Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone has said I 'm a well-known gangland figure , and I probably ran into an ambush when I tried to return home . |
| 2 | As Chief Inspector of Accidents it was within my domain to agree or reject the proposal , so Geoffrey Holton telephoned me at my home that Sunday morning and I immediately agreed to the UK being responsible for the investigation . |
| 3 | there must be a reason you know , they , they went well so I 've got sixty of them , they take them with me tonight and they said would there be any cakes available for Saturday and I , I think and I nearly said to erm , well last year you reckon you could n't sell cakes , but anyway I helped her |
| 4 | Cos Rita swears she 's been , I mean I was out with her once and we went in for a coffee and we finished , right , and we 're ready to go and I nearly said to her I hate it after you 've finished and Jackie lights up and then I have to sit there while she has a fag |
| 5 | Then something suddenly occurred to me and I nearly cried with relief . |
| 6 | Lloyd and I just looked at him ( Rule of Life No. 28 : Everybody can be bought . |
| 7 | Then she asked what had happened to Alec , because nobody had told her , and I just looked at a spot about a foot above her head and let Frank do the dirty work . |
| 8 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 9 | It 's just that , well , I was passing Mr Connon 's house and I just looked over the hedge and I saw someone . |
| 10 | ‘ I had them on one night at the South Bank Poly and I just thought to myself , ‘ I ca n't be bothered with this , I really ca n't ’ . |
| 11 | so I tap on the window , had just gone past and I was just about to go in his room , you know , cos he 's standing there and I just tapped on the window come outside Nick had just walked by and Rick and were talking you know it 's not like the dead of night and everything 's quiet |
| 12 | So I got very , very depressed about it all and I just said to the officers , ‘ Put me in my cell and leave me alone . |
| 13 | ‘ I grew up when that kind of modernism was running rampant — it still is — when to be a respectable composer meant that you had to acquire a defiantly difficult style and I just said to myself , ‘ surely there 's another way to do this ? ’ |
| 14 | And I just said to her , ‘ Fine — because do n't forget who paid for the reception ’ . ’ |
| 15 | Right , and I just said to her , we will know the outcome of it wo n't we ? |
| 16 | Ye , yesterday afternoon , as a matter of fact , I walked up to the gate and I come back and I just walked across the lawn and I I felt the sun . |
| 17 | ‘ I just saw the box of cigarettes lying there on the table , and everybody else smoking , and I just knew inside me with absolute certainty that I should smoke , too . |
| 18 | And I just ran through them , you know , it was no problem to me . |
| 19 | And then I forgot about the idea and I just drifted into something else . |
| 20 | and I just got through the traffic lights first thing in the morning and there was two light |
| 21 | Steve was meeting someone in Seville and I just went on my own . |
| 22 | I want at least five and I just wanted to erm establish that with one or two other people who er presently attend the tourism meetings are invited as required , rather than to every meeting . |
| 23 | It was really difficult to keep a straight face , but then Mr Taylor ‘ introduced ’ us and I just forgot about my shyness and launched into my speech . |
| 24 | They just put me up for it and I just happened to be about at the time . |
| 25 | She was going through a traumatic divorce at the time and it was obvious she needed someone to talk to and I just happened to be around . |
| 26 | And I just hid in that yeah . |
| 27 | They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him . |
| 28 | I would n't buy anything unless it had the British Standard kitemark on it to show it was safety approved , and I also went for reputable makes , taking cost into consideration , too , of course . |
| 29 | ‘ I just did a couple of wild things for the videos : I covered myself with a hundred thousand bees for the Flight Of The Bumblebee and I also walked on hot coals ! ’ |
| 30 | And I also thought to myself and I 'm probably going to move a lot further away than Fenn Lane . |