Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that . |
| 2 | She did n't ask what my plans were , or press me for details of any other potentially embarrassing subject . |
| 3 | Environmental Issues is your magazine , and anything and everything is considered for inclusion , so do ring , write , fax or grab me at a conference ( well not literally ! ) with your information . |
| 4 | A3 v Framwellgate Moor & Pity Me at Edinburgh Park ; |
| 5 | Ho , master greybeard loon , ’ he was shouting to Kelly , ‘ come fill the cup , or stap me for a whey-faced knave . ’ |
| 6 | Something within him seemed to collapse but he did n't outwardly fall to pieces or rant or rave or even again try to pull out the arrow or finish me in any other way . |
| 7 | If you want to ask me something or tell me about something you put your hand up and wait for me to ask you . |
| 8 | Those of us who did n't join up until 1943 , either because we were too young or like me in a reserved occupation , did n't really stand much chance of promotion , not unless we were absolutely brilliant and not many of us were that . |
| 9 | ‘ Either get up , or invite me in there with you . ’ |
| 10 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 11 | Or ask me to ? ’ |
| 12 | My poor mother , I am sure , could n't determine whether to commend my prudence or berate me for my lack of romance . |
| 13 | If you would like to know more about this ‘ Financial Health Check ’ write to me at the address below or call me on 0204 31627 . |
| 14 | ‘ You invent , or goad me into , some failing to give you cause for complaint , so that you can then screw around with a clear conscience . |
| 15 | You can show me or remind me of the difference between orange and pink , perhaps by showing me a colour chart . |
| 16 | Not once did EMF lose their tempers at my teasing or threaten me with physical violence . |
| 17 | If you can summon Victor , as Prospero summoned his unhappy servants , or help me in any other way , then I 'll be grateful . |
| 18 | Is there anyone who would act as a referee or recommend me for the job ? |
| 19 | ‘ You 've no right to barge in here or treat me like this . |
| 20 | But whatever I am , you , madam , are not going to browbeat me , or insult me by one — word — more . ’ |
| 21 | Please indicate , below , which day(s) you will be available to help ; either tear off the slip and return it to me , or phone me on ( 031 ) 453-3366 . |
| 22 | ‘ It did n't distress or alarm me in any way , certainly not as much as many other things that I have seen that have earned certificates ’ . |
| 23 | I 've cut the ropes that bind me to the shore , she thought , and sinking down onto the arm of Meredith 's chair she listened , smiling , to one of the pirates confiding that when he was in town he consulted the same dentist as dear Johnny . |
| 24 | I 've worked at a number of occupations that put me into positions of possible danger . |
| 25 | Richard Baxter summed up his life in these words , ‘ Weakness and pain helped me to study how to die ; that set me on studying how to live ; beginning with necessities , I proceeded by degrees , and now I am going to see that for which I have lived and studied . ’ |
| 26 | I think that one of the things that get me at the moment is the time keeping , it 's very bad |
| 27 | If only I had wings , Oh what a difference it would make to things , All day long I 'd be in the sky , up on high , Talking to the birdies that pass me by |
| 28 | In fact , there 's no end to the things that irritate me about television news — the inane scripts , for one . |
| 29 | If I give a hitcher a lift I expect social interaction and ca n't abide the ones that use me like a bus service , mute to the point of rudeness . |
| 30 | Not that she believes in anything , religion and so on — and nor do I of course , though I was brought up a little as a Catholic — but she goes by omens , auguri . |