Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The thing that most impresses me and most encourages my students when I use Streamline is that Streamline is an audiovisual course . |
| 2 | Perhaps he secretly thinks I belong to the same world . |
| 3 | By the shortest sea route probably , because the prospect of flying in an aeroplane rather daunts me . |
| 4 | He only drives me , me up the wall . |
| 5 | There are no colours — it kinda bugs me out , I just feel so f—ing glad , so incredibly lucky , that I grew up in America . |
| 6 | Already , after a few months ' acquaintance , he complained to Harry of ‘ this hideous analysis which so masters me ’ and he tried to express Helen 's profound effect upon him : ‘ I always wonder when I look at her or think of her . |
| 7 | No doubt my readers will have bigger and better examples of the persistence of facies which so fascinates me in this chapter , but I write as far as possible from my own experience . |
| 8 | ‘ She 's convinced he 's innocent of Angy 's murder and she only wants me to play detective and find the real killer ! |
| 9 | Love and attention being the rewards of infantile behaviour , it only amazes me that I did not think of the idea sooner . |
| 10 | She only has me . |
| 11 | Obviously blames me for sticking a needle into him , and I expect he always will . ’ |
| 12 | It not only frightens me , it repels me . |
| 13 | The ruling not only hurts me but every other artist ’ , Koons added . |
| 14 | A girl sits down with a man and he says , ‘ What you need is a good romance and it so happens I 'm very romantic ’ — that 's marketing . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , it so happens I 'm going to town in the morning , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Well it so happens I was not born in Nottingham , though my early memories are of Nottingham , right even from infant school , which er started at five years of age till about seven . |
| 17 | It so happens I spent most of mine at the cinema . |
| 18 | He … he only sees me as a … a dear friend . |
| 19 | There are fewer elephants about up here erm and er the issue that obviously concerns me from the development point of view is the is the time scale , is the process rather , that that the planning policy would im would imply . |
| 20 | you know what it 's , I mean it only costs me , five minutes on the phone and I 've got the information for you , but if you 've got a sleepless night , that 's not worth it . |
| 21 | ‘ Unemployment is something that personally concerns me because I have been at the edge of unemployment all my life , ’ added the 42-year-old who speaks highly of the quality of the environment on Teesside , a much richer and more vibrant and pleasant place in which to live than he had imagined . |
| 22 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 23 | So erm and the other thing was the erm the maternity bill er what is the other one that so interests me that , I 've got my two favourites , erm and that is the cervical , the cancer smear test . |
| 24 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 25 | ( Eg I got 2 pounds of a cop ticket for wimbledon — meaning I can see a match for 5.50 ) It only takes me going to 5 matches like this and I 've got good value for my initial investment . |
| 26 | No , it only takes me about forty minute , no hold on ! |
| 27 | What especially pleases me is that we are extraordinarily popular and that Wolfgang is admired here even more than he has been in all the other towns of Italy ; the reason is that Bologna is the centre and dwelling-place of many masters , artists and scholars . |
| 28 | suddenly lets me see he has |
| 29 | Er , I I I thought it extremely discourteous of Councillor instead of responding to my letter he goes to the press and starts complaining , this does n't seem to me the way to sort out the problem at all and I am equally aware of the problem er and if it only helps me get some facts together then it it will strengthen my arm getting things sorted out . |
| 30 | She gently tells me of my mistakes , and praises me if I do well . |