Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is chilling to go among strangers , ’ he had written a few days earlier , ‘ & I leave a lovely country . ’ |
| 2 | Or I got a garden , I could occupy myself in the garden . |
| 3 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 4 | When my brother or I had a fever , my mother or my grandfather used to come here to find leaves or roots to cure it . |
| 5 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
| 6 | For instance , I bought it from John and John sold it to me , or I received/got a letter from John and John sent me a letter are equally ‘ natural ’ as far as the phraseology of English is concerned ; their ‘ acceptability ’ is , of course , determined by the context in which they occur . |
| 7 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
| 8 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 9 | ‘ You had better make sure , lady , or I send a message direct to Tracy . ’ |
| 10 | 2.00–2.30pm She takes her lunch break : ‘ Usually a banana sandwich , or I nibble a bit of fruit ’ , she says . |
| 11 | You see , I think housework is a waste of time , I do n't do it , or I do a minimum . |
| 12 | Still , Will had driven from his Stockport home for the twin purposes of getting some exercise and talking about his book , and neither he nor I fancied a day in sad cafe ambience doing nothing but the latter . |
| 13 | And neither Simon nor I fancied a stranger moving in with us . |
| 14 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 15 | We visit the charming sheep and I get a chance to wear my wellingtons after all . |
| 16 | I 'm 32 and I get a lot of shit for it . |
| 17 | ‘ They are entertaining and patient creatures and I get a lot of pleasure from them . |
| 18 | He shakes his head and I get a shiver , remembering just that gesture of his , repeated and repeated so that it became like a nervous tic after a while , back in Strathspeld , after Clare 's funeral in ‘ 89 ; a gesture of disbelief , refusal , non-acceptance . |
| 19 | So then they have to fill out all the forms all over again and I get a stern warning against giving false information to police officers ! |
| 20 | Lucker and I get a few beach items together and set off across the dunes towards the shimmering shore . |
| 21 | It 's an apprenticeship and I get a day off each week to go to school . ’ |
| 22 | Kids bring out the natural father in me and I get a crinkly mouth every time I look at an ankle snapper . |
| 23 | Oh , dear , she thought , half an hour late , and I get a persecution complex — of course people were n't staring at her . |
| 24 | I must have knocked it or something and I 'd a couple of shots left and I ought to have shot the swine but I could n't , not while he was sitting there killing himself laughing . |
| 25 | And I 'd a breath of fresh air . |
| 26 | See , Mum and I looked a bit up in my book |
| 27 | Er , and I slided a wee bit . |
| 28 | The offer of a glass of Calvados was politely refused and I accepted a large glass of red wine that really tasted good . |
| 29 | I soaked it in hot water and antiseptic and I drank a little more whisky . |
| 30 | Tony and I dig a platform for the tent , lowering the snow by about seventy centimetres to give us a nice protective wall . |