Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] i [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | myself so much , that erm nothing bothers me , everything just rides straight across me back |
2 | I think I 'll stick with Lulu — I 'm not superstitious but it 's been so good for me up until now that I 'm not going to throw it away . |
3 | I tried to marry this judgment with the memory of the sturdy young woman I 'd seen joking in the glade ; who had come breezily into The Pightle telling me to water the plants and daring me to a duel of wits with Edward ; who had seemed so certain of me over against his cautious vacillation. fragile was not the first word that would have occurred to me , unless I had overlooked something vital — something which , I remembered , Bob had noted . |
4 | Bush justified the move on the grounds that the legislation was " unacceptable to me on almost every ground : ethical , fiscal , administrative , philosophical and legal " . |
5 | ‘ By the time you 'd ripped my character to shreds , lectured me on my grasping capitalist principles , then forced yourself to be nice to me out of commendable loyalty to your family firm , I was hooked . |