Example sentences of "and [vb base] i [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go and make me a nice cup of tea Mike ? |
| 2 | God speed you , and bring me a hopeful answer — both for England and Wales ! ’ |
| 3 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 4 | I definitely could n't afford that , so I took it back to the Oxford Used Car Centre and erm what happened , the mechanical breakdown service — now this is where I thought they were very good — they reimbursed me all the money that I 'd paid out on those repairs plus they did the repairs and put me a new gearbox in and the car 's running perfectly . |
| 5 | Eva sat down on the edge of the bed and read me The Selfish Giant , dramatizing all the characters and imitating a smug vicar at the sentimental end of the story . |
| 6 | Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’ |
| 7 | I suppose I thought she 'd either be fantastically frosty and sit on one of those little gilt chairs with a fancy gilt mirror behind her , or else be quite fat and red-faced and come in from the stove holding a wooden spoon and give me a huge embrace smelling of garlic and stockpot . |
| 8 | And they 'll have my old one in and give me the extra bread for it . |
| 9 | Go on , God damn it , and give me the right stuff this time around . " |
| 10 | Can you advise me about the pros and cons and tell me the best way to retain their copper finish ? |
| 11 | Who can put their hand up and tell me the next number ? |
| 12 | ‘ Two sharks got into the perspex tunnel and believe me the startled look we got from Sean was not anything to do with his acting ability , ’ said Terence . |
| 13 | ‘ Go and fetch me a dry shirt , then p'raps we 'll get some rest . ’ |
| 14 | At er well this week you sort of look back and say yeah but erm in about ten years time if you come and ask me the same question I would be able be in a better position to give you an answer . |
| 15 | The second paragraph , you you three , the third paragraph , you three , and do me an idiomatic version in five minutes . |