Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your cousin warned me off again , we had a little set-to in the pub , so I thought I 'd better come and make me mark . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Well , you see , miss , Mr Fennell wanted some shopping done and told me to leave him there , out of the wind . |
| 3 | But the whole lot was done and opened I think it was er in August , eighteen forty six . |
| 4 | I chose a man who massaged my bruised ego , made up for much of the emotional neglect I 'd suffered and made me laugh a lot . |
| 5 | Roberto had written and asked me to carry for him in that year 's Open . |
| 6 | I leave at 7.30am and by 8am have checked Skipper over and given him a small handful of feed in his manger ( which seems to keep him happy when other horses are fed and means I do n't have to wait an hour for him to digest a full feed ) . |
| 7 | The final text has ‘ When all 's said and done I 've got the habits of a decent man ’ . |
| 8 | and sort of guarded and slept I do n't I do n't know how she slept because it must have been very uncomfortable . |
| 9 | And drawn and quartered I think . |
| 10 | My comrade who had talked and named me had been tortured very badly . ’ |
| 11 | On 2 May 1839 Prince wrote to Gould in Australia warning him of Swainson 's impending visit : ‘ Mr. Yarrell has just called and requested me to tell you that Mr Swainson is going to Australia whether to collect or to settle is not known at present but he considered it of importance that you should know it as quickly as possible not that either he or I think it can in any way affect you as you have so good a start and his wonted and well known irregularity of publication will surely militate against him . ’ |
| 12 | Or , rather , that was my excuse to myself when the letter first arrived and sent me sailing up on to Cloud Nine . |
| 13 | ‘ Dana is very sorry for all the trouble she has caused and wants me to forgive her . ’ |
| 14 | That this intuition can be trained and sharpened I have not the slightest doubt , and I further believe that this is most likely to occur when one looks upon natural phenomena with reverence and humility . |
| 15 | On the contrary , he looked at me admiringly , flourished his pen , wrote in the sum , turned the page , signed and asked me to do likewise on Jean-Claude 's account . |
| 16 | Then my father swung me up out of the sledge high above his head and down again , trying to distract me , to make light of what had happened and make me see the funny side of it . |
| 17 | ‘ When they told me the body had been mutilated and burnt I did n't think it was Brian . |