Example sentences of "[verb] i [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxine came to see me again the following week and we began the follow-up treatment , along the lines of those which you will find detailed in the ‘ case histories ’ sections of this book . |
| 2 | He kicked it open and flung me down the three steps into the street . |
| 3 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 5 | They send me exactly the same as unsigned bands except the tape is invariably a finished master of high quality . |
| 6 | Can I just say that er Ray phoned me up the other day and he said er , would you be prepared to take part in probationers ' , er regional probationary sort of training day er which is at coming up er in a few months time , to give erm presentation skills er I part of what we were doing , erm but just those O H Ps that we did on that part . |
| 7 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
| 8 | ‘ Stay as you are and show me just the same ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She told me much the same as Miss Rose . |
| 10 | Indeed , his increased persistence of late may even be my employer 's way of urging me all the more to respond in a like-minded spirit . |
| 11 | Have you any idea at all , can you give me even the slightest clue , as to where her daughter might be ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It has surprised me how the British scene has kept up . |
| 13 | He showed me where the little oil level was . |
| 14 | " I 'll do it again and leave you there unless you tell me where the seneschal is . " |
| 15 | The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished , and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase , I quickly lowered the wick . |
| 16 | I still wanted to see more of the world , and as he was offering to give me double the usual pay , I managed to persuade my wife to let me go . |
| 17 | ‘ Candy , there must be three hundred people in the club tonight — would you care to give me just the faintest inkling who you 're talking about ? ’ |
| 18 | The big guy hit me just the one time . |
| 19 | A girlfriend rang me up the other day . |
| 20 | My parents had stayed over in Middlesbrough that night and they were taking me home the next day . |
| 21 | I had not at that time met any Americans but the sight of them prowling through what was now my favourite town , talking in their unfamiliar accents to anyone who would listen , rubbed me up the wrong way . |
| 22 | ‘ Turn me up the right way , chief . |
| 23 | Can anybody tell me why the black powder 's not powerful enough . |
| 24 | They have both just published a list of handy phrases including such things as ‘ My car has broken down ’ ; ‘ Can you tell me where the nearest garage is ? ’ and ‘ Where can I get help ? ’ |
| 25 | He sent me there the other day to pick up his reading glasses . |
| 26 | His absolute conviction at that time , reinforced by an extraordinary personal charm and magnetism gave me just the right insight and guidance that I needed . |
| 27 | ‘ I head for the nearest jewellery store , ’ she said lightly , ‘ which gives me all the more incentive to get this door open . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Even though Father always manages to rub me up the wrong way . |
| 29 | You 've just said that you took one look at Lotta and wanted her without knowing a thing about her , and now you 're telling me exactly the same thing . |
| 30 | In fact , he was telling me only the other week , about the the number of criminals that he knows , they 're serving their they 're serving sentences , and they 're only one thing they 're longing and hoping for , it is get out , so they can knock another old lady down , |