Example sentences of "and [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did not want to lower my standards and lose the special relationship I had with the fans . |
| 2 | Since the conversation was outpacing my efforts to note the salient points , I gave up trying and used the little tape-recorder I had brought with me . |
| 3 | ‘ The more expertise you have available the better , and I 'm just going to try and do the best job I can . |
| 4 | I had been planning to go to the Nurburgring for testing the day after the race , but I was told to return to the factory and stop the new car I was building . |
| 5 | I repeated my fruitless exercise at the end of October , and again at the end of November , when I finally relented and paid the cheapest price I could get . |
| 6 | Had you been living in Oxford and asking the same question I think well then it 's erm you know , it 's obviously a very valid question . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , at first I was lonely and missed the free-and-easy atmosphere I had left behind , until I began to get to know people . |
| 8 | I 'd come round the next lap and see the black line I 'd just laid . |