Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that . |
| 2 | She did n't ask what my plans were , or press me for details of any other potentially embarrassing subject . |
| 3 | Environmental Issues is your magazine , and anything and everything is considered for inclusion , so do ring , write , fax or grab me at a conference ( well not literally ! ) with your information . |
| 4 | A3 v Framwellgate Moor & Pity Me at Edinburgh Park ; |
| 5 | Ho , master greybeard loon , ’ he was shouting to Kelly , ‘ come fill the cup , or stap me for a whey-faced knave . ’ |
| 6 | Something within him seemed to collapse but he did n't outwardly fall to pieces or rant or rave or even again try to pull out the arrow or finish me in any other way . |
| 7 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 8 | Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that . |
| 9 | ‘ Either get up , or invite me in there with you . ’ |
| 10 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 11 | Or ask me to ? ’ |
| 12 | My poor mother , I am sure , could n't determine whether to commend my prudence or berate me for my lack of romance . |
| 13 | If you would like to know more about this ‘ Financial Health Check ’ write to me at the address below or call me on 0204 31627 . |
| 14 | ‘ You invent , or goad me into , some failing to give you cause for complaint , so that you can then screw around with a clear conscience . |
| 15 | You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink , perhaps by showing me a colour chart . |
| 16 | Not once did EMF lose their tempers at my teasing or threaten me with physical violence . |
| 17 | If you can summon Victor , as Prospero summoned his unhappy servants , or help me in any other way , then I 'll be grateful . |
| 18 | Is there anyone who would act as a referee or recommend me for the job ? |
| 19 | ‘ You 've no right to barge in here or treat me like this . |
| 20 | But whatever I am , you , madam , are not going to browbeat me , or insult me by one — word — more . ’ |
| 21 | Please indicate , below , which day(s) you will be available to help ; either tear off the slip and return it to me , or phone me on ( 031 ) 453-3366 . |
| 22 | ‘ It did n't distress or alarm me in any way , certainly not as much as many other things that I have seen that have earned certificates ’ . |
| 23 | Not that she believes in anything , religion and so on — and nor do I of course , though I was brought up a little as a Catholic — but she goes by omens , auguri . |
| 24 | Throughout the pamphlet Hic Mulier seems to be in sympathy with this remark of Montaigne 's , but nowhere is her appropriation of the idea more challenging than in the way she dissolves both law and ideological fixity into a celebration of change and transformation , and , by implication , a celebration of her potential rather than her fixed nature : ‘ Nor do I in my delight of change otherwise than as the whole world does ’ ( sig . |
| 25 | Nor do I in the case of Martin Crowe , whose influence during his Taunton days was quite considerable and who return , given sufficient fitness to sustain the rigours of a year on the circuit , ca n't be completely discounted . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's just that I doubt that your grandmother sent you after me with instructions to — to abduct me and drag me to Rome at any cost . ’ |
| 27 | They will understand me too quickly ; they will turn my own generosity against me and despise me for the lovers I took ; and they will cast me as the woman who briefly threatened to interfere with the writing of the books which they have enjoyed reading . |
| 28 | I was so rattled I glanced round to make sure this was n't a signal for an army of bunnies like this Dobermann of a beast to come up from behind and tear me to shreds . |
| 29 | It screeches to a halt beside me , three guys get out , blindfold me , tie me hand and foot and bundle me into the van . |
| 30 | And wrapt me in a gown . |