Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] i [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see him thumb through several papers before returning to the counter with a single sheet ; he made no attempt to invite me in or even to offer me a chair . |
| 2 | Yet it was the submission of two ‘ humorous ’ scripts in ‘ The Raconteur ’ series that finally won me a job with the C.B.C . |
| 3 | ‘ And that automatically makes me a fully paid-up member of the jet-set ? ’ |
| 4 | I know he said it in anger but you do n't even say things in anger if you do n't feel them and that really bothers me a bit . |
| 5 | A good tutorial that certainly taught me a thing or two about sound waves , this package is ideal for the student to help with his revision or a school physics department with computer facilities . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've ruined my Gnome costume and perhaps lost me a lovely bicycle . ’ |
| 7 | Give me the leave to make the best of my fortune and only pardon me the abuse of your house . |
| 8 | There was a story that she had once been married to a hollow cheeked Indian tour guide called Willy Wither who had taken us up the river and touchingly offered me the use of his very expensive camera ( ‘ A holiday without a camera is a terrible thing . ’ ) , |
| 9 | When Gibson and I left the office , Guy turned on me and bluntly told me the fate that would overtake me were I to steal one of his crews . |
| 10 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
| 11 | She was so nice , and later wrote me a letter in her own hand , which is a treasured possession . |
| 12 | and also supplies me a great deal of work . |
| 13 | As Granpa Charlie and I always had an apple for breakfast , the arrangement sorted out our own needs and also gave me the chance to sample what we were selling to the customers . |
| 14 | The senator had beaten down my last defences , and now offered me a compromise that might make my surrender to his wishes more acceptable . |
| 15 | She insisted on cleaning my flat very thoroughly every Tuesday and Thursday , and often left me a casserole in the oven . |
| 16 | On this occasion John had been breeding from a group of Aspidoras lakoi and kindly offered me a couple of pairs to try . |
| 17 | And kindly spare me the details . |
| 18 | Dad got me to read aloud to him and then offered me a barley sugar . |
| 19 | You rewrote the letter after the original had been burned , had your version photocopied and then sent me the copy . |
| 20 | Lawrence passes me a handful of the standard ones ( white plastic , old Bell records logo ) and then gives me a couple of unusual ones ; heart-shaped and bearing the words ‘ I Love Lawrence ’ . |
| 21 | He left me to become acquainted with the religious environment , and then handed me a paperback entitled Modern Buddhism in Burma , which he had edited in cooperation with Kenneth Saunders , warden of the YMCA hostel , and already a translator of the Dhamma-pada , a collection of short sayings thought to go back to the Buddha . |
| 22 | Tremayne listened a bit and talked a bit and then gave me the receiver again . |
| 23 | He muttered a number of unrepeatable oaths , most of which cast doubt upon my family history , and grudgingly handed me the money . |
| 24 | For the first couple of years I shared a flat with a friend , then my paternal grandmother died and unexpectedly left me a small legacy . |
| 25 | The ‘ step demure ’ and ‘ downward lids ’ offend me , and never bring me a sense of virtue … |
| 26 | And never to leave me a penny . ’ |
| 27 | You may as well tell me the worst . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You may as well tell me the lot . ’ |