Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] and [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Royal Geographical Society approved my plans and made me a grant , as did the Percy Sladen Trust of the Linnean Society . |
| 2 | It was n't until they made me squat down and then taped my wrists to my ankles and stuck me in a large sack that I accepted that it was n't going to be a truck , but a car-boot move . |
| 3 | ‘ Basically they are simple — you obey my wishes and prevent me being too overworked — ’ |
| 4 | Slowly the pressures of its differences bore down on my thinking and decisions , prying open my defences and forcing me to face questions I had not been conscious of before . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid I have to grit my teeth and say I 'm closer to Gyles and Jeffrey . ’ |
| 6 | And thus I was brought , by the gracious providence of God , to that place which had the chiefest of my labours and yielded me the greatest fruits of comfort . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Just take these other duties off my shoulders and give me a day a week for the next year to attend a decent training course so that I can master it , and I 'm yours . ’ |
| 8 | She puts her hands on my shoulders and steers me to the chair . |
| 9 | It ran down between my eyes and made me see everything blood-red , even though seconds before my mind had conjured up a pleasing vision : the English boy 's sister . |
| 10 | through my ears and gives me a headache |
| 11 | Well , cut off my legs and call me Shorty , it 's you guvnor . ’ |
| 12 | And with that he bent over and lifted me to my feet and told me to be off , which I did not need to be told twice to do . |
| 13 | On our return the Agent had gone and the women were calm , unlike Bustos , that foolish puppy , spinning at my feet and fixing me with his heartbroken eyes . |
| 14 | I was too scared to cry out as he hauled me roughly to my feet and shook me violently . |
| 15 | ‘ The fear that I could be had begun to haunt my days and keep me awake at nights , and , although I knew Simon was the wrong person to take into my confidence , he was familiar and he was there . |
| 16 | All my days and hope I finish it here . |
| 17 | Many 's the time I 've been about to introduce the top of the bill , when from behind the curtain the urgent whisper , ‘ He 's pissed — fill in while we sober him up , ’ has stopped me in my tracks and left me out there telling gags for an hour or more while the star is force-fed black coffee . |
| 18 | I had taken very little , but this screw took great pleasure in going through all my things and saying I could n't take most of it . |
| 19 | However , the head persisted and so I quickly racked my brains and said I would do the sort of thing I do in my classroom at home . |
| 20 | An initially kind-voiced woman took down my details and advised me to ring Chicago . |
| 21 | Either you accept my terms and face me in combat , or I will leave you here with your weapons … and two corpses ! ’ |
| 22 | At least I had the money , painfully scraped together with a view to eventually taking a PGCE-TEFL course to upgrade my qualifications and enable me to escape from Clive 's power . |
| 23 | My faithful driver , Murphy , met me at the gate , taking my bags and walking me past the vagrants and money changers to his car , an old American model that had become something of a collector 's item . |
| 24 | Her eyes closed , she turned her face away , released her hold on my cheekbones and let me go on into the hall . |
| 25 | He grips my arms and dumps me back on the pew . |
| 26 | They grabbed my arms and swung me over to a mat lying at the side then undid the strap around my ankles . |
| 27 | Jenkins took my arms and helped me up several flights of stairs , like a Boy Scout assisting an old lady . |
| 28 | Then a stitch stabbed my ribs and forced me to walk the next few yards . |
| 29 | " Not every minute , " I said , and then he took my hands and pulled me right up to him . |
| 30 | It is impossible to meet every person 's expectations and my hope is that you will forgive my mistakes and keep me in your thoughts and prayers . |