Example sentences of "i [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so pleased , ’ she looked at me shyly or was it a little slyly , ‘ I could understand from knowing my Classics what the old peasants were saying . |
| 2 | I 'd heard so much about the blinking cruise being in October and not in September that I 'd considered it done and June , fool that she is , chose not to challenge me outright because her tactic is to suffer in silence until her suffering spills from her like lava , devastating everyone in its path . |
| 3 | I had forgotten my way and had to look all round me slowly until I recognized the street which I had used a hundred times before . |
| 4 | But just so long as they take me somewhere where there 's the right kind of electricity … |
| 5 | ‘ But I knew there was a book in me somewhere and so I decided to put my personal experiences of the war down on paper . ’ |
| 6 | My mother glared at me suspiciously and told me not be so ridiculous . |
| 7 | She studied me suspiciously and this strengthened my belief that Ralemberg had his own secrets . |
| 8 | He greeted me politely and we quickly got into conversation . |
| 9 | He thanked me politely and returned to his prying , looking in all the drawers , flicking through files even as he was drinking his tea . |
| 10 | ‘ You will speak to me politely or I will split my men here into two football teams with you as the ball . |
| 11 | I go to a charming Chinese lady acupuncturist and although I detest needles I found it painless and relaxing and it helped me tremendously before and after the operations . |
| 12 | And I could n't bear to be with women I did like because it reminded me forcibly that they did n't turn me on . ’ |
| 13 | And it stayed with me right until I left school . |
| 14 | Serves me right for I suppose . |
| 15 | He did his best to keep me right and we had some great times together , on and off the pitch . ’ |
| 16 | Someone obviously agreed with me eventually and it was changed to its present cream colour , which is a vast improvement . |
| 17 | They wo n't take me on once they know I 've got a disability . ’ |
| 18 | No it would n't turn me on but you could n't help looking could you ? |
| 19 | er can you just stop me on that my Lord |
| 20 | Her face twisting with anger and bitterness , she spat at her brother , ‘ Oh , yes , the classic trick — lead me on until I say something really out of order ! |
| 21 | I would of thought so Mr yes , yes , erm , alright well Mr Mr erm this is a rather odd exercise in a way and as you know my first thoughts were they were better to leave it to see what , how the , how the judgment came out of it , but erm , erm , I do regard the matter as er , as a , as a whole as of very considerable importance both to both sides of this case and erm , it did seem to me on considering it , er , from recovering from the dentist that er , an , an outline of erm |
| 22 | Its luring me on as of old ; |
| 23 | The whole restaurant cheered me on as I fought my way out into the night . |
| 24 | The station and train staff are always very courteous and helpful ; quite often the guard takes the trouble to help me on or off with the bike ; and station staff are good at guessing in advance what part of the train will take the bike , hence where to stand on the platform . |
| 25 | Please phone me on if you are interested . |
| 26 | Oh no it would n't turn me on if their bollocks were hanging out |
| 27 | If you remember , I 'd had trouble enough when I was fifty convincing people to take me on and now at fifty-nine or sixty there were hardly any employment opportunities left open to me . |
| 28 | The ghosts followed me on and off to Laggan Locks and into a liquid gold evening walk over to Invergarry , to the west of the canal and Loch Oich . |
| 29 | So they took me on and the to cut all the roads from Kirkland right to West Mainland right out into Kirkwall and . |
| 30 | ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year . |