Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this Mr Healey was jolly pleased to see me trapped in the Thickets of Quotation , and , again merrily , said , ‘ Plato ? |
| 2 | On seeing me standing in defiance , arms folded and apparently so cool-looking , a hush descended . |
| 3 | ‘ In other words , you do n't want me to behave in my usual bull-headed manner . ’ |
| 4 | Well do you want me to go in the cellar see what we 've got ? |
| 5 | But this is his moment , and he does n't want me getting in the way . |
| 6 | You do n't want me put in jug , do you ? ’ |
| 7 | ( My ex-husband did not want me working in Oman with him , and even when I was in the UK arranging the divorce he took steps to prevent me returning to Oman to teach until he had himself left the country in 1987 . ) |
| 8 | Encouraging me to follow in this way perhaps , but moving too fast for me to believe that she wanted me to do that , she entered a revolving door of dark polished wood , mahogany and glass , and started to go round and round , looking out at me as she turned . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing would make me go in there , ’ she said , scrambling down the steps . |
| 10 | Mmmmm , you 'll make me dribble in a minute . |
| 11 | I am grateful to the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) for allowing me to speak in this valuable debate . |
| 12 | The laibon asked me to sit in the boma , and pointed to my tape-recorder . |
| 13 | Brian and Tom asked me to get in touch with people for them ; Tom even gave me long phone numbers for his wife in Beirut and daughters in the States . |
| 14 | That evening , Frank asked me to walk in the town with him . |
| 15 | Initially it was the drumming that got me bouncing in my seat , but when the bass came in I just could n't help grinning insanely at all the other drivers , wishing they could hear it too ( mind you , I had it up so loud that they probably could ) . |
| 16 | Well that was OK , but then , to my horror , he got me to join in singing one of his songs . |
| 17 | Kindly do n't presume to issue me orders in my own house . ’ |
| 18 | He therefore recommended me to get in touch with the Ministry of Information . |
| 19 | That made me move in a hurry . |
| 20 | Then after Sir Henry had gone to-his room , Holmes made me stand in front of the picture . |
| 21 | He made me dress in erotic underwear and to dress as his sex slave . |
| 22 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 23 | This made me feel in later life that I was very unattractive , because I had had so many negative thoughts about my appearance earlier in my life . |
| 24 | His piece The ‘ Magic ’ Boots made me smile in reminiscence , since I was one of those with him on that occasion — the weekend in Langdale when Brasher Boots were launched on an unsuspecting world . |
| 25 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 26 | I do n't know what made me look in the bag , but it were n't . |
| 27 | She made me get in the driver 's side and we followed a Volga police car and did a careful legal speed all the way into town . |
| 28 | The little cunt who made me parade in front of him at eight thirty in the morning so I erm |
| 29 | er is not a possibility of having more open days so that general public can come in to see what 's happening and not only advertise in Harlow but advertise I live in Bishop 's Stortford now in the surrounding districts erm time gets although you said you get fifty per cent of people coming from outside of Harlow it does n't matter where the people come from as long as they come so more open days free erm to get people to come in and er particularly er outside people also I would suggest that the er chairman 's of the local district council 's who are not contributing be invited to the open day to see what er the playhouse is doing for the people who live in there er council area 's to see whether we can get some more supports er as a Stortford resident I 'd be quite happy to add a bit on my community charge to go to the playhouse . . |
| 30 | I do n't think I believe in God any more . |