Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frankie had seen it before and thought I would n't like it and tried to dissuade me from going in . |
| 2 | She knows people and tried to dazzle me with names . |
| 3 | He wanted to withdraw our organization 's financial support for the conference , and tried to discourage me from remaining involved . |
| 4 | Three figures , their faces muffled by cloaks and broad-brimmed hats , seized me and began to beat me as if I was some dog . |
| 5 | ‘ It hauled me to the ground with a thump and started mauling me on the back and neck . ’ |
| 6 | You 'd passed judgement on my morals and decided to punish me for something you could only have had the vaguest idea about . |
| 7 | The Queen was clearly surprised to hear such intelligent words from such a small creature , and decided to show me to her husband . |
| 8 | We opened to mostly sensational reviews , which showed huge appreciation of Joyce 's work and managed to compare me to Lily Tomlin and even Bea Lillie , but which also truly recognized Denis ' talent and contribution to the show . |
| 9 | I had worked out a peace formula that I thought might be acceptable , but when I showed it to Wilson he scoffed at it as being altogether too legalistic and proceeded to provide me with a formula of his own . |
| 10 | He grabbed the crowbar and went to hit me with it . |
| 11 | Anyway it ended up in a fight and he started pushing me around and went to punch me in the stomach but I managed to stop him . |
| 12 | After a chase on foot of over three miles he had finally run out of puff and offered to fight me for the goods . |
| 13 | We broke into the single , locked cupboard , and although we only found some new clothes and shoes with jewellery stuffed up inside the toes we assured each other that Aisha received money from her lover and liked leaving me in the house with the children because it made it easier to cheat on her husband . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , he does n't sound like anyone I know , ’ I said , ‘ unless he 's a caddie who happened to be passing nearby and wanted to quiz me about any work available . ’ |