Example sentences of "[verb] i [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack and two others who had witnessed the performance , found me and piloted me back to the warmth and safety of the ski-cabin . |
| 2 | What irritates me most about him is his way of speaking . |
| 3 | I had visited the apartment at least a dozen times , but I still found the fact of a lift opening directly into a living room incredibly impressive ; a proof of wealth as convincing as the possession of gold taps or of mink rugs or of the girl who waited to greet me just beyond the lift doors . |
| 4 | Erm , I found out today , that I did n't realise she 'd actually passed a c , a beautician 's course , so I do n't know why she 's taught me out of all , has n't taught me how to go on . |
| 5 | The crane then lowered me down towards the two men underneath me who shouted for me to put my arms out so that they could grab me . |
| 6 | ‘ And you know very well that once you are gone Miss Araminta will throw me out of the house . ’ |
| 7 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 8 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 9 | Gently , making fun of me a little bit , bringing me back to earth . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps you could help Cook to wash up , ’ she suggested , bringing me down to earth with a bang . |
| 11 | I picked up my briefcase , started out the door and asked the FBI agent on the case to see me downstairs to a cab because I did n't feel very safe in Chicago . |
| 12 | BELVILLE : Since she is apt to fall into fits or at least pretend to do so , prepare her to see me tomorrow after dinner in my mother 's closet . |
| 13 | Phil , his ever-cheerful self , telling me he has stood up his girlfriend to see me through till the end . |
| 14 | Nobody has come to see me today about that and I think it is disgraceful that the surgery has been disrupted , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ A French officer called to see me yesterday about the Hamnett affair . ’ |
| 16 | Gradually , however , Joe came to see me less as an interloper and increasingly as a friend who happened to share both his home and his mother with him . |
| 17 | Once when I was leaving for Europe , he came to see me off at the airport , bringing a parting gift . |
| 18 | Oh , when she came with the baby and the young girl to see me off at the station , I was unable to speak . |
| 19 | Deemy was on hand next morning at sunrise to see me off aboard one of the transport planes carrying some 40 young pilots en route to Fairbanks . |
| 20 | To see me too in my deliberate vanishing . |
| 21 | Peter first came to see me halfway through the golfing season . |
| 22 | Any matters you wish to see me about between now and the end of August , please bring to my attention this week . |
| 23 | He used to swing me up onto his shoulders and carry me round … ’ |
| 24 | Those new-age prats think they can flush me out with a bit of colonic irrigation . |
| 25 | When I had left him for Bath , he had said , sadly , seeing me off at Salamanca station : ‘ I should have come with you when your father died . |
| 26 | ‘ Are you trying to kill me off by degrees ? ’ |
| 27 | They wo n't want me here with all this happening . |
| 28 | ‘ Look … what the hell do you want me here for , Cardiff ? |
| 29 | So you 've got me here , very clever , but for God 's sake what do you want me here for ? ’ |
| 30 | You do n't want me back in Scotland , do you ? |