Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Remember Ma Christie , our Norwegian Pathfinder , who wondered at how his crew just happened to appear as though from some mystique of chance ; how Middleton said in effect " my crew is the best in the Command … leave them be or I return to the Main Force " .
2 I have sweet soap here and hot water , and either you wash yourself , all over , or I call in the women to hold you down and scrub you myself .
3 ( I am angry over an act of injustice or I wonder at the sight of Niagara Falls or I am pleased with my Christmas present . )
4 So Grandma and Grandad had one bedroom , Mother , Father and me slept in the other one , and the two brothers slept downstairs .
5 At least , out here , I have — I admit this with shame — I have delivered an extended breech with the nurse giving chloroform at one end and praying and me delivering at the other end and swearing , and the baby lived , the mother lived , and everything was all right .
6 There was a long pause during which a kind of stage fright seized me and perhaps him too : we remained in our positions , Richard sitting up in bed and me standing at the window , looking at each other helplessly like actors who have forgotten their lines .
7 ‘ I did not want things that Picasso gave Douglas and me coming on the market , and Billy very decently gave me the drawing ’ .
8 That left only Annabelle and me to help with the washing up .
9 He is Cancerian and I 'm a Sagittarian and he describes it as him rushing towards the dark , and me rushing towards the light , and we both drag each other back , into a kind of middle earth .
10 and go and I tack up the horse and I get on the horse and everything and I do n't mean to say
11 I also wondered — I was only seven — if the fire had anything to do with Alf Norris and I looking into the boiler room the day before !
12 I looked and I looked as the candle fought with the wax and cast a flickering light on her face , and I just could n't get over her .
13 ‘ Clark and I looked at the thing for five minutes and we said ‘ Wow ’ ’ , White told New Scientist .
14 Yet , directly I stepped out into the sunshine again , my superior self took over , and I looked at the matter differently .
15 Anyway , I come in ah , I went int kitchen , and I thought oh , there 's a loaf out of freezer , and I looked at the loaf but there 's only about four sandwiches in it .
16 We visited each weekend , and I looked after the baby during the week .
17 And I looked upon the earth and saw a dish set , and workmen lying by it , and their hands were in the dish : and they that were chewing chewed not , and they that were lifting the food lifted it not , and they that put it to their mouth put it not thereto , but the faces of all of them were looking upward .
18 And I looked upon the stream of the river and saw the mouths of the kids upon the water and they drank not .
19 show them the garden , by Saturday night I felt shattered for it and I 'd come home and I looked in the cupboard and I said Ton well what do you want for your dinner then ?
20 ‘ I work with women all day and I go to the pub to get away from them ’ …
21 ‘ I remember the date and I go to the grave every Thursday when I 'm in England . ’
22 And then expand on it , and so I go into each of these and I go to the and I say a few words about each of these particular themes .
23 Right , where 's this morning 's paper and I go to the bogs ?
24 I congratulate all those who won trophies and I commiserate with the runners up and others , in the knowledge that it may be their turn next year .
25 ISAAC AND I STAY at the farm for two more days .
26 When I go , I hold my breath and completely immerse myself under the water , trying to keep as relaxed as possible , and I stay under the water for a few seconds .
27 En route we fried and ate the well tenderised cod — this was filmed with plenty of zizzle track — and I drank to the loss of another illusion in the Scotch that will never be seen in Saudi Arabia .
28 Isaac and I step through the kitchen and into the family room , a large warmly lit area with thick , wheat-coloured carpet , a TV and a couple of overstuffed couches .
29 And I hope over the next few months that the people that 's present today and other people , get more involved in the campaign .
30 So I hope , in my remarks , and I hope in the general tone of the debate , there 's enough to reassure London Region that we need to move forward at a careful pace .
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