Example sentences of "and [vb past] i [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the time I was there she did pencil out a few passages , and got me to red ink a lot more . |
| 2 | He blinked and regarded me with confused surprise . |
| 3 | A family of brothers , fathers and uncles on the front table took an instant dislike to me and , slamming their pints on the table , sat back with arms crossed and regarded me in stony-faced silence . |
| 4 | Paraded in my immaculate " dhobied " drill I presented myself to my commanding officer who glared at me , and dismissed me with these words : " I am astonished that you have the gall , Mahaddie , to apply for a pilot 's course … if anyone is foolish enough to ever recommend you , you would only kill yourself , and probably others , Good day ! " |
| 5 | ‘ They acted as judge and jury and suspended me for ten weeks without a trial . |
| 6 | Mother wrote me and told me about poor Simon 's death , but what about Yanto and Nigger . |
| 7 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 8 | ‘ Valerie , ’ the editor of the Mail on Sunday said to me once , after I had filed a neat and convincing piece on an earthquake the ground had trembled beneath me in Rome , where Lou was playing with the London Symphonic and a wall had fallen on top of me and trapped me for two hours — ‘ you are the mistress of controlled reportage . |
| 9 | It was not until Aunt Kit rang me up , three days later , and abused me for ten minutes between tearing bouts of coughing , saying that I had hurt ‘ poor Lil ’ quite unbearably , that he said I had been wrong to write it . |
| 10 | She said , ‘ Lulu , how lovely to see you ! ’ and kissed me on both cheeks . ’ |
| 11 | But the only thing there was a fragile gecko , which clung splay-footed to the wall and watched me with cloudy eyes . |
| 12 | Then he suddenly went up on his toes and both hands flashed out and clipped me on both cheeks . |
| 13 | I was explaining this to your door porters when a most helpful youngster kindly took me in his charge and escorted me into this room . ’ |
| 14 | Here is a man who antagonised me and bothered me for 16 months and when I said ‘ yes ’ to fighting him again , he said ‘ no ’ . |
| 15 | You had made me , but why had you not looked after me , and saved me from this pain and unhappiness ? |
| 16 | He is a keen observer of political life and quizzed me at great length about the impending British general election . |
| 17 | ‘ When I struck the bream tore off downstream and dragged me into some weeds but I eventually got it to the bankside , ’ said Matthew . |
| 18 | And rocked me with soothing comfort |
| 19 | Gaitskell became excited at the prospect and instructed me with great firmness that as soon as I had received the ‘ discovered ’ documents I was to show them to no one but to come straight to him , so that he should be the first person to know who the culprit was or what information was available that would lead to the culprit 's identity . |