Example sentences of "[verb] and i [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My buttocks began to freeze and I was wondering whether to return when I heard the clop of the horse 's hooves and glimpsed Sir John riding vigorously by . |
| 2 | I knew too that that invitation was bound to come and I was dreading it . |
| 3 | Above all , is a fun place to work and I 'm looking forward to the challenges of the future . |
| 4 | Malpass 's eyes had misted and I was talking just to remind him I was there . |
| 5 | At long last it was happening and I was receiving confirmation that the exotic and rare species , The Homosexual , existed somewhere else other than in my imagination . |
| 6 | And I 'll just compare what each of you say and I 'm going to give you some information er researched by . |
| 7 | But it can affect the way the rig interacts and I 'm pointing it out as it relates to all rack systems , not just those based upon a JMP-1 . |
| 8 | 1967 was the year that the Isle of Man Railway reopened and I was feeling very emotional about the whole affair , with good reason , as the idea of the Isle of Man without a railway was quite unthinkable . |
| 9 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 10 | Why ca n't you just say : " There 's a bloke I 've met and I 'm bringing him home for tea on Tuesday . " |
| 11 | He said I pays my poll tax he says and I am paying out of my savings he said now what the heck will I do when my bloody savings is gone . |
| 12 | So this is , what got me a bit suspicious right , well I speaking to her and all and I said , well you know , this is it and , you know she said she knows George is , is meant to be coming up and I said look and I says and I 'm gon na go down onto the floor here , and just as I was to go onto the floor there was a phone call right , and it was Alice . |
| 13 | and he says and I 'm putting in God knows how many hours , he said and we got a drop to fifty pound a day . |
| 14 | The next day came and I was running round the wing like a mad thing , up and down the stairs saying goodbye to everyone , and people were saying , ‘ The bastard , she 's got her parole . ’ |
| 15 | I was , I keep looking and I 'm thinking |
| 16 | I 've given up smoking and I 'm getting enrolled as a soldier . " |
| 17 | IN the middle 80s , snooker was booming and I was doing my best to cash-in on selling it around the world . |
| 18 | Oh I might do and I 'm going up there erm Saturday week . |
| 19 | Denise is going to do bandaging and I 'm going to do bandaging and so are you , so you have these packs and these packs , if you 'd like to take one pack each , I do n't know if there 's a pin in them , you might find a pin in there |
| 20 | My marriage failed and I was doing about one job every six months — I was on the fringe of things . |
| 21 | some corrugated mesh from work when they 've finished building and I 'm going to do around there as well to stop stop him because you know they 've got holes in the fence and he jump |
| 22 | And they put it on back to front and so she keeps on putting her watch on upside down , she goes and I was feeling dead sick and then it realised it was the stupid cow at the shop with |
| 23 | I sit and read and I 'm tightening up like this and I like that to sort of |
| 24 | And he was going and I was going the mother what ? |
| 25 | I 've done this before , and it did n't work and I 'm gon na have to do it again , and Q E D , it is n't gon na work . |
| 26 | Word filters through some of you are not receiving all the material that you would like and I am hoping to rectify this by having an up to date record of what is needed . |
| 27 | Erm what we would like and I 'm taking you at taking your statement er as you made it . |
| 28 | ‘ The man had died and I was getting on with my life . ’ |
| 29 | I did n't think it had ignited and I was walking away from it when all of a sudden I heard all this crackling and banging . |
| 30 | I realized I was sweating and I was breathing hard . |