Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] i [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any excuse got me out of the office . |
| 2 | My mum helped me out a bit , but not everyone has parents who will help . |
| 3 | I mean my sister phoned me up tell her friend died in the . |
| 4 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 5 | I was near the Bridge of the Spaniards when a car overtook me and stopped , the door was opened and a very friendly fellow at the wheel invited me in . |
| 6 | That cream tea filled me up . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We had breakfast and Mummy dropped me off at the playground , ’ Verena told police . |
| 8 | Ann Smith , who was at junior school in Haltwhistle , Northumberland , remembers : ‘ I know I felt really sad but the thought of a Coronation cheered me up a little bit until I found out it would not be held until the following year . |
| 9 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
| 10 | The intern cleaned me up then made me lie on a trolley in a curtained cubicle . |
| 11 | This episode put me off water for years , the platform had seemed almost as high as the Blackpool Tower which we had just visited . |
| 12 | The following morning , the scout picked me up and I went for a trial . |
| 13 | The first yard took all the effort I could manage , creeping a toe 's length at a time , my rubber soles slipping on the loose stones , as the wheelbarrow pushed me back to where I had been and we fell over . |
| 14 | The concussion of the exploding wave drove me down like a steam hammer . |
| 15 | Mum told me off ! |
| 16 | Mum lifted me up to see Gran and I recall the peaceful look which she had . |
| 17 | I span my Phazer round , the wave lifted me up towards God , and I rose to my feet . |
| 18 | Although taken aback , the lady invited me in . |
| 19 | Eventually The Fat Controller pulled me up in front of a viciously scalped hedge of box . |
| 20 | ‘ I was in the stand munching a hot-dog when the boss called me down , ’ said Hoult . |
| 21 | And Merson revealed : ‘ The boss called me in on Monday and told me that it would be best if I played in the reserves on Tuesday rather than travel with the squad to Blackburn . |
| 22 | ‘ The very next evening a bailiff rang me up and , in a cool and calm way , he told me my home was about to be repossessed , ’ said a tearful Mrs Pratley last night . |
| 23 | The District Military Council sent me over to the Area Military Commissariat as an adviser , but these young men do n't want an old man 's advice . |
| 24 | ‘ The boss sent me back , ’ she replied dismissively and crouched down in front of him . |
| 25 | A boy came out and looked at me , a bit suspicious , and I felt a fool , but that boy took me back thirty years . |
| 26 | The Bulgarian took me out . |
| 27 | A servant girl brought me up water , I washed and lay back on the bed to rest before dinner . |
| 28 | Boss forced me out |
| 29 | The safety-belt held me back as I jerked forward and at the same second heard the ghastly clash of metal hitting metal . |
| 30 | I nearly lost my life again , when a lady picked me up to put me in the boat . |