Example sentences of "i [conj] i [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I would rather not fiddle around with other , I 'd rather have not done tha well , no I wanted to do language when I when I put my options down , but now , |
| 2 | This was certainly the case with Mrs S. , the mother of one of my teenage informants , born in rural Jamaica about 1930 , who moved to London about 1960 : I 've never work — I 've never really work when I was back in de West Indies my husband work , I worked when I came over here and I [ took a long time ] to get a job — because I could remember work at de Post Office and I when I pronounce my words you know too [ soft ] dey say dey do n't hunderstand — according to dem dey do n't hunderstand me , my haccent maybe it 's my haccent or what dey don " understan " it or ting an " I feel like I 'm speakin " the same English like over here . |
| 3 | Then Holmes checked with me that I had my gun , an army revolver . |
| 4 | That poem reminds me that I did my best , did my duty if you like . ’ |
| 5 | He puts his free arm around me and I hide my face in his chest . |
| 6 | Malcolm raised his eyebrows at me and I shrugged my shoulders . |
| 7 | I watch this played out before me and I keep my own mouth shut . |
| 8 | But after a bit my curiosity got the better of me and I spread my fingers slowly to peep through . |
| 9 | He sat next to me and I wrinkled my nose at the sweaty odour emanating from the long , black , food-stained gown he wore . |
| 10 | When I slumped on to the sofa George acrobated his way to me and I stroked my face against the armour of his feathers , nosed into the softness beneath . |
| 11 | Then I realized most of the visitors and all the residents were watching me and I turned my head from side to side to see why I was getting that uncomfortable my-flies-must-be-open feeling . |
| 12 | Nat turned and shouted this garbled message to me and I hooked my dogs to a tree and went forward to talk to him . |
| 13 | He put his arm round me and I closed my eyes . |
| 14 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 15 | And it does n't bother me cos I put their , them first . |
| 16 | I am afraid that she had no success with me but I remember our chanting of ‘ Rowned and rowned — up and dowwnn — rowned and rowned . ’ |
| 17 | Vinoba in his pilgrimages around India asking for land to be distributed to the poor said , ‘ I myself went one day to the temple of Deogar , but the priests beat me because I brought my brothers , the pariahs ( outcastes ) there . |
| 18 | Nothing but disaster has attended me since I left your side . |
| 19 | ‘ Wilhelm wo n't speak to me since I chucked his Filofax in the jacuzzi . |
| 20 | Will you wait for me while I iron my clothes ? |
| 21 | Excuse me while I find our papers . |
| 22 | I was distracted with grief this time , torn by guilt , and Eric had to look after me while I acted my part to perfection , though I say it myself . |
| 23 | ‘ Then forgive me while I discharge my serpentine ! ’ he said while towelling vigorously . |
| 24 | ‘ I climbed upon the science train because it was the only door that swung open for me after I got my degree . |
| 25 | Fenella was half way down the stairs to meet me before I had my key out of the front door . |
| 26 | ‘ You 'd better leave me before I lose my temper with you , girl , and say something I 'll be sorry for . ’ |
| 27 | If if we pursued there erm tell me whether I get my arithmetic wrong , er we assume at most three hundred a year from conversions . |
| 28 | The woods crowd in on me as I make my way along the ancient track . |
| 29 | Dis poetry goes wid me as I pedal me bike |
| 30 | The boredom , the sheer yuk of it swept over me as I pushed my way out of the sick smell of the phone box . |