Example sentences of "i [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mother glared at me suspiciously and told me not be so ridiculous . |
| 2 | He thanked me politely and returned to his prying , looking in all the drawers , flicking through files even as he was drinking his tea . |
| 3 | He concluded his examination by turning to me suddenly and saying : ‘ I feel you are going to write this book one day . ’ |
| 4 | Once I got arrested one morning for soliciting , but they let me out of the police station ; I got arrested the same afternoon , they let me out again ; I got arrested in the evening and they kept me in and took me to court the next day . |
| 5 | When our mam died — our dad had been killed down the pit long before — he took me in and brought me up . |
| 6 | At the end of the season Chapman called me in and said it was time for me to decide one way or the other . |
| 7 | ‘ Chris Patten called me in and said , ‘ I want someone to run it so he does n't have to think anything about it . |
| 8 | I waved him away as Karen thoughtfully tucked me in and zipped me up . |
| 9 | Benjamin pushed me in and slammed the door behind us . |
| 10 | George invited me in and left the door open . |
| 11 | ‘ Patience , Emily , all in good time , what about inviting me in and offering me a drink , the grass here is quite damp you know , and in those silly slippers , you 'll catch your death . ’ |
| 12 | The Trunchbull simply grabbed me by one ear and rushed me to The Chokey at the double and threw me inside and locked the door . |
| 13 | When I arrived , she urged me inside and closed the door , and I could see that she was breathless with fear . |
| 14 | She was a kind woman and whenever I called with a message she would sit me down and fetch me a biscuit or a glass of milk . |
| 15 | Paul ( Myers ) sat me down and asked me what I liked to play , and I mentioned all the things I do , including these transcriptions . |
| 16 | my shoes let me down and rubbed me/gave me blisters |
| 17 | ‘ Why do n't you strip me down and go over me with a scrubbin' brush ? ’ |
| 18 | Put me down and join me there . ’ |
| 19 | Finally , several servants climbed on the roof , and as they came nearer , the monkey put me down and ran away . |
| 20 | Then one day my father sat me down and said , ‘ Lisa , I have some bad news I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 21 | He saw that two men were now holding me , pushing me down and punching me and he recognized the man who was walking up the stairs . |
| 22 | Instead of getting someone to calm me down and talk to me , a whole bunch of them came and jumped on me and rushed me down to the block and left me there . |
| 23 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 24 | And it sort of weighed me down and slowed me down till my legs could n't hardly move . |
| 25 | He follows me down and holds me in his arms . |
| 26 | The serjeant-at-arms , hidden behind the guard of his conical helmet , dragged me down and pushed me into a chamber where a candle glowed in the darkness . |
| 27 | ‘ Let me down and find out . ’ |
| 28 | I had not before realised that my canoe had been following me but I soon felt it as the point hit my back and then went down underneath me , dragging me down and sandwiching me between the canoe and the tree . |
| 29 | Up and up we went and when I could walk no longer he lay me down and covered me with kisses and love bites . |
| 30 | I was bleeding from a laceration on my scalp and was so drunk that I had no recollection of what had happened ; a Sergeant quizzed me closely and seeing that I was incapable of speech , took me downstairs and put me into an ambulance . |