Example sentences of "i [adv prt] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why you ever asked me down in the first place is still a mystery to me . |
| 2 | All right , I was Marius ’ personal assistant and there 's no reason to assume that Nigel would want to take me over in the same role . |
| 3 | The language is a bit spicy but it did n't put me off in the slightest . ’ |
| 4 | Some of the theories would have made Balzac blush , but they finally decided I 'd been sleeping with Laura , her husband had beaten me up in a dark alley , and now I was on my way to kill him . |
| 5 | ‘ Expect me back in a few minutes , ’ she heard him say distantly . |
| 6 | If you want to pick up some more , ring me back in the next twenty minutes . |
| 7 | But I never felt that he was going to get me out in the second innings . |
| 8 | I was sure that his status as head of the herd helped me out in an unpleasant encounter . |