Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] i [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And he gave me that information that there were eighteen crews . |
| 32 | ‘ Oh yes , I suppose so ’ , he said , and he gave me some tablets . |
| 33 | He said , ‘ I 'll get you out tonight , ’ and he gave me some of his stuff — black polo-neck , black pyjamas . |
| 34 | A farmer friend of mine came to look the place over shortly after we bought it and he gave me some useful advice : that , whatever happened , we must enjoy doing the work . |
| 35 | Especially as I went in and he gave me those brochures . |
| 36 | I asked him what his name was and he said , ‘ Tommy Jones ’ or something , and I said , ‘ Who lives next door ? ’ and he gave me another name , and I said , ‘ Oh , no she does n't . |
| 37 | I remembered that German lad at er sat at side and I gave of one my gun buttons and he gave me this postcard . |
| 38 | I once asked Alec Motyer , who was the wise and saintly principal of my theological college , how to hear the guidance of God , and he showed me some verses from Isaiah 50:4 , 5 which he called a deep place of guidance in the Bible : |
| 39 | ‘ We met and he showed me some excellent photos he had taken at the crash site . |
| 40 | I said no .. , so he said er , I 'll show you a quick video he said , and he showed me this video , part in Manchester and part in Peterborough two old girls got these crash helmets on |
| 41 | I was the closet to him , I was within twenty-four hours a day and he called me all the time . |
| 42 | And he give me all the jollop ready ? |
| 43 | I have n't stayed in for about two months , about eight weeks , not one night , and he goes , ‘ I think you should stay in at least one ’ , and I goes , ‘ If you think I 'm staying in then you get lost , because I 'm not staying in this flaming house ’ , and he goes , ‘ You 're staying when I tell you to ’ , and I goes , ‘ I wo n't ’ , and I walked out and came back ten minutes later and said , ‘ I 'm going out , all right ? ’ and he goes , ‘ Okay ’ , and he give me some money to go out and come up here [ to the youth club ] . |
| 44 | . I gi him a twenty pound note and he give me some change . |
| 45 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 46 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
| 47 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 48 | It rolled into a hollow and it took me half an hour to get it one yard back onto the road . |
| 49 | The pamphlet was some forty pages long , and it took me half an hour to read . |