Example sentences of "and [vb past] i [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 He put my felonious body in the stocks of his arm and led me off in the direction of what passed for a garden at Sussex , a series of brick-edged parallelograms that could n't have looked more artificial if they had been planted with cathode-ray tubes , instead of hardy perennials .
2 ‘ Are you all right , darling ? ’ he asked , and led me along to my son 's house !
3 And she was all right because when I got back here , she drove up and asked me over for coffee .
4 ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’
5 I waved him away as Karen thoughtfully tucked me in and zipped me up .
6 Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin .
7 And as soon as I got a little older , I tell you , they 'd sell a horse , and my father hopped on the bike , come over to the school and got me out ; and I come home here , hopped on the old horse 's back and rode to Yarmouth or Norwich , wherever they sold it .
8 First time I went to Norwich alone , he come up to school and got me out at half past nine in the morning .
9 Well , the old chap come and got me out of school that morning to take this horse to Norwich .
10 He kicked it open and flung me down the three steps into the street .
11 ‘ You had to drive to Karlovy Vary , and invited me along . ’
12 Alright he , he 's probably down there with his wife and my friend and invited me down there to stay in her house but I do n't think it 's September actually , so I do n't , some .
13 Did a year and a half there and then er promoted me and moved me back to Newark .
14 Then she unzipped me and sucked me off .
15 The man 's hand grabbed my shoulder and jerked me round .
16 ‘ You 're the fourteenth person who 's worked out I 'm staying with Lucy and phoned me up with crazy stories about Liam .
17 Fly broke off from a customer and headed me off .
18 Then she held the light still and drew me down to kneel beside her .
19 Jenkins took my arms and helped me up several flights of stairs , like a Boy Scout assisting an old lady .
20 So then I began to be really pretty busy with running the office and then keeping my home , but I 'd got a husband who was very , very , handy and helped me out in the home you know .
21 The old gentleman who was the owner of the shop encouraged me and helped me along into the business .
22 I had an accident quite close to the gates and Jorge came to get me and helped me back .
23 Signe stood behind me and helped me off with my coat .
24 This channelled a complete stream of water — and quite cold it was — on to my stomach and woke me up .
25 He asked if I was in trouble and drove me back to the car park , where he produced a tow-rope .
26 The fireman put me in a car and drove me back home .
27 Then she got a brand new Ford Fiesta out of the garage and drove me back to where I 'd left Armstrong in Leytonstone .
28 ‘ He happened to be going to Bristol and drove me in .
29 He was n't very pleased with me , and told me off for not saying where I 'd moved to .
30 And if anyone came up and told me off for sleeping on the pavement I 'd say I was the King of England and I can sleep anywhere I like .
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