Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [coord] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I smiled , benignly I hoped , wondering about laying a hand on head or shoulder but fearing I might not be able to carry it off . |
| 2 | No you keep all that paraphernalia but give me that . |
| 3 | It denies the intervention of my inner teacher on my behalf , because I close the door within and block the light that would dissipate the darkness that angers and frightens me . |
| 4 | It screeches to a halt beside me , three guys get out , blindfold me , tie me hand and foot and bundle me into the van . |
| 5 | The next day , before a meeting with the United Nations electoral observer team , Ortega parted the sea of cameramen and journalists and approached me . |
| 6 | He bustled about with champagne flutes and ice and showed me how to fold a napkin round the neck of a bottle and how to pour without drips . |
| 7 | For my good lady loved singing and dancing and made me learn both . |
| 8 | You are the only woman I know — apart from Lucy — who wears skirts and dresses and make-up and turns me on more powerful than a monsoon with all the steam and heat … |
| 9 | When Polybius and Scipio found themselves alone in the neighbourhood of the Forum ( Polybius goes on to tell us ) Scipio , " blushing slightly , addressed him in a quiet and gentle way : " Why , Polybius , since there are two of us , do you constantly converse with my brother and address to him all the questions and explanations but ignore me ? " " ( 31.23.8–9 ) . |
| 10 | I felt shy of talking about my feelings with Terry and Tom and wished I could have half an hour alone with Brian . |
| 11 | Can you advise me about the pros and cons and tell me the best way to retain their copper finish ? |
| 12 | The thing here was that all the flowers were blue — delphiniums and cornflowers and forget me nots round a sundial in the middle of a smooth green velvet lawn . |
| 13 | A group of sisters whose objectives and aims and struggles I support quite fully and been in fact fighting for those aims . |
| 14 | One day I was in the wheelchair and people were talking to John and Jo but ignoring me . |
| 15 | He thought it was great fun to throw me about and wrestle with me and punch and kick me . |
| 16 | ‘ He got a pen and paper and told me : ‘ I have to reply immediately to the Queen thanking her ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ A few minutes later two guys came running in with masks on they were both shouting and swearing and told me to lie on the ground . |
| 18 | But the cornice offers no aid and he tumbles and slithers down once more , cursing and swearing and showering me in snow . |
| 19 | They 'd be sorry for me , they 'd give me whisky and aspirins and send me to a psychiatrist . |
| 20 | ‘ When my grandparents came on holiday with us , he was the one who took us round castles and museums and told me stories about being in the Scots Guards , ’ said Marjory , who inherited most of his books when he died two years ago . |
| 21 | After catching on a short pole and rod and line I was quite happy with the venue but was still convinced I needed another practice session — time was running out and the only day available was the one after the Division 1 National . |
| 22 | You women are all the same — a man just has to turn the corner of the street and the next thing , they 're all eyes and lips and tongue and sucking me ’ — he tripped , changed ‘ sucking him towards them . |
| 23 | ‘ They acted as judge and jury and suspended me for ten weeks without a trial . |
| 24 | On 20th February 1803 he recorded a visit to Wastwater , which he reached over Langdale Head , ‘ Went down to the foot of the water , got up the side of the skrees , where there was the most awful and tremendous storm of thunder and lightning and hail I ever remembered . |
| 25 | She reached between her and Aline and handed me a half-finished bottle of Irn-Bru . |
| 26 | I should be grateful if you would investigate this as a matter of importance and urgency and let me know your findings . |
| 27 | I sat at the kitchen table , staring at the blind white blankness in front of me , and slowly , like a clear spring welling up from the common earth , the poem rose and spread and filled me , unstoppable as flood water , technique unknotting even as it ran , like snags rolled away on the flood . |
| 28 | He tucked the phone between chin and shoulder and gave me a friendly salute , but did n't pause in his recitation of copy . |
| 29 | My ever difficult told me the other night I needed to change my attitudes and lifestyle and to realise I would not get another job at my age . |
| 30 | As soon as I found out I had to retire , they were as good as gold and granted me a testimonial straight away . |