Example sentences of "[prep] i and [vb past] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hugh Ritchie , the Departmental Officer one rank above Mr S — , a kind and gentlemanly character with whom I always had rapport , sent for me and asked why I wanted to leave . |
| 2 | In my groin there are twitchy , random jolts like the shorting of a fuse , as though a spatula has been thrust into me and wrapped around my uterus like a corkscrew . |
| 3 | The skinny man walked over to me and stuck out his hand . |
| 4 | The person whom I was going to take over the job from said to me at the end of the meeting well what do you think of that meeting and I must admit I the answer and luckily somebody else instructed with some other business and I felt I got off the hook here but in fact that got dealt with very quickly and he came back to me and said well what did you think of the meeting and I had to say to him just one word , was the way I put it . |
| 5 | ‘ Over the years hundreds of people have come up to me and said how they remember that night for my one-handed pots . |
| 6 | ‘ He opened his chamber door , smiled at me and picked up his cat . ’ |