Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] i in the " in BNC.

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1 I wo n't leave until you put me in the .
2 You would n't recognise me if you met me in the bath . ’
3 ‘ No problem , but if you want me in the village do n't you think I 'd better get some transport of my own ?
4 I do n't mind , if you leave me in the kitchen I 'd be quite happy , I 'd do it all .
5 And they put me in the banqueting room , erm but we could n't , d' ya know .
6 Sent memos all round , you know and he called me in the office that day , to say I 'm really disappointed in you , I said , what do you mean ?
7 But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar .
8 There I am on the neatly mown grass that says Keep Off Grass with the pigeon pinned under my armpit trying to bend its neck double and it smacking me in the face with one wing , when all of a sudden there 's this : ‘ Oi ! ’
9 ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process .
10 I pulled him away and tried to get him upstairs in case he was traumatized for life , but he kicked me in the balls .
11 Yeah , yeah was kind , it was kind of them , yes and we went all round the shops and er I thoroughly enjoyed it and in the new Co-Op as well you know , I thoroughly enjoyed it but he took me in the car so that we did n't have to hang about you see
12 When he 'd finished at the sink I came out and wound myself lovingly around his legs but he shut me in the kitchen .
13 This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf .
14 ‘ I came because I liked what I saw when you passed me in the corridor back in Helsinki .
15 BELVILLE : You must bear with me ever when you find me in the wrong .
16 I kept seeing Sergia 's face as she held me in the air looked me over .
17 ‘ You know , when they stop me in the street , at least half of them call me Mr Darcy .
18 Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh .
19 The aim is to have about three suits per series — I certainly do n't want to come prancing on every week in something different , but neither do I want people to groan when they see me in the same old suit .
20 Can be proved by describing the duty being performed , e.g. ‘ I said to John Brown ‘ You are being arrested for conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace ’ and was just about to hold his arm and caution him when he struck me in the face with his left fist etc . ’
21 ‘ And he tried to put his tongue in my mouth and when he pulled me in the doorway he — he unfastened the front of his trousers . ’
22 Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ?
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