Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] [verb] i [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My pouch-seat automatically deepened and clutched me like an egg . |
| 2 | There was a bit of head-scratching as they pushed , squeezed and levered me into the passenger seat : ‘ The biggest bloke yet ’ . |
| 3 | There the bailiffs pushed and shoved me through a porticoed entrance , down a long , dark , musty passageway into the main well of the court , fastening me to the bar ; beyond it sat the three magistrates before a square table ringed by clerks . |
| 4 | But it was not until I was at Cambridge , in the following year , that my mother noticed and took me to the family doctor . |
| 5 | The feeling of numb unreality persisted and anaesthetised me through the arduous business of identifying the body and making the necessary arrangements . |
| 6 | And yeah , they 've gone and re-credited me for the fifteen pound ! |