Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] and [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 2 | The second call was to someone else and necessitated me going out later that night to pick up two ounces of best Lebanese Red and three of mixed grass and seed , on a sale-or-return basis . |
| 3 | ‘ When Julius phoned me yesterday and asked me to bring the files he wanted to work on , he did n't tell me you were staying here . ’ |
| 4 | I thought back over all the good times — all the laughs we had shared — and all the wonderful things they had done to try to build me up and keep me going . |
| 5 | She rung me up and asked me did I want a microwave oven ? |
| 6 | Indeed I am always immensely flattered when somebody a long way down our hierarchy rings me up and asks me to do something which they believe I am in a particularly good position to do . |
| 7 | ring me up and asking I understand you Anyway to cut a long story short , he was basically saying well do you know of any computers ? |
| 8 | Sheena , can I be the odd one out and say I 've been in love with one man for forty five years , I have n't heard any body saying any thing very nice about that , I would like to say its wonderful . |
| 9 | ‘ If I find favour in the eyes of the Lord , he will bring me back and let me see both it and his habitation ; but if he says , ‘ I have no pleasure in you , ’ behold , here I am , let him do to me what seems good to him' ( 2 Sam . |
| 10 | There 's a part of me that says ‘ Its OK to eat ’ , but another part tugs me back and stops me eating . |
| 11 | Mrs Tiller suddenly pulled me out and made me stand at the side . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , put it on and let me see . ’ |
| 13 | There is a hand-out on professional telephone behaviour , a hand-out on the pleas from the switchboard supervisor , and also a form , a course form , if you could take that with you fill it in and let me have it back sometime . |
| 14 | They 've cut it down and agreed I pay the arrears back at a pound a week . |
| 15 | She wants this doll , well Julie got it yesterday and said I phoned up , she said you 've got ta listen to this she said I 've just put a battery in when you want to hear it cry . |
| 16 | right , two things first of all I mean I think this is the first one and once Napier get it up and running I think it 's exportable |
| 17 | But you can take it back and say I want my money ? |
| 18 | We even paid a surprise visit to Corsham , where Rosemary and Clifford Ellis welcomed us warmly and invited me to give a series of lectures and classes . |
| 19 | Her mum came down the street steaming from the chip shop , and she rushed us inside and got me to make a pot of tea while she shared them all out between the three of us , and we all sat round their fire eating them . |