suddenly , out of a dark doorway , a figure stepped and stood in front of me with open arms . |
| 21 | They would take the mickey out of me with sickening enthusiasm . |
| 22 | Do you think less of me for that ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Do you think you could possibly curb your dislike and mistrust of me for that one evening ? |
| 24 | No , I had decided that whatever I washoping to do , I was going to do on my own so if anyone was going to be proud of me they were going to be proud of me for legitimate reasons . |
| 25 | I sat with a tomato juice in front of me for some time straining my ears to hear what Nigel was saying . |
| 26 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 27 | But you do n't get rid of me like that . |
| 28 | At first I though she had pissed herself , then I saw flowers tumble out of the sky and hit the water ahead of me like some strange rain . |
| 29 | He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive . |
| 30 | ‘ You have not heard of me from any other person ? ’ |