Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She smiled at this and said if I wanted a change I could knit up navy blue wool for the Royal Navy , which I did . |
| 2 | Just a simple explanation will do , such as ‘ I 've thought about this and decided that I 'd better shut up and do most of the listening ’ . |
| 3 | I have to be honest and admit that I accepted the invitation to dinner to try to find out once and for all if you were involved with Martin , but that was because I needed to know , needed to prove your innocence , because I was falling in love with you . |
| 4 | I must be honest and say that I do n't think I 'll ever run that fast . |
| 5 | I was so upset and shocked when I came to the hospital and you were gone I could of died . |
| 6 | Low and behold when I got back they were waiting for me you see ? |
| 7 | I was so bruised and exhausted that I did not feel strong enough to walk home , and although I did not want to , I had to spend the night at Wuthering Heights . |
| 8 | I do not at this precise moment , therefore , feel quite as wretched as I did this morning after using the public telephone or as bewildered and terrorized as I did this afternoon while sitting half-frozen on the trembling suspension bridge across the sleazy Thames . |
| 9 | There is no doubt about the high quality of housing stock that has been built by the Housing Executive in Northern Ireland and every time I see it I am envious and wish that I had some of it in Wigan . |
| 10 | WITH nearly 20 years of trouble-free driving behind me , I was relatively confident and assured when I switched on the ignition for my first lesson in advanced driving . |
| 11 | I was also secretly happy and secure because I knew he was out of the fighting . |
| 12 | I was getting hungry and frustrated because I had n't been able to enjoy any of it . |
| 13 | Everything goes as planned and I soon bully him into the landing net , and from there the hook is removed and he is slid into my big , knotless keepnet , where he can lie safe and recover while I try to catch him some company . |
| 14 | I was stiff and shaking and I had my face in my hands , crying unrestrainedly . |
| 15 | ‘ Only because I could n't work out how you were doing it , ’ I said , and she laughed some more and asked if I wanted to join her friends . |
| 16 | Kernaghan , seeking a transfer this summer from relegated Middlesbrough , said : ’ I 'm pleased and relieved because I blamed myself for the goal Albania scored against us in the last match . |
| 17 | But my efforts at poking her rear end were fruitless ; she faced me all the time , wide-mouthed and growling as I circled . |
| 18 | Like he 'd been cut open and died and I put my hand in all among his intestines . ’ |
| 19 | It was n't until he called in at the vicarage and found the vicar shot , stabbed , strangled and poisoned that I gave up completely . |