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Example sentences of "and i [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ And me buying it from a stall in the flea market only last week . ’
2	Both my husband and I accepted it as a part of our way of life .
3	and I like it for the the sports , like the
4	‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said .
5	‘ I just called to say I 'm happy and I mean it from the bottom of my heart , ’ said Stevie .
6	Everyone sits quietly in the room and the leader draws an imaginary circle with a finger and says ‘ Here I have the wonderful magic circle and I sign it with a dot .
7	‘ The gate 's open , ’ she said , ‘ and I wedged it with a brick . ’
8	And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud .
9	The bucket had a rope attached to its handle and I skimmed it over the stern to haul up a gallon or so of sea-water which I slammed down in front of Rickie .
10	The shepherd says , " I always take the best milk I possess , and I bring it as an offering to God . "
11	Mr Hurd : I listened to my hon. Friend 's particularly interesting speech on that theme on Monday , and I commend it to the House .
12	The Bill is the right Bill for the job and I commend it to the House .
13	The Bill matches the needs of the times , and I commend it to the House .
14	I believe that the timetable that we are proposing offers a sensible and balanced way of achieving all the different objectives , including the legitimate desire of the House to consider the Bill fully , and I commend it to the House .
15	And of course we 've always had closed circuit television at the underground car park in Gloucester Green , and I had it from the words of another Conservative Councillor , Councillor Ann Spokes , that she always uses Gloucester Green car park because it is so safe and so secure .
16	I said 't would not suit you , and I meant it as a compliment .
17	When Stephanie 's mother died we found in the bungalow a watch , it must of been given I would of thought to her father probably for his twenty first and I took it to a jewellers in Elton , well that 's all he does is watches actually apart from jewellery .
18	And I took it to the people up on Royal Parade , who are constantly having burglaries , no , that 's that 's true , they have had several quite chunky burglaries
19	Then she held out her hand to me , and I took it for a second .
20	Yeah I 'd considered buying it and all that , you know it do n't take five minutes you know , and I took it for a test drive
21	The weather was damp and chilly but the sleeping bag felt mighty good and I made it through the first night , sleeping like a log .
22	It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet of flowers .
23	My sleeping bag 's on the floor , and I shove it on the bed quick .
24	I had a flat tape recorder with a directional mic and I stuck it on the table and above me was a speaker through which all this muzak was coming out .
25	I was out at a friend 's house , we were opening a bottle of beer , the top had jammed , and I stuck it in the heel of the door to get the top off , and it exploded , I suppose it was too shaken up with everyone handling it .
26	So I took the envelope off those tickets and I tore that up and wrote down and I stuck it in the water heater that the sitting room fire may be on , please check .
27	Alice wrote it down and I stuck it behind the clock . ’
28	My sister had a baby about three months ago , and I met it for the first time when I went home . ’
29	MY HUSBAND bought me a watch as a birthday present , but it kept losing time and I returned it after the holidays .
30	However , we had in the aircraft a rather antiquated device ( certainly World War I ) of a message bag with a coloured streamer and I put a message in the bag and I dropped it near the control tower .