Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
| 2 | Mum and I get on a lot better these days . |
| 3 | ‘ Victor and I go back a long way . |
| 4 | Ali and I go back a long way . |
| 5 | Tyler and I go back a few years . |
| 6 | Yes , Nicole and I go back a long way , and yes , you could say that we 're involved on more than just a superficial level . |
| 7 | ‘ Jeffrey and I go back an awful long way , and it makes a lot of sense for him to be published by us on both sides of the Atlantic , ’ Mr Bell commented . |
| 8 | We made small talk to everyone we knew and I drank rather a lot of gin and ginger ale . |
| 9 | Runaways were commonplace , and I remember when a bull , on its way back to Milford Station , thought enough was enough , broke free and terrorised the neighbouring streets for about half-an-hour before recapture . |
| 10 | Above the chasms we stopped and I kicked out a shelf for the camera bags . |
| 11 | I sent off my $5 and I got back a list of occupations : TV repairman , shoe salesman , musician , fireman , axe murderer . |
| 12 | Silver sent Dick to fetch the rum , then Israel said something to the cook in a low voice , and I heard only a word or two . |
| 13 | I 've come home to my dinner and I 've not a lot of time to spare . ’ |
| 14 | They 're quite fun and I 've quite a lot of that up , and I 've got another board on , half of it 's and half of it sleep . |
| 15 | " Yes and I know quite a bit about history , geography and Latin . |
| 16 | Oh yes , I like and I know quite a bit about gardening and the names of the |
| 17 | and I had n't a clue what that was . |
| 18 | And then ( with a curious scrutiny of my face ) , ‘ Mrs Ross and I had quite a long chat the other afternoon . |
| 19 | In my dream I was overwhelmed by grief ; it woke me , and I had quite a difficulty in getting the horror out of my system . |
| 20 | Cos , in case there was a mistake and on one side and I , and I had quite a number of things accumulate in that way you know . |
| 21 | Even to someone like myself , who has been envied in politics much more often for my physical stamina than for my brains , it was a severe pace , and I had only a fraction of the work and strain of Anthony . |
| 22 | And I had only a day here before I received the Kha-Khan 's summons . ’ |
| 23 | It was dark by the time the Loch Seaforth berthed at Stornoway and I had only a brief glimpse of the rugged Lewis coastline . |
| 24 | Down here there is a metre of snow on the windward side of the lavvu , and I fall over a small rucsac that had disappeared . |
| 25 | I got myself a couple of sausages on sticks , a hunk of crusty bread , and another Scotch , and I took over a pint of bitter for Seddon . |
| 26 | And then this , this time I say well I 'm going to take away some money and I took away a negative amount and you 've finished up with more . |
| 27 | Every room in the house contained some form of Bible and I took up a large ancient looking one and opened it as if it had been a door into a cave . |
| 28 | She 's my only daughter and I took out an endowment for her at birth in preparation for this . |
| 29 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
| 30 | And I thought perhaps a pull-out supplement in your Sunday Times with photos of your staff , products , showrooms , yachts you 've recently supplied and fitted with equipment . |