Example sentences of "and [verb] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One morning they woke me up , told me to wash my face , and led me blindfolded into a room with a TV camera . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , ’ she said , ‘ a friend came round and asked me to go with her … |
| 3 | He said he 'd flown over urgently to see me and asked me to come to the Cheshire Cheese , that pub in Fleet Street , at ten o'clock that night . |
| 4 | He had no answer , but in the meantime the manager appeared and asked me to come into the office . |
| 5 | ‘ Flick wrote last week and asked me to stay with them at Gerrards Cross . |
| 6 | Two days ago I ate baited carrion left out for fox or crow over in Skye and its effects were to poison me and make me feel near death . |
| 7 | Soho , meanwhile , enthuse and make me feel like a miserable old fart . |
| 8 | Aunt Nessy had been upstairs , but hearing voices she came down , and seeing me ran towards me , as lightly and softly as a little bouncing ball , her eyes full of love and welcome . |
| 9 | Quadratic equations were a great mystery to me , and seeing me struggle with a problem he would call me out and painstakingly take me step by step to a solution . |
| 10 | They always do that , the saucy wenches , they like to tease and make me beg for them to come back . |
| 11 | Mrs Tiller suddenly pulled me out and made me stand at the side . |
| 12 | It has affected me and made me pause for thought . |
| 13 | He let me go up and made me sit on the divan and he put on some music and turned out the lights and the moon came through the window . |
| 14 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 15 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 16 | Sometimes they cluster on a page like blackberries on a fecund bush , and made me wonder with a stab of unease whether my own writings on American politics and presidents have not managed equally often narrowly to miss the usage and the nomenclature . |
| 17 | In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems . |
| 18 | I want a divorce , that 's what I want , but he 'll not budge as long as he 's drawing two salaries and has me cooking for him — but I 'll not eat with him , I stick myself in that tiny kitchen in there — can you imagine the life I lead ? |
| 19 | ‘ Clive told me he was sailing to the Greek islands and invited me to go with him . ’ |
| 20 | He appeared to enjoy talking to me and invited me to call in whenever I was passing . |
| 21 | How can he have the nerve to stand there calm and composed and expect me to behave in the same way ? she thought angrily . |
| 22 | ‘ People go on about my goalscoring now and expect me to score in every game now I 've hit a purple patch . |
| 23 | When he saw Mrs Goreng disembarking from her jeep , he at once made himself scarce , retiring through the back of the shop to his living-quarters and instructing me to deal with this dissatisfied , difficult , and , in all likelihood , dangerous customer . |
| 24 | The experience was a defining period in her life , one which ‘ really gave me a lotta confidence , and helped me come to terms with my womanhood ’ . |
| 25 | I waited there for what seemed ages , and then they put me in a room on my own and told me to put on a paper gown . |
| 26 | ‘ A few minutes later two guys came running in with masks on they were both shouting and swearing and told me to lie on the ground . |
| 27 | After a silence he 'd risen greyly to his feet to leave and told me to look after myself . |
| 28 | ‘ Exactly as he phoned me last night , and told me to come to the wedding . ’ |
| 29 | Once , whilst in Venice , the Inquisition caught me , tried and condemned me to burn in the great piazza before St Mark 's . |
| 30 | They had to help me into the house and let me rest in a chair . |