Example sentences of "and [verb] i [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress . |
| 2 | Smith was a slow reader and took about an hour to read and ponder the document , after which he approved it and asked me to take it to Harold Wilson . |
| 3 | They gave me a line of coke , and asked me to do it for them . |
| 4 | He gave me this and asked me to deliver it to Dick Tavett . |
| 5 | Whenever I am working with someone I know and trust I ask them for a quick trim . |
| 6 | In poetry such a transport is evoked by a pattern of words ( selected by the poet perhaps with the most intense thought and effort ) , which stabilizes it and allows me to evaluate it at leisure . |
| 7 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 8 | But one day Miss Havisham decided it was time to apprentice me to Joe , and told me to bring him to her house . |
| 9 | ‘ And let me assure you of something else — anyone who interferes with the smooth running of this place can pack their bags and get down the road right away . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Come and sit down , and let me introduce you to my father . ’ |
| 11 | Miss Abbott , when you came to my house the other day and wandered round my studio and let me see something of your thoughts , it was as if a gale had blown through all the dust and cobwebs , all the mouldering old habits that were growing up round me like ivy , and when you had gone , I tore that canvas off the easel and smashed it — ’ |
| 12 | And let me say something about that . |
| 13 | Others , however , felt a similar shudder at the thought of telling and discussing the political jokes about contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and advised me to confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 14 | Redundancy and a wrecked career as a forgotten man seemed inevitable until right out of the blue Graham Taylor threw me a lifeline and persuaded me to join him at Aston Villa . |
| 15 | his school sports and said I did it for the sake of the children ! |
| 16 | ‘ Even as a little kid I used to gaze in motorcycle shop windows and wish I had something like this , ’ says hell for leather Jackie , from Marske near Redcar . |
| 17 | Keith Lascelles took my hand , squeezing it reassuringly as he led me across the stage , up the wide stairway dividing the orchestra , and left me to arrange myself on the rostrum . |