Example sentences of "and [vb base] i [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's just that I doubt that your grandmother sent you after me with instructions to — to abduct me and drag me to Rome at any cost . ’ |
| 2 | I was so rattled I glanced round to make sure this was n't a signal for an army of bunnies like this Dobermann of a beast to come up from behind and tear me to shreds . |
| 3 | So the bizzies come round here and bust me for possession . |
| 4 | My mother was reading to me from A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia , and I can remember exactly where she had got to in the book when , thinking I looked feverish , she took my temperature and put me to bed . |
| 5 | Eventually my father took me to my room , undressed me and put me to bed . |
| 6 | A voice that called me ‘ old boy ’ suggested that I ‘ toddle over the road and meet me in Greenwich Village at the corner of Bleeker Street and MacDougal . |
| 7 | Throw away your weapons and face me in combat , and I will release these two . |
| 8 | Either you accept my terms and face me in combat , or I will leave you here with your weapons … and two corpses ! ’ |
| 9 | Come and tell me about nursery . |
| 10 | And remember me to Alice . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Could you close the shop and drive me to Dublin ? ’ |
| 12 | Derek was always very supportive of what I was trying to do — helping me build the aviary in his back garden had made him interested in birds too — but I could n't expect him to drop everything and drive me from Tintagel to London . |
| 13 | Or dare I hope that Miss Havisham would make my fortune and marry me to Estella ? |
| 14 | Now you get frightened and keep me at arm 's length ! |
| 15 | Sometimes the English Catholics write to me and ask me for help , and sometimes I write to them . |
| 16 | Michael : It 's like once the man ( referring to the teacher ) come in the class , and ask me in front of the class , ‘ Why me coffee coloured ’ , he say , ‘ How come Wallace dark , and Kennedy black and Kevin a bit browner ? |
| 17 | ‘ Then do us both a big favour and leave me in peace , ’ she returned . |
| 18 | ‘ Now go , and leave me in peace ! ’ |
| 19 | Ask me a question and engage me in conversation or make a statement that applies to me . |
| 20 | Please accept my application and enrol me into Quality Paperbacks Direct , and send me the five introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 21 | But in a few days she will leave England and follow me to Argentina . |
| 22 | [ My father ] used to talk to me of books and take me to lectures . |
| 23 | Nevertheless a sheriff officer has the right to come to our home , take possession of items which I have paid for and take me to court . |
| 24 | If they decide to arrest me and throw me in gaol , my plans will have to be drastically altered … ’ |
| 25 | and have me for lunch . |
| 26 | Erm , well we wo n't talk about that now , we wo n't talk about Sunday night , but I , you come , you come and see me on Sunday and |
| 27 | Come and see me on Monday , and we 'll get you an appointment with a psychiatrist , OK ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Come and see me on Thursday , as usual , my dear , ’ Miss Hatherby said as they walked back across the terrace . |
| 29 | And oh probably after this meeting , not now , apparently Peter came and see me about samples procedure , I E marketing . |
| 30 | As all Scots must have thought after Oslo : ‘ When you 've lost to Peru and Costa Rica , come back and see me about World Cup humiliation . ’ |