Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] i [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | These er er orders today are n't based on a thorough inquiry er into how audits on the the financial institutions are conducted , what 's wrong with them , what goes wrong , not even a thorough er inquiry into what happened in the B C C I case , er we ca n't legislate , we ca n't legi or regulate I put it without er er er a thorough inquiry and yet here we have er orders brought in er without inquiry . |
| 2 | Serve the food properly or let me do it . ’ |
| 3 | I suddenly understood , or thought I understood it all . |
| 4 | Erm , but I wanted some cash , so what I did in the end was walked round Asda remembered it , or thought I remembered it , came back out put the erm card back in and the terminal came up erm it 's ok . |
| 5 | ‘ Are you going to tell me your story , or do I demand it of the world at large ! |
| 6 | ‘ W-was there a car crash — or did I dream it ? ’ she asked softly . |
| 7 | Or did I post it ? |
| 8 | Or did I put it in this one ? |
| 9 | You want to draft out the message , or have me do it ? ’ |
| 10 | Nor do I think it necessary to consider for the purposes of the present case to what extent the common law may provide the public authority with a defence to a claim for the repayment of money so paid ; though for the reasons I have already given , I do not consider that the principle of recovery should be inapplicable simply because the citizen has paid the money under a mistake of law . |
| 11 | It is not practical politics to abolish private schools , nor do I believe it right to do so , in the interests of freedom . |
| 12 | She did not ask my name , nor did I offer it . |
| 13 | We came to live in the south side of the city , and joined the local parish church which , by coincidence , had been Leslie 's mother 's church ; he himself had not been a member , nor had I attended it . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He looked at me and asked me to take it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | They gave me a line of coke , and asked me to do it for them . |
| 18 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
| 19 | All eight doctors signed a letter on 13 December to the Secretary of State for Health and asked me to pass it on . |
| 20 | He gave me this and asked me to deliver it to Dick Tavett . |
| 21 | As I handed my music to the organist , I shook so badly he bought me a brandy and made me drink it . |
| 22 | She accused her husband of fucking around and retained me to prove it . |
| 23 | He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's his pleasure , ’ he said , ‘ that figure of mischief over there , to blow any piece of rubbish out of his mouth and challenge me to return it . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 27 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 28 | The landlord was furious and told me to wash it off . ’ |
| 29 | All my days and hope I finish it here . |
| 30 | ’ Then waive your share and let me do it alone , ’ I suggested . |