Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fetches half a tree in his dripping mouth and insists on me throwing it for him to fetch . |
| 2 | I nodded a yeah-they-don't-know-shit nod and something small and mean inside me felt it had got even . |
| 3 | ‘ I walked out of the hospital and was going down the path and a nurse came running out and shouted at me to stop . |
| 4 | The man jumped in and shouted at me to drive but I refused . |
| 5 | What they 're saying and representing to me means nothing — it 's just production-line music . |
| 6 | He struggles to escape , alternating shouts of Stop ! at the dogs and shouts to me to see if I am still on board . |
| 7 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 8 | You are curious , you are looking for something else , because this is the second time that you have invited me to have a drink , you order cheiro as though you were one of us , you are a foreigner and pretend to speak like us , yet you drink little and then you stay silent and wait for me to speak . |
| 9 | He turned and came after me waving his revolver , but I easily lost him in the crowd . |
| 10 | She gave us parties and disapproved of me teaching : Jennifer darling , surely you can get a job in a nice private girls ' school But when I was 14 and had awful tonsillitis she brought me lemon and honey and sat on the edge of the pillow holding my damp hand . |
| 11 | When she was satisfied with the state of the blaze Laura led me round to the side of the kiln , removed the bung and gestured for me to look in . |
| 12 | He felt his pulse , and turning to me asked , ‘ What illnesses has he had ? ’ |
| 13 | I have to t I go and lie on me left but if I lie |
| 14 | Ricci sat slouched in his chair , holding his Stradivarius , and nodded to me to start . |
| 15 | Moods , bad moods and going to I gave my husband a terrible time ! |
| 16 | His English was reserved for me and he kept shouting at me and pleading with me to check that ‘ all equipment ’ and ‘ my suitcase — the brown one , you know ’ were all safely stowed . |
| 17 | He just sits there , very quietly , and watches me work and waits for me to talk . |
| 18 | He just settles himself into the cushion of the rear seat and waits for me to speak . |
| 19 | He says , ‘ Fuck knows , ’ and waits for me to speak . |
| 20 | He leapt off a regular bus — the excellent airport service seems currently in abeyance , threw himself through the doors and yelled at me to hurry , which I did , and we caught the same bus back into town . |
| 21 | This bears some resemblance to the definition communication referred to in Chapter 2 and seems to me to generalize the meaning of the term authenticity to the point where it ceases to have much significance . |
| 22 | If I sit down and talk to I 've said this and I 'll say it I 've said it ad nauseam . |
| 23 | ‘ It was already here when we moved in and to start with I thought it would make the room seem too gloomy , but it 's grown on me and I really like it now , ’ says Mary Jane , who works part-time as a physiotherapist . |
| 24 | In a way I blamed her for it , and to start with I think I hated her . |
| 25 | Carol Haslam , who came and worked with me wanted to cover the health area . |
| 26 | They gathered their filthy , scant rags about them and screamed at me to go away , their putrid breath freezing on their blue lips . |
| 27 | The dream lingered through the endless moments while I trudged up the clinging sand , seeing our little cottage grow larger and more ominous , till suddenly it was if the film director grew tired and cut to me opening the cupboard door and peeping out . |
| 28 | I think events proved that she had come to know me a little better , and talked to me , and tried to find out what I was planning and what I was doing , and how David 's career was going , and co-operated with me to assist David , I think he would have had a much happier period ahead of him . ’ |
| 29 | She hoots and is about to say something , but she holds off in front of Darius and squints at me to see what I mean . |
| 30 | Sparkle fine and curving like I remember your breasts in my hands . |