Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] i [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Or perhaps I mean a hurricane . |
| 2 | Or perhaps I made a mistake : you can see which I 'd rather believe . |
| 3 | or perhaps I make a rissole sometimes , but not put any onion |
| 4 | When I wh went to Yorkshire , in , we lived at Leeds , I could n't get a job and eventually I got a job er in a electrical firm . |
| 5 | But my hunch proved right , I came across a few likely looking names and phone numbers and eventually I found a breeder in Bow , East London , who had several barn owls , all brothers and sisters , who would be the perfect training age for me . |
| 6 | And eventually I found a job er as assistant to the er clerking to the rating officer , who had also been a member of t , who was a member of the chapel , and er knew I was looking for a job and er , I had n't written to him cos I did n't know this one was coming up . |
| 7 | But then I got promoted at work and suddenly I had a salary to borrow against . |
| 8 | He did all the right things and so I had a way out . |
| 9 | And so I became a she-wolf myself , and rescued them and suckled them . |
| 10 | And so I became a beneficiary again of the orifice revolution . |
| 11 | Today is an Edinburgh holiday and so I have a day off — a good opportunity to catch up with various things , and the plumber is arriving shortly to re-seal my bath . |
| 12 | And perhaps I know a short-cut or two to Frizingley Hall , which ought not to surprise you |
| 13 | An den I got a Dread degree |
| 14 | An den I see a fight . |
| 15 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 16 | and it being full of , of animals , most of them nasty animals , that would frighten you , like snakes and squirrels , I do n't know why squirrels , and , and like I had a picture in my mind , I ca n't remember whether it was the swimming baths I 'd been to , or whatever , like you know how they , quite often they have little ramps , or maybe they do n't , but the ones I 'd been to had ramps , stairs going up to them or whatever , |
| 17 | All that does , in effect , as you know is i i is reduce the unit price share price , it has no other effect erm a and I think it 's purely cosmetic myself and nowadays I think a share price of around seven hundred P which is , er where the shares are currently hovering , is not e enormously disproportionate but of course we 'll keep it under consideration . |
| 18 | Here , then , we have the most obvious , the most important , opportunity for bridge-building , so obvious and important in fact that , in my view — and here I echo a judgment of Stephen Clark 's which in times past I fiercely denied — an individual 's or organisation 's position on ‘ meat-eating ’ , so-called , should be regarded as the decisive litmus test of their moral credibility . |
| 19 | Where the fields began , a stream led into the River Suck , and here I found a row of tinker caravans . |
| 20 | Yesterday she made the mince pies , and today I cooked a tongue and a small ham and … . ’ |
| 21 | No , not until the until we opened the door , gave that quick check and then I saw a figure or figures in the bed . |
| 22 | And then I know a lot people who now in retirement do not have a bath , because they ca n't be confident enough at getting out of a bath , so they say oh well I manage with a shower . |
| 23 | I settled a few things in the bathroom there and then I had a wash , I 've had a wash and did all the about quarter to eleven . |
| 24 | I was thinking about it yesterday , I suppose — and then I had a dream last night . |
| 25 | So , in the example you 're referring to , I had like a title and then I had a sub-title and further details and another sub- title and further details , and then I had a total line |
| 26 | And then I had a go at him . |
| 27 | I did hairdressing for five years and then I had a job as a manicurist at Claridges . |
| 28 | ‘ We had left it late to try for children , and then I had a miscarriage , ’ says Veronica . |
| 29 | I was a messenger and then I got a job as a shop assistant , later , funnily enough , to be filled by Frank Bruno . |
| 30 | Anyway , we and of course we gets up the line at the and then I got a touch of some sunstroke . |