Example sentences of "and [vb -s] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lease for Southwell City Football Club , forty five pounds , our waste paper income , about five hundred pounds in the calendar year , er V A T refund about three thousand pounds , and grants I 've put down five thousand pound income for the year . |
| 2 | I go out and tend to the suffering populace and she sits at home and patronizes me . |
| 3 | It has to be in a jug in case Mother Clare comes in and thinks I 'm being treated like someone normal . |
| 4 | Things have been patched up between us by Lord Coleworthy , who likes me and thinks I do a good job . |
| 5 | With Mr Merchant 's assistance Stewart opens up the box of chocolates and offers me one with the hand that is n't attached to a pulley and the ceiling . |
| 6 | That 's been very pleasing and offers me very attractive playing options . |
| 7 | She tells us how foolhardy we both are and offers me information on something called a ‘ towback ’ which her superiors have told her about . |
| 8 | If somebody comes along and offers me ninety I shall say well what about ninety two ? |
| 9 | and goes I 'm gon na fucking kill you right he was really like |
| 10 | A classic example is the agoraphobic housewife whose husband is , ‘ really wonderful , very sympathetic and understanding … he does everything for me … he comes around all the shops with me and drives me wherever I want to go ’ . |
| 11 | He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew . |
| 12 | You are the only woman I know — apart from Lucy — who wears skirts and dresses and make-up and turns me on more powerful than a monsoon with all the steam and heat … |
| 13 | It 's all hard and cold , but Marie laughs and turns me round so she can see it from all sides . |
| 14 | Graham puts an arm around my shoulder and swivels me until I am staring squarely at the stage . |
| 15 | She strokes my hair and soothes me like a baby . |
| 16 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
| 17 | But I have told her all the stories and rhymes I know and she is getting bored . |
| 18 | I want a divorce , that 's what I want , but he 'll not budge as long as he 's drawing two salaries and has me cooking for him — but I 'll not eat with him , I stick myself in that tiny kitchen in there — can you imagine the life I lead ? |
| 19 | ‘ So now th'knows all , and owes me summat in return . ’ |
| 20 | I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence . |
| 21 | ‘ He just keeps telling me that he loves me and needs me . |
| 22 | The sight of a photograph of a cancerous lung causes me to shrink with disgust from the very thought of smoking ; a few hours later the physical craving revives , obliterates the memory , and causes me to smoke again . |
| 23 | The man stops , whirls me round and holds me against his chest . |
| 24 | He takes me in his arms and holds me . |
| 25 | He follows me down and holds me in his arms . |
| 26 | He reaches for me and holds me tight , and the tremble of him is tremendous . |
| 27 | ‘ Till my husband returns , and rescues me from this misery ! ’ |
| 28 | BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE has been told to turn up at his restaurant at Venice Beach , California at 2.30 pm to tell me his version of the story of his life , then Dudley Moore more or less dudleys into his restaurant at Venice Beach , California and joins me at a corner table where I 've been waiting to hear his story . |
| 29 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
| 30 | He has a weasel face and subjects me to piercing scrutiny . |