Example sentences of "and [vb base] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The ‘ personality ’ had to conceal my natural impatience , my moods , my fatigue and make me appear endlessly dynamic and reassuring .
2 It will have a positive effect on me , and make me play better . ’
3 ROS : You march in here without so much as a by your leave and expect me to take very lunatic you try to pass off with a lot of unsubstantiated
4 I got Jake to lie , and say I went away on holiday earlier than I did . ’
5 and she 'll go and get the milk out and say I 've just got myself a glass of milk mum , oh right , okay not even aware that she 's gone out to the fridge you know , fair enough we say ah , you do n't do you ?
6 I 'll use a cheque and hope I have enough in the account back home . ’
7 Would n't he call it a day , and let me go home ?
8 ‘ Are you going to hand over that bag and let me leave here ? ’ she demanded .
9 I enclose the sheet of classes in Scotland as last known — could you please check the details of all your classes and let me know as soon as possible if there are any alterations or additional details available .
10 Switch off that machine and let me die now . ’
11 And let me try again .
12 ‘ If I find favour in the eyes of the Lord , he will bring me back and let me see both it and his habitation ; but if he says , ‘ I have no pleasure in you , ’ behold , here I am , let him do to me what seems good to him' ( 2 Sam .
13 ‘ Whilst you remain here with us — and let me say here and now that there will be a place here for you for as long as you wish — you will share in the life of the household and have all provided .
14 Now I have been digressing and let me say quite clearly that I never knew the answer and I do not know it now , how the tremendously high level of morale was sustained , not just in the Pathfinders , but throughout the Command as a whole .
15 And let me say now that I have been impressed by certain of the arguments I have heard here .
16 And the person that goes into the radio studio and thinks , ‘ I 'm talking to a hundred thousand people ’ or something like that , is doomed , because the voice and approach you use is a bit like the voice and approach I have now , I 'm sort of talking to a largish group of people .
17 And suppose I go twice as fast .
18 What I would like to know is : what damage is the soot doing to my fish and do I have just cause to go to the council to get something done about it ?
19 Then he added : " And do I understand correctly that you do n't keep a " boy " in your house ? "
20 Sir John and Lady Frankling are very kind and wish me to feel quite at home …
21 The sooner you start , the sooner you 'll have all the wonderful feelings , the sense of achievement and pride I have now .
22 First the marshals would n't even let Hunt get back into the car to try to get himself going again ; then , on the long walk back to the pits , Hunt , head hung , had to face the most vituperative barrage of noise and insult I have ever heard .
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