Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] i [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree . |
| 2 | Then they drifted back into the pub and left me standing alone . |
| 3 | And then er tie a cushion over the back bone of the bike and have me sitting er on on this cushion on the f bike in front of him . |
| 4 | Phil disappeared for twenty-four hours and had me ringing up the local police station . |
| 5 | And she got hold of me in her arms and carried me kicking and screaming into the school . |
| 6 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 7 | Except that I had n't seen him since he lay on his camp-bed and watched me sleeping naked with his beloved wife , the woman I 'd always characterized to him as ‘ sister ’ . |
| 8 | I want a divorce , that 's what I want , but he 'll not budge as long as he 's drawing two salaries and has me cooking for him — but I 'll not eat with him , I stick myself in that tiny kitchen in there — can you imagine the life I lead ? |
| 9 | As for ‘ the old lady ’ , as he called Mrs Chadwick 's mother , ‘ well , she just loved to sit out by that mulberry bush and watch I cuttin' the grass . |
| 10 | Then came the day that bought a video camera and filmed me ironing . |
| 11 | 1991 , 27 1042 ) , prompted a childhood memory and sent me rummaging at the top of the house for 300 Things a bright boy can do , a book presented to me by some relative ca 1928 . |
| 12 | My worst fear was that one day she would come to the forge and see me working as a common blacksmith , with black face and hands . |
| 13 | ‘ Would you have my secretary bring in coffee and find me fighting with my new PR consultant from London ? ’ |
| 14 | With that , they walked off together to class and left me standing alone by the gates . |