Example sentences of "[adj] and i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I finished early and I called at the library for you . |
| 2 | The horse was led back to its stable and I walked to the far end of the house , where there was a lawn of coarse-bladed grass , brown with the heat , some exotic-looking flowers in a stony border , and cushioned garden chairs standing bright in the dappled shade of what looked like a cherry tree . |
| 3 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 4 | Stiff Little Fingers was my life when I was younger and I jumped at the idea of being able to do a few gigs without spending months away from home and having to worry about recording a new album as soon as we finished . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The Iraqi leaned to the left and I peered through the crack in the sandbags at the Fattal building , a yellow-painted office block whose window frames had been chewed down to an inch or two by thousands of bullets ; the Christian Phalangist front line . |
| 7 | With the light , it feels colder and I run down the road a bit to warm myself up . |
| 8 | ‘ Enjoyed while they lasted and ended by mutual consent when the time came to move on , usually because both the woman concerned and I knew from the start that it was n't going to be a lifelong affair . ’ |
| 9 | I heard him question the Indian and I reached into the cat for the map which he had left on his seat . |
| 10 | My vision went red and I groped towards the stirrup and stuck to the icy metal . |
| 11 | I find love songs really soppy and sweet and I live in the city and … |