Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But this is the bit that took me longest to work out . |
| 2 | When returning the draft Contract to me duly signed will you let me have a cheque in favour of Messrs. Stanley Tee & Co. for £2,600 the 5% deposit and I will place this on deposit with my firm 's bankers so that it does not lose you interest , so there should be no delay in exchanging contracts once you have received the insurance company 's acceptance of your life proposals . |
| 3 | ‘ See what yer mean , Joe , me neighbourly visit . |
| 4 | Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him . |
| 5 | The matter that has given me most cause for admiration is the way in which he has conducted himself while the horrible events have gone on and been reported in the press . |
| 6 | The tale that tickled me most concerns a trip to England — a country which Rollins caricatures as a pissing-with-rain hell hole populated entirely by spotty Morrissey-worshipping wimps who eat nothing but fish and potatoes smeared with grease . |
| 7 | ‘ Kathleen may have found me somewhere to live . ’ |
| 8 | To yank me clear takes the sudden , strong spine |
| 9 | On most of the album Shaun puts his fingerstyle technique to good use on his Warwick five-string , but this track sounds to me suspiciously like he 's using his ‘ 68 Fender Jazz Bass with both pickups full on . |
| 10 | And he said : ‘ When she 's got problems of her own yet takes time out to do this , it leaves me tremendously impressed . |
| 11 | I therefore proposed an account of law , ‘ normative positivism ’ , which I take to synthesize salient features of positivism and natural law thinking and which seems to me wholly to fit the nature of criminal law . |
| 12 | So those who know me intimately insist . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ That seems to me rather to reinforce suspicion that Amy killed Hereward , ’ Laura said . |
| 14 | The response of the Treasury official upon receiving the nomination , according to the duke , was to ‘ put the presentation in his pocket , desiring me rather to name somebody that might be useful for my interest , for nobody knows this Achterlonie ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ It actually , ’ said Emma , raising a hand to her face and brushing it across her eyes , ‘ made me rather weep , listening to her . |
| 16 | Or preferable , to be honest ; part of me rather looked forward to such taunting . |
| 17 | I had nice Tory ladies saying that to me in 1983 , and me vigorously nodding my agreement . |
| 18 | It made me suddenly realise how much they had changed . |
| 19 | One such example is : ( 189 ) … the cry which made me suddenly to re-enter the dimension of distinctness . |
| 20 | What happened was that the rope they 'd put on me suddenly pulled tight . |
| 21 | This will give me better control over any fish I may hook , for they will no doubt try to charge into the lilies on either side of the swim . |
| 22 | We are well and have no worries being happy together and not in need William leaving me better provided for than ever I had expected . |
| 23 | It seems to me better to consider the particular relationship in hand , and see whether or not , as a matter of policy economic loss should be recoverable . |
| 24 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 25 | It did n't take me long to realise it was very different from the kind of journalism I 'd been used to . |
| 26 | It did n't take me long to realise I 'd fallen in love with love rather than with Dave . ’ |
| 27 | It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’ |
| 28 | It did n't take me long to find out otherwise . |
| 29 | She would dance with me and take me long walks . |
| 30 | Besides , it did n't take me long to figure out I was wrong . ’ |