Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 've never heard me complain about Annette 's cooking . ’ |
| 2 | He had heard me talking to the Princess . |
| 3 | Some of you may have heard me say before that when I was a young ordinand I met up with a marvellous Canadian bishop , Ralph Dean . |
| 4 | But we all went swimming on Tuesday nights at Hamilton baths , and I did better than some because my father had taught me to swim on holiday . |
| 5 | Because you 'd like to see me suffer for what you believe I did to Ryan ! |
| 6 | I think that 's what I think , but I 'm not sure that if I 'd been born here I 'd be pleased to see me walking down the lane . |
| 7 | At this Mr Healey was jolly pleased to see me trapped in the Thickets of Quotation , and , again merrily , said , ‘ Plato ? |
| 8 | But my great joy is that my parents both lived long enough to see me established on television . |
| 9 | There was nobody about to see me knocking on Sally 's door . |
| 10 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 11 | They 're too glad to see me to worry about authenticity . |
| 12 | Dr Livesey came out of the house in time to see me climbing into the stockade , and my friends welcomed me happily . |
| 13 | It does n't improve his nerves now to see me sitting on his carpet timing Casey 's phone rings with my stopwatch to work out the number he dialled . |
| 14 | Grace Hinkle loves to see me making like an executive and remembering to charge up all expenses . |
| 15 | Aunt Nessy had been upstairs , but hearing voices she came down , and seeing me ran towards me , as lightly and softly as a little bouncing ball , her eyes full of love and welcome . |
| 16 | Quadratic equations were a great mystery to me , and seeing me struggle with a problem he would call me out and painstakingly take me step by step to a solution . |
| 17 | She used to show you a collection of photographs which she kept in her wallet as if they were family photographs , but in fact these pictures were all pictures of men 's cocks , she used to make them stop on the way home at the photobooth in the entrance to the station , she 'd make them stand on the stool with their trousers down , she never got caught — Greta , on seeing me leave with an especially handsome man : ‘ I hope you 're on the pill . ’ |
| 18 | On seeing me standing in defiance , arms folded and apparently so cool-looking , a hush descended . |
| 19 | It 's seeing me look like an old hag first thing in the morning and not minding ! |
| 20 | ‘ Do you want me to elaborate on that ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Do you want me to see to C.W. and Sabrina ? ’ |
| 22 | So do you want me to call at the 's now ? |
| 23 | ‘ In other words , you do n't want me to behave in my usual bull-headed manner . ’ |
| 24 | Yes , or do you want me to wait for Patrick ? |
| 25 | He ca n't help it : Do you want me to go into the other room ? |
| 26 | ‘ Do you really want me to go into all the nasty , seedy little details ? |
| 27 | Leslie did not want me to go with him to the station , and so I watched him from the hotel-room window , his jaunty walk bravely exaggerated . |
| 28 | Every holiday he 'd fly back to the Gulf to be with his family , to put his feet on the familiar sandy soil of his own land , and every holiday he 'd want me to go with him . |
| 29 | It did occur to me that since everyone seemed to be playing a game with rules unknown to me , Robert might not be concerned only that I would be bored by myself , but he might want me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 30 | It had n't sunk in that you would want me to go with you . ’ |