Example sentences of "and [vb base] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could anyone ever knock any sense into this thick skull , and make me see what kind of a man I 'm stuck with ? ’ |
| 2 | Whenever I am working with someone I know and trust I ask them for a quick trim . |
| 3 | You pop up out of the blue and expect me to drop everything , just like that . |
| 4 | But I will not be ordered this way and that , she said , I will do the work in my own time , as I choose , for my sister has no right to treat me like a maid , to give orders and expect me to run her errands . |
| 5 | A lot of women write and say I wish I 'd met you 20 years ago . |
| 6 | You see this is the thing that worries me because , you know , when I stand up and say I like what John Dreyfus did and I think his looks very good and I maintain the traditions of the Oxford University Press , I can suddenly feel that I 'm being typecast as being in the English tradition of typography as a revered art and the Morrisonian thing and the whole thing separate from , you know , a culture within a culture and a separate thing . |
| 7 | But you can take it back and say I want my money ? |
| 8 | ‘ But there is nothing intrinsically wrong with Diana 's chart , whereas I can look at Charles 's chart and say I think there is something that prevents him from making the throne . |
| 9 | ‘ Would this request from London have anything to do with the package and report I sent them , which never arrived because it was intercepted right here in this office ? ’ |
| 10 | Jess took a step backwards , muttering under her breath : ‘ God protect me and forgive me sins I did n't meant no wrong … ’ without believing in much except bruises , hunger and Fate which had a nasty way of turning the tables against her , but willing at the same time to try anything once . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's his pleasure , ’ he said , ‘ that figure of mischief over there , to blow any piece of rubbish out of his mouth and challenge me to return it . |
| 12 | I just do n't know what 's going on , all I can do is wait by the phone and hope I hear something |
| 13 | Nicky said : ‘ I suppose I 'll get a lot of enjoyment out of teaching and hope I hope I can pass on some useful advice . ’ |
| 14 | All my days and hope I finish it here . |
| 15 | Let me take hold of that weakness of yours and let me change your water into wine . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What you put into the business , ’ Daisy said , ‘ you should have treated it as a loan and let me pay you back the capital . |
| 17 | Yes it is so because it is nostrum , cut out the nostrum , and let me give my heart to God — and all is ... [ rest of line illegible ] |
| 18 | And let me give you another quote : ‘ I love the vanquished , but I also love the victors . ’ |
| 19 | Come to me and let me give you what you want . ’ |
| 20 | Erm the bonus element of the Pearson scheme is highly leveraged we are very keen to achieve above-average performance for our shareholders and let me give you an example , if in nineteen ninety erm Pearsons as a company achieved say five percent growth in earnings per share erm the directors ' remuneration , and by the way that 's not a forecast so I want to make that absolutely clear , it 's just an illustration if earnings per share increase by five percent and you could say , er , therefore we would expect directors ' remuneration to be perhaps increased by five percent that would n't be the case at all our directors ' salaries would actually halve erm , Ill say that again , directors ' total take home pay would halve because the salary element would n't , would n't alter . |
| 21 | It 's just — I want to go home and tell them to shut up about the exam results and let me do my own thing and leave me alone . |
| 22 | ‘ Go away and let me do my work , or we 'll be running on one staff nurse and half an aspirin . ’ |
| 23 | ’ Then waive your share and let me do it alone , ’ I suggested . |
| 24 | ‘ I want you to come out to Leytonstone with me and let me show you something . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I want you to come with me to Mr Sunil 's house and let me show you what I think happened to Billy Tuckett . ’ |
| 26 | And let me show you what I mean by that . |
| 27 | ‘ In that case you must come over some time and let me show you around . |
| 28 | I ca n't find a bit that Give me the pencil and let me show you . |
| 29 | And let me explain what I meant by that silly passage in my last letter , about expensively dressed girls . |
| 30 | Just relax and let me love you . |