Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] i [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A septic tank has already been installed and I have a quotation — amounting to some thousands of pounds , I 'm afraid — to drill for water . |
| 2 | My gaze dropped and I saw a ring — an iridescent opal , set in a circle of rich , blood-red garnets . |
| 3 | ‘ At 28ft the front window cracked and I had a job getting up again' he writes , the Prime Minister did not approve of such risks by senior officers , but the CCO felt his men expected such leadership . |
| 4 | At that stage it would have been easy to have got carried away and think that the Cup was won but I made a point of saying that " A wise man does n't count his chickens " and we did n't do that . |
| 5 | Paige and I have a lot to catch up on , ’ she dismissed her ‘ friend ’ , who merely shrugged , nodded silently to Paige , and just as silently departed . |
| 6 | I catch up on video tapes of TV shows I 've missed and I read a lot . |
| 7 | His wife answered and I heard a background conversation before she came back to the phone . |
| 8 | I smoked for twenty seven years , and erm I 'm getting on to a year now since I stopped smoking and I feel a lot calmer , I hated being a victim to cigarettes ! |
| 9 | I do n't feel too bad — my legs ache and I got a sort of tight feeling in my tummy , but apart from that I 'm OK . |
| 10 | In those days the final link in the Iceland circle road had not been made and I needed a plane , bound for Fagurhólsmýri , to reach the National park . |
| 11 | Frank tensed but I lifted a finger slightly to shut him up . |
| 12 | There were risks involved because the acid sometimes leaked and I ruined a couple of dresses that way . |
| 13 | At seven it tightens and I feel a tug . |
| 14 | I notice the difference on those occasions when it is raining and I wear a hat . |
| 15 | I have two young children , so my wife Denise does n't work and I have a £50,000 mortgage . |
| 16 | ‘ He did n't like rehearsing and I remember a Salome in Munich where the Jokanaan was very uncertain in his part . |
| 17 | The door opened and I smelled a basement smell and felt cold air all around me . |
| 18 | For example , we meet and I tell a joke ; we both laugh ; you respond with a joke ; we both laugh . |
| 19 | Oh I asked him to go to the insurance company and find out whether I 'm covered with them for having my aerial replaced and I wrote a letter asking if he could be empowered to sign the claim form for me |
| 20 | And erm you know and I had a letter then from Mr , saying that they would consider us for a place , in the flats . |
| 21 | So that 's me got four and I 've got another five to do and I had a telephone call from field controller in Edinburgh last night and I really do think I do n't know how I managed to keep my tongue still . |
| 22 | I know but I want a curl |
| 23 | She waved and I did a U-turn — taxis are ace at that — and headed back to the nightmare in the bathroom . |
| 24 | In the late 1950s this order of dress was even more carefully observed and I saw a detective sergeant ordered home to change from Harris tweed jacket and flannels into ‘ proper clothing ’ . |
| 25 | You would be a material shareholder in Flybynight as presently constituted and I enclose a copy of their accounts for your perusal . |
| 26 | In the result this appeal will be allowed and I order a rehearing before a fresh bench of the family proceedings court . |
| 27 | At first I thought the unlikely had happened and I had a fan out there somewhere . |
| 28 | When I was swimming I went to change and I found a swimming costume . |
| 29 | Yeah we did but I had a feeling we were late last year |
| 30 | I think I think a lot of people agree but I think a lot of people would probably say that . |