Example sentences of "i [adv] i " 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 | See , right if he still was n't speaking to me properly I would n't have brought that off him ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Er you sent me on I 'm gon na go , and I came up before the receptionist . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Without the spectators cheering me on I do n't think I could have had such a good race . |
| 9 | If it 's below sea-level we 'll just say that if it 's you owe me rather I owe you |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When she s finished combing , she puts the mirror on the table in front of me so I can see myself . |
| 12 | Now though it is all very secure for me so I will not be going back , ’ she said . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | That sounded great to me so I opted for the hike . |
| 15 | Galloping godfathers — he was n't listening to me so I started listening to myself . |
| 16 | No one seemed to want to serve me so I walked out and went home without so much as a plectrum ! |
| 17 | Tony Curtis was standing next to me so I said I was there to try and collect money from Mr Curtis . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They did n't notice me so I made myself unobtrusive and listened . |
| 24 | She was the same size as me so I knew that her clothes would fit me . |
| 25 | She kept talking over me so I told her to shut her face and cut her off . |
| 26 | ‘ When you have chosen the book you want , bring it to me so I can make a note of it and it 's yours for two weeks . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's going to do some errands for me so I thought it only fair to give him a bit of food . ‘ |
| 28 | The second letter told me so I thought they 'd been bombed out . |
| 29 | I wan na get enough be'ind me so I can look after 'em all . |
| 30 | My family did n't like me so I had to work hard . " |