Example sentences of "i [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 You see , what troubled me most I think , was the apparently vast , shapeless extent of it .
2 Take me somewhere I 've never been before .
3 Outside the last bar the cab was waiting remorselessly , the driver with his face averted , waiting to take me somewhere I did n't want to go .
4 when he said ‘ Look , will you help me clear her
5 Eyeing me suspiciously she said , ‘ Are n't we all ! ’
6 Smiling at me politely he said , in his still slightly-accented voice , " Sit down , Miss Graham .
7 See , right if he still was n't speaking to me properly I would n't have brought that off him !
8 I had often rehearsed the choice phrases which I would use on this very occasion but the sight of the animal restrained me ; if he had come to consult me professionally I could hardly start pitching into him right away .
9 But he says he 's gon na pay me on he 's gon na give me the money on Tuesday
10 What did you say to me on he phone when I was talking to Tracey ?
11 Er you sent me on I 'm gon na go , and I came up before the receptionist .
12 It was as if I owed him financially for everything he 'd given me , he 'd drawn up a sort of balance sheet , setting adoption against the chances he 'd given me ; because he 'd taken me on I owed him .
13 Without the spectators cheering me on I do n't think I could have had such a good race .
14 If it 's below sea-level we 'll just say that if it 's you owe me rather I owe you
15 It struck me suddenly we were within two weeks of Christmas .
16 And it was Alec that was driving and Will Will , he said mind where your about Alec , you 'll er you 'll soon be in a ditch but good 's sake he said it 's not me So they were both
17 When I went to drama school it was all very new to me so I did n't have any real comparisons to make — which is a good thing .
18 When she s finished combing , she puts the mirror on the table in front of me so I can see myself .
19 Now though it is all very secure for me so I will not be going back , ’ she said .
20 And then the whitewater caught me so I proned out and hung on — I was eaten up then I was spat out and then I was eaten up again and spat out again and the beach was right there , so I threw the board away and just rolled and rolled and tumbled , and I ended up in the river on the far side of the berm . ’
21 That sounded great to me so I opted for the hike .
22 Galloping godfathers — he was n't listening to me so I started listening to myself .
23 No one seemed to want to serve me so I walked out and went home without so much as a plectrum !
24 Tony Curtis was standing next to me so I said I was there to try and collect money from Mr Curtis .
25 I have just read Kate Westwood 's letter in the February 92 issue of your magazine and the tone of it really saddened me so I felt I must reply .
26 ‘ When Chelsea signed me Ian Porterfield told me that if I got in the side he would n't drop me so I want to make up for lost time . ’
27 He ignored the mop , just staring at me , and I saw him take a breath ready to defy me so I spoke before he could .
28 A few days later while driving him home , she asked him why he 'd hit her and , she alleged , ‘ He went crazy again , punching me so I nearly lost control of the car . ’
29 Now I was talking to Dad I wanted to tell him about how Mum and I had found Granny and what wicked things Mum had done , but I knew Mum 's eyes were on me so I thought better of it .
30 They did n't notice me so I made myself unobtrusive and listened .
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