Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 However , I knew at least a couple of players because I 'd caddied for Roger Fidler in the 1977 British Open while I was still an assistant , and I 'd also carried Florentina Melina 's bag .
2 I 'd sent tapes to Radio One and I 'd also spent time devising quizzes that I thought would be better than the ones they were doing .
3 A shadow fell across my sunny table and I looked up to find Kenneth who 'd been on a recce of the hospital , so after a lunch of ribs , skins , wings and blueberry pie , he was able to lead me through the appropriate doors of the vast , multi-entranced building .
4 My grandmother kept scrapbooks about criminals , and I grew up seeing pictures of Leopold and Loeb .
5 Amid the furore over the French deal for Normandin and Auque , Joelle Kauffman and I had both taken part via satellite in The Time , The Place , which discussed whether the British Government was right to say ‘ No deals ’ .
6 And I had already heard footsteps in the hall .
7 By the time we had drunk our third bottle of wine Ellen and I had long reached New Zealand and were already sailing north towards New Caledonia .
8 I remember a very difficult erm problem I had when I erm was ordering some goods from a mail order firm and I kept on getting letters back after replies to mine , from the computer , and these letters were totally unconnected with my letter and I found this very very frustrating .
9 We went in the Gra Grand just done the lounge at the Grand and when we had our first car and I went round to see mother and I said come on , we 'll go up to the , take you up to the Grand and have a drink .
10 that 's not bad and I went round to see Helen to see if she wanted this one for baby Anna but she said this one there is another one in there , erm
11 They asked me if it was my son , I said yes and I went out to tell Elizabeth .
12 The Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow , Lerwick and Sullom Voe were soon as familiar as the south coast and the Solent had become in the past , but familiarity would never make us treat these places with anything but respect and I tried never to take chances .
13 ‘ I 've been getting a lot of flak about fighting in Spain and I did n't want Anne to get any .
14 And I came and , and I did n't think Harlow was for me because I , it was all very built up and lots of roundabouts but the people , the partners were so lovely and er I saw some of the patients and I thought they were very lovely too , so this is where I 've been .
15 And I did n't use ribbon cos it would have worked expensive for her I just used that erm
16 ‘ I received it as I came out this morning and I did n't have time to open it . ’
17 And I did n't have time to pussyfoot around .
18 I wanted to see you again , but I was dashing all over Europe that week , and I did n't have time to chase you in person , so I thought I 'd say it with flowers .
19 And I did n't have time to cook so he went out , cos I broke it last night , well I was alright up to lunchtime .
20 And I did n't hear Jazzie talking , either . ’
21 I tried an abortive term at Durham University Drama Department and that made me realise even more that I wanted the real thing ; by then I had , in any case , worked the AIM stint and I did n't need theory ; I wanted practice .
22 Well if you 've got a cloth er parcel with , with , wrapped in cloth you know everybody knew where you were going and I did n't like people to know I was going to , been to the pawnshop .
23 ‘ I did n't know how else to shake you out of your melancholy — and I did so want Hilary back . ’
24 Well it was through er up and I ended up doing bakers work .
25 And I stopped up to watch snooker and it went on until after twelve
26 and you 'd never done multiplication you 'd find it very hard .
27 You had been playing the piano in public in Salzburg since 1918 , when you were barely ten years old , and you went on to play Mozart piano concertos and Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies in public concerts .
28 " And you did n't tell Andrew ? "
29 I was at Leeds and Newcastle for just a year and you did n't have time to get your boots dirty . ’
30 And you did not know Terry Place was there ? ’
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