Example sentences of "and [verb] i [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 2 | In the meantime , I want you all to try and build me a decent-sized castle , right ? ’ |
| 3 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 4 | Go and make me a nice cup of tea Mike ? |
| 5 | God speed you , and bring me a hopeful answer — both for England and Wales ! ’ |
| 6 | Finally , J. got tired of my everlasting complaints , took pity on me and made me a small electric fire . |
| 7 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |
| 8 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 9 | I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence . |
| 10 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 11 | Please accept my application and enrol me into Quality Paperbacks Direct , and send me the five introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 12 | Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 13 | Then Sir Alfred pulled in in his Bentley and promised me a free hand to design a car that worked . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 15 | Thereafter it 's no more than a recurrent talking-point or a way of talking down , with all this I do n't feel I really know you and What 's really going on in there ? and Show me the real you . |
| 16 | She 'd come and give me a hot water bottle . |
| 17 | I definitely could n't afford that , so I took it back to the Oxford Used Car Centre and erm what happened , the mechanical breakdown service — now this is where I thought they were very good — they reimbursed me all the money that I 'd paid out on those repairs plus they did the repairs and put me a new gearbox in and the car 's running perfectly . |
| 18 | He chuckled , produced two cardboard cups , and poured me a generous slug of the whiskey . |
| 19 | Eva sat down on the edge of the bed and read me The Selfish Giant , dramatizing all the characters and imitating a smug vicar at the sentimental end of the story . |
| 20 | She reached between her and Aline and handed me a half-finished bottle of Irn-Bru . |
| 21 | As Taff poured me a good measure of cider and handed me a boiled egg and a chunk of meat I described the situation at No. 4 . |
| 22 | As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate . |
| 23 | George opened the top lid of the tank and showed me a small plank floating on the surface . |
| 24 | I began to feel something sharp coming through the roof of my mouth and went to Mr Grover , who X-rayed me and showed me a pretty picture of that fateful root still there despite the hammer and chisel . |
| 25 | The robot finished its work and showed me a little animal . |
| 26 | Father Devine beckoned and showed me a huge slab of rock . |
| 27 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 28 | ‘ After the match , the chairman came in and showed me the other results and the league placings . |
| 29 | A Corporal had given me a coathanger and a broom and showed me the Foreign Legion 's way of unblocking a difficult lavatory bowl ; it involved unbending the coathanger , jamming it down the U-bend , and working it vigorously backwards and forwards . |
| 30 | On miserable days when both of us were low , he would delve into the depths of a pannier and give me a mini Mars bar or some peanuts . |