Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] and i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking ahead , I suppose travel would be nice , if only the opportunity arose and I had the courage to go with it . |
| 2 | Erm I must confess to doubting whether such a pool of talent exists and I share the views er of the Noble Lord , Lord Motterstone who in a very powerful and commonsense speech made this point an and a number of other ones , but I have to say that what I do think exists is the temptation to create posts for friends of the Government , a process of which has been going for far too long and I mem and I wonder if er members on the other side would defend this position as my Noble Friend Lord Allen said earlier , quite sincerely if , say , another party were in power before when such a time arrives it will then be of little avail for them to run around complaining , for they will have sown the seeds of their own dissatisfaction . |
| 3 | Next , I had to run crying through the concrete concourses in dawn rain until my panic slowed and I recognized the city and myself in the matt and muffled streets . |
| 4 | As time went on this picture changed and I gave the cancer cells more cunning characteristics . |
| 5 | Saturday afternoon arrived and I had the house to myself to get ready . |
| 6 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 7 | The recorder stopped and I heard the rustle of paper being turned — the music-stand . |
| 8 | The door opened and I covered the terrible state of my face with hair . |
| 9 | The kettle boiled and I made the drinks and followed him through to set the mugs down on the low table near the fireplace . |
| 10 | Now and then the faint popping of the jet stopped and I restored the dim-blue circle with a match . |
| 11 | Erm and it 's a bit like timekeeping I mean they they 've got their own system now for evaluating how good they are at time keeping and I think the erm the figure they try and hit is about ninety five percent is n't it of trains arriving on time . |
| 12 | Well almost I got the cupboard done and I got the tiles lying by the side of the hob , but they have n't yet been cut to fit erm and glued down but one of these day 's he 'll get around to it . |