Example sentences of "i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you would prefer me to drive I can drive , ’ said the man . |
| 2 | anyway he walked , he was only away about twenty minutes you know he wanted to get the car and for me to drive I thought well er |
| 3 | The fact that Lili seemed to take an interest in me led me to think that she had never been very close to my mother . |
| 4 | It made me think I was going to abuse my own kids . |
| 5 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 6 | Er ye well er , it was when , no let me think I went to Ipswich , I did a till the First War ended . |
| 7 | I suppose the , the sort of things that made me think I might be suitable for social work have been coming from working with the young . |
| 8 | I prefer Beethoven , actually I 'm not sure I do prefer Beethoven , but had you said Bach I would have preferred that , but I do n't see that that I mean you 're implying that that makes me better , or at least makes me think I 'm better than somebody who likes Madonna , and that I do n't agree with . |
| 9 | when I was sixteen because it 's then I started to get these free passes and I had a sister then who lived at Rye and I had never been across London so the next door neighbour came with me to see me across London er because I was so young you see and I said right as long as you show me across London I can come back alone , you see , and so I came back alone and I , that 's when I started , so from sixteen and er and as I say I went to Cambridge in the nineteen thirty one , it was the last day of well say nineteen thirty two , you see , and , and also in the twenties I was going on holiday alone and I went to once er to the Isle of Man and when I was er I , I sat next , well being by myself , you see , they put me in , to a little table near the wall . |
| 10 | B H did , she used to say school run Tuesday evening , do n't make any fun , she used to block it out , the time that she wanted me to see me . |
| 11 | When he told me to strip I refused , saying that I would change my clothes only if he left the room . |
| 12 | His shaking hands with me made me feel half hero , half saint . |
| 13 | The silence that enclosed me made me feel the world had come to an end , that the trees had not yet been informed but soon would be , and would fall on to the stone and thorn , the heather and the fern , skeletons to be picked over , not by vultures but by time . |
| 14 | The calm , thoughtful way she acknowledged them and talked them through with me made me feel that we had taken the first step towards friendship . |
| 15 | Her grey eyes when she looked at me made me tremble . |
| 16 | Oh Shrimpy made me laugh me about it cracks me up like ! |
| 17 | It 's for this reason I 've gone against my initial instinct not to blow our own trumpet on this at the risk of provoking more ‘ bad loser ’ comments from certain people ( and let me stress I do n't mean the runners-up ) communicated to me . |
| 18 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 19 | Incidentally I was wearing my ‘ holy robes ’ at Alton Towers back in November , & some Blackburn fans came up to me to thank me for Batty ! |
| 20 | I would n't let me buy me lunch , I said , and I meant it . |
| 21 | He sent a postcard to a well known photographer stating : ‘ Your cover shot of me moved me enormously . |
| 22 | The next New Mums group was at her house ( she lived less than a mile away ) and she had phone me to encourage me to go . |
| 23 | Create in me a dean heart O God , and put a new and right spirit within me Cast me not away from thy presence , and take not thy Holy Spirit from me . |
| 24 | Me say me wan% go , you know , listen to some sound , and then " e say " you cyaan go sound , you too young to go sound " I say " Wha you mean by that ? " |
| 25 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 26 | He made me promise I would n't say anything about it . ’ |
| 27 | One girl was a hard , chain-smoking sales machine letting me know I could not set up a multi-national congress without multi-national advertising . |
| 28 | She did n't try overhard , she just wanted to let me know I was secure with her , that the break-up of my parents ' marriage was n't the worst thing that ever happened , and that she had enough love to cover us all . |
| 29 | if anybody can sort of if you write in English , maybe could send it to you , could get it translated at the Stortford , oh that might be very useful , erm , I mean , I 'll certainly do some letters and if anybody else wants to , if they let me know I 'll let them have the addresses for them , erm , there are fax as well and that suppose to be a quicker way than writing a letter actually than send through a fax , right , erm , if anybody can then we could send them to you and , and ask you to send it on , and we would sort of postage , would be covered would it Margaret ? |
| 30 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |