Example sentences of "and i [verb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made small talk to everyone we knew and I drank rather a lot of gin and ginger ale . |
| 2 | Silver sent Dick to fetch the rum , then Israel said something to the cook in a low voice , and I heard only a word or two . |
| 3 | They 're quite fun and I 've quite a lot of that up , and I 've got another board on , half of it 's and half of it sleep . |
| 4 | " Yes and I know quite a bit about history , geography and Latin . |
| 5 | Oh yes , I like and I know quite a bit about gardening and the names of the |
| 6 | In my dream I was overwhelmed by grief ; it woke me , and I had quite a difficulty in getting the horror out of my system . |
| 7 | Cos , in case there was a mistake and on one side and I , and I had quite a number of things accumulate in that way you know . |
| 8 | Even to someone like myself , who has been envied in politics much more often for my physical stamina than for my brains , it was a severe pace , and I had only a fraction of the work and strain of Anthony . |
| 9 | And I had only a day here before I received the Kha-Khan 's summons . ’ |
| 10 | And I thought perhaps a pull-out supplement in your Sunday Times with photos of your staff , products , showrooms , yachts you 've recently supplied and fitted with equipment . |
| 11 | Cos I did ea , by Monday I felt sick and I eat quite a lot at the weekend which was good , but Tuesday I start at placement and we , although like we talk , we do n't have , like a , conversation we as well and there was n't really anything to record , saying yesterday to record and |
| 12 | He used to make the black and whites and the black coats with a silk stripe ; and I quite thought they were costermongers until I went to help a friend of mine — she kept a public house — and I met quite a lot of them there . |
| 13 | He just asked me what we needed and I said well a table . |
| 14 | After a further period of three months or so , Don Bennett appointed me Group training inspector — and I became virtually a horse thief ! |
| 15 | And I say over a year now difficulty . |
| 16 | ( I am Treasurer of the Scottish Cycling Council ( the Scottish ‘ arm ’ of the CTC ) , and I do quite a bit of cycling for leisure , including much of the Borders Region which is , in many ways , ideal for cycling ) . |
| 17 | And I learn quite a lot myself but it does give me that little bit of a challenge that er I think is helpful in retirement . |
| 18 | They therefore expect the companies they work for to support the providers of those services , in some way , and they want to play their part too , in delivering those services , and I have quite a lot to say about that , later on . |
| 19 | Currently we are reviewing the number of staff needed for Stage 2 , but this will almost certainly be a significantly smaller number , and I anticipate quite a number of the existing A Station staff will want to go on SVS : quite a number have already indicated a wish to do so . |