Example sentences of "and i [vb past] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I did stand in for one of your girls at Jenkinsons last week — and I sold the suit I showed . ’ |
| 2 | At that point , both Tom and I accepted the magnitude of the problem . |
| 3 | Then , my curiosity and the challenge took over and I accepted the job . ’ |
| 4 | I said , ‘ It 's a th-th-th- ’ and I whipped the 3-iron out of the bag . |
| 5 | Yes , it was nice to be warned , and I passed the rope round the animal 's body in front of the udder and pulled it tight In a slip knot . |
| 6 | I did and I passed the exam ( which seemed very important at the time , although now I am not so sure ) . |
| 7 | Of course I could n't see either of them , but I could hear them , and I imagined the rifleman peering into the ditch . |
| 8 | Reluctantly , he agreed the exchange had taken place , and I rushed the story to London . |
| 9 | Instinctively , my hand came off the bat and I knocked the ball away . |
| 10 | It 's a very simple rhythm , but he had written the whole thing shifted over and I got the manuscript and I 'm looking at it and going ‘ Man , I know it 's been a while since I read a lot of solo guitar , but this does n't look right ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I thought he was superb , and I got the benefit . ’ |
| 12 | Would you credit and I got the bastard . |
| 13 | So I got the tyre off , and I got the spare on , and put the nuts on , and at the end of it , I gave a bow , and they gave me a round of applause . |
| 14 | So he s , I said to him is it alright , says am I in danger of coasting if I 've got my foot on the if , if I 'm taking the corner in first and I 'm slipping and I got the clutch , I 'm using the engine but I 've , not much |
| 15 | And I got the Engine Room boys in the basement to give me three photocopies of our Romanian friend . ’ |
| 16 | Livingstone , a 34-year-old PE teacher said : ‘ Kevin and I broke away from another four runners around the halfway mark and I got the measure of him with 200 metres remaining he did n't seem to have anything left . |
| 17 | It was five one pound bets that we put on between us , I put two on , my wife put three on , and all mine were place bets , and I got the winner and I got the fourth , and my wife got the second , and the other one of hers lost . |
| 18 | ‘ Dennis had played a seasson for Northants and I got the opportunity to go and see him in Perth , ’ he explained . |
| 19 | We were standing very close , and I got the feeling that if I opened my arms she 'd come inside . |
| 20 | It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through |
| 21 | oh thank you , I do n't think I 'll get that , too much for it and I got the guy I went out to see Lee he came in |
| 22 | And I got the job of going up Then they sent me up knocking th knocking the wagons off . |
| 23 | So they had me as continuity and I got the job and it was a bit of a struggle because I 'd always been traffic , traffic at work but this was a little bit different in that if you had to do more accountancy and I had to pick it up . |
| 24 | . Er and I got the job at the Centre in August . |
| 25 | He was obviously very depressed about something , even disillusioned , and I got the impression that this something was the war . |
| 26 | His eyes kept looking away over one of my shoulders or the other , never meeting my gaze , and I got the impression that like his wife he was constantly waiting for something important to happen , expecting someone to arrive at any moment , as though they both could n't believe what had happened and it was all a dream or a ghastly joke and they were just waiting for Clare to come gangling through the front door , kicking off muddy green wellies and loudly demanding tea . |
| 27 | And I got the book it must have a bus you know ano , another , an extra bus on because he was allowed to get off at the tonight . |
| 28 | Oh and I got the thing . |
| 29 | Ah I did win s it was before , before Tasha and John got married it was er one of these catalogues that came through you see anyway I sent the thing back and I got the catalogue and they wanted some things out and you get twenty five pounds off whatever you ordered , the first order , so quite alright but I did win something out of that draw twenty five P |
| 30 | Mr Temple said O'Shea later made a series of ‘ bizarre ’ comments , including that ‘ after I died on the Cross my soul was sold , I believe , for a lot of money and I served the devil in Hell . |