Example sentences of "[noun sg] and i went [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tony Visconti : ‘ When David and Angela found the enormous Victorian house , Haddon Hall , in Beckenham , my girlfriend and I went along to see it and we loved it . |
| 2 | One day I was out working the streets , I went with this punter and I went back to his place . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So I got out the car and I went over and I , turned it down , as it were turning down I saw it was n't pouring just out the tap , it was also pouring from the |
| 5 | A call of nature interrupted my pleasure and I went out to the necessary house behind the tavern , nothing more than a hole in the ground enclosed by a shabby wooden palisade and a door which bolted from the inside . |
| 6 | The bar was full , I could see that through the saloon window and I went round to the yard at the rear . |
| 7 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 8 | He retired to his basket in a huff and I went off to the supermarket in a quandary . |
| 9 | Anyway , I had an early lunch and I went out , but of course I 'd forgotten |
| 10 | and it just moved a bit and I went in again , I looked at the window and they moved again |
| 11 | I think the rain and I went on for about three hours . |
| 12 | He was working in his room and I went in to tell him that I was going to spend the night with Miss Bond — I was upset , you understand . |
| 13 | We played late on the first day and I went round in the morning spotting the pin positions , trying to get a feel for the course so I could give the right information to Nick . |
| 14 | She took them in during the day and I went off to Bartle 's — that 's the engineering factory in Brick Lane . |
| 15 | My wife and I went up to the pay booth . |
| 16 | We examined the corpse and I went up on to the parapet . ’ |
| 17 | So I had to serve a week 's notice and I went down this er what 's the name of it ? |
| 18 | It was early morning and I went down to answer a bang on the front door of Dad 's house . |
| 19 | We halted the camels when we drew near and Omar and the Adoimara headman and I went over . |
| 20 | Davey and I went off to our rooms . |
| 21 | And when I er went to go on me own er I still wanted to keep in the union and I went down the Locksmiths ' union , which was in the market place , and they said they er we could n't , we could n't have you in the union if you go on your own erm there 's another denomination or something , was something that you 'd have to join or something like that and be on your own . |
| 22 | The farmer and I went over and gazed down at a circular black object about half an inch across floating on the surface of the milk . |
| 23 | one step to another and the hospital , the hospital and I went up to Maidenhead hospital and they said do n't stretch , do n't bend , do n't lift , do n't carry and I said thank you I 've got a school girl , a toddler and a new baby , and I did n't bother to go back any more |
| 24 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 25 | I 'd bought two bottles of cider and I went down my friend 's house and I had two neat vodkas and two vodka-and-limes and I got drunk . |
| 26 | Dad and I went in and Mr Vulcan explained that he wished to give me the harmonium and that there was a clean bed upstairs if we wanted it . |
| 27 | And there was a lot of space between the hut and the door and the wind took me and flung me right up against the tank and I went down to the ground and crawled on me hands and knees . |
| 28 | Then my mother and I went out to make ourselves feel better and spent lots of money . |