Example sentences of "and i [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I envied them their sexual freedom and their self-assured dignity , and I despised the British vice squads that ran them in and were not above enjoying their charms for a consideration . |
2 | To believe them , Karen and I shanghaied the shrinking Dennis on to a punt by some underhand ruse worthy of a ‘ once-aboard-the-lugger-and-the-maid-is-mine ’ melodrama . |
3 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
4 | ‘ I was daft enough to say his plants looked healthy and I got the Ancient Mariner treatment ; a squirt-by-puff account of how he managed it . |
5 | and I got the midi hi-fi system . |
6 | Old friends from the village were talking quietly among themselves , and I noticed the awful Pumblechook trying to catch my eye , as he drank brandy and swallowed large pieces of cake . |
7 | There was a loud burst of laughter behind me and I heard the Belgian clergyman exclaim : ‘ That is really heretical ! positively heretical ! ’ then laugh loudly himself . |
8 | There was one occasion when I was sitting in the kitchen and I heard the front door close , and then footsteps in the hall . |
9 | But I could see with my inner eye the form of my Lord Krishna , seated before Arjuna in the chariot on the battlefield of Kurukshetra , and I heard the sublime thoughts , and this filled my eyes with tears of joy and love . ' ’ |
10 | The rest of the squad fell to one knee , and I heard the smart click of rifle bolts … |
11 | Shortly after this Marty Stone , our second engineer , and I re-enacted the whole thing for the benefit of two Daily Mirror journalists who were supposed to be writing an article about the work of the Cutter Service , but nothing ever came of this . |
12 | The idea stuck in my mind and I contacted the local NGS organiser , who suggested we open the following year . |
13 | After drinks on the balcony overlooking some of the grass courts where members were playing , we had a delicious luncheon , and I had the great pleasure of sitting next to my charming French host Alain Boucheron . |
14 | I certainly did , and I had the magenta bum-bag to prove it . |
15 | And here we did see , by particular favour , the body of Queen Katherine of Valois ; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands , and I did kiss her mouth , reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queene , and this was my birthday , thirty-six years old , that I did kiss a Queene . ’ |
16 | On a recent visit to New Zealand , my wife and I had the good fortune to meet up with Alf and Muriel Newton . |
17 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
18 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
19 | These birds come from America , so they are difficult to get hold of and I had the added problem that I was looking at the end of the breeding season . |
20 | But you knew exactly where you were with him and I had the utmost respect for his judgement and management of the cutters . |
21 | I put in me bag when I go up the school and I had the little microphone hanging out . |
22 | ‘ By profession I was an opera and oratorio singer , and I sang the bass solos in ‘ The Messiah ’ in the Ulster Hall . ’ |
23 | It was after the first snow and I followed the clanging ploughs up the Dale , bumping along between high white mounds till I reached old Mr Stokill 's gate . |
24 | Folding the sheet containing the poem into what I hoped was the perfect paper 'plane , I waited until Mrs Burton 's back was turned and I launched the message-bearing missile in Belinda 's direction . |
25 | Next day she was elected by a handsome majority , and I believed the Scottish Home Rule movement to be on its way . |
26 | the clue , I I 'm sure if I made a mistakes like that , it 's because it 's , you know , maybe angry and I made the wrong approach . |
27 | If I was a man and I thought the only way to get my jollies was by coughing up for a woman 's veal in a sorrel coulis , I would be suicidal . |
28 | before I realized that all you had to do was put your hand through my letter box , reach up and you could take , open the Yale lock because I 'd been there a year I locked myself out and I thought the only thing I can do is try and get in by putting my hand through . |
29 | I was sitting in the sitting-room about to make a cup of coffee when I heard a huge bang and I thought the whole house was going to cave in . |
30 | However , Mrs Knelle seemed to be driving from house to house to exchange news , and I thought the old Ireland persisted around Lough Corrib as well as might be expected , or better . |