Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | FED-UP Gordon Armstrong last night begged Sunderland : ‘ Play me or sell me . ’ |
| 2 | Ember said more loudly , ‘ So now it 's either sell you or sell me . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you telling me or accusing me ? ’ he asked , his eyes laughing at her . |
| 4 | I had a number of telephone conversations with him , and an interim letter dated 7 January in which he suggested , or asked me to suggest several possible dates . |
| 5 | ‘ All these years I 've been talking and telling , ’ he writes , ‘ and I 'm not sure if anybody listens or understands me . |
| 6 | I must admit the ‘ truth ’ did not smack me right between the eyes or make me leap like Archimedes from his bath . |
| 7 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |
| 8 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 9 | I enjoy working things out with numbers , e.g. how much wallpaper or carpet I need to buy |
| 10 | Some bastard 's rumbled I 'm here — or thinks I am . |
| 11 | The extreme condition of this is for someone to tell me that they loved me — few ever did — or to thank me . |
| 12 | ‘ I mean , did n't the last husband say something about ‘ Lose the fat or lose me ’ ? |
| 13 | ‘ She threatened to have me killed or to kill me , ’ he said . |
| 14 | You want me ; you do n't love me or trust me . ’ |
| 15 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 16 | You 've never listened to the things I say , and even when something is an obvious fact , you never quite seem to believe me , or to trust me . |
| 17 | I was glad to see there were no towns here , because I did not want people to question me or pity me . |
| 18 | I perfected the technique of entering my bedsit without anyone hearing me or noticing me , but eventually it became impossible to stay there ad infinitum without paying my rent , so I took all my military kit and some clothes and set myself up in the changing room at the barracks . |
| 19 | Right , I 'm here vir virtually throughout the vacation , erm , I 'll be here until the beginning of next term , so if you are having problems of any sort , or want me to run through something with you , just er , feel free to disturb me . |
| 20 | I do n't want to complain about our marriage or suggest I 'm dissatisfied , but I just do wish that once in a while you 'd tell me , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 21 | Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that . |
| 22 | Not to save your reputation , nor to satisfy society or your father , or even me — but only because you love me and I you ? ’ |
| 23 | Cos I can pick out his stuff or say I do n't like the look of that one and he 'll , he 'll chuck it in the back . |
| 24 | She did n't ask what my plans were , or press me for details of any other potentially embarrassing subject . |
| 25 | If my servant , acting bona fide within the scope of his authority , procures or causes me to break a contract which I have made with you , you can not sue the servant for interference with the contract ; for he is my alter ego here , and I can not be sued for inducing myself to break a contract , although I may be liable for breaking the contract . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , my Mum told me not to let boys fondle me or kiss me now I 've started me periods , otherwise , if I did , I 'd soon be having a baby . ’ |
| 27 | He did n't relax suddenly , or smile , or kiss me — it was n't that simple . |
| 28 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |
| 29 | Environmental Issues is your magazine , and anything and everything is considered for inclusion , so do ring , write , fax or grab me at a conference ( well not literally ! ) with your information . |
| 30 | 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 . |