Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They told me I had such a heavy infestation , all the little worms hooked on to my gut and sucking my blood , side by side , looked like velvet , and I 'd got tremendous scarring of the gut . |
| 2 | My manager has given me permission for me to use the shop foyer for a whole day and I hope to get local radio and local papers to advertise the sale for me . |
| 3 | As I said I 'll be talking about this in the next couple of weeks in the lectures and I hope to cover various things we did n't have time to touch on . |
| 4 | ‘ Indeed and I 've heard great accounts of them , ’ Father Devlin said . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , yes , I think so , and I 've seen other people not confident , go out there and play like it , and not get any runs . ’ |
| 6 | Thin plastic tape is also obtainable for this purpose , and I 've seen narrow strips of cling film used very successfully ! |
| 7 | My second favourite place at the zoo was the Reptile House , and I 've had various sorts of reptiles as pets . |
| 8 | " Your rooms are aired and I 've had hot-water bottles in your beds these last three nights , " Lizzie said . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been thrilled by the response , ’ he says , ‘ and I 've had delightful letters — one from a woman saying what ever else I do , I will have the undying respect and affection of 52 per cent of the population . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've been getting on very well here and I 've had glowing reports from Mrs Martin about your work , but if you feel it your duty to go home I understand . |
| 11 | Yeah it 's clean and I 've got dirty fingers . |
| 12 | ( Eg I got 2 pounds of a cop ticket for wimbledon — meaning I can see a match for 5.50 ) It only takes me going to 5 matches like this and I 've got good value for my initial investment . |
| 13 | I did at one time I know I never I do n't I never touch a thing there and I thought and he would you mind opening your carrier and I 've got sanitary towels in there |
| 14 | because er well I er I , as I and I 've got young neighbours who I very seldom see because they are out at work er therefore I am quiet and that 's how I like to be |
| 15 | I 'm young , and I 've got fresh ideas and strong opinions . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , I 'm short and I 've got stocky legs and a big backside — I 'm very close to the ground ! ’ he answers in typical self-effacing style . |
| 17 | Jonty Rhodes in the field : ‘ I 'm short and I 've got stocky legs and a big backside — I 'm very close to the ground . ’ |
| 18 | It is a sound which can be imitated fairly easily and I 've brought irate stags near by issuing an apparent challenge . |
| 19 | It got quite bad after a while and I had to hold hot towels underneath him to get the blood moving . |
| 20 | My grades were excellent and I had had hands-on work experience with marketing agencies in the West End . |
| 21 | His comment had caught me in mid-swallow and I managed to spray little bits of scone onto the coffee table . |
| 22 | I use Porter paints on my own house and I try to convince other people to buy them . ’ |
| 23 | I killed a few rabbits the other day and I keep getting weird phone calls from Eric , but that 's about all . |
| 24 | As well as keeping to the forefront our themes of quality and cost , this means coming forward with ideas on how things can be improved and I intend to introduce new initiatives during the coming year to help us focus on this . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's a world market of over £100 million a year in clean technology and I want to see British industry winning a much larger share of it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I realise that I come into the picture as a relative , and I do feel natural interest and concern for my great-uncle . |
| 27 | And I do prefer slow cooking methods . |
| 28 | I declare a bias immediately ; I am a practitioner , and I do have large grants in this field . |
| 29 | Dr Douglas Bennett , a psychiatrist renowned for his commitment to rehabilitation services , remarked that ‘ dust will settle ’ in facilities for continuing care unless there is constant vigilance to maintain standards , and I have seen residential homes , established on the surest clinical foundations with excellent staff , deteriorate within a couple of years to become merely average . |
| 30 | You know the thing is I feel that when I was tried to get the theatre board and I have contacted various people on the board I have never been listened to . |