Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That has made their tours very long and everyone needs enormous stamina and commitment .
2 And I go back door here .
3 I , like the honourable member , happen to believe the point he 's made is right , that this should be a high priority , the money is there for local government to do it , I 've explicitly recognised the needs of the disabled in my settlement for next year by increasing it substantially and I hope local government will respond and do the decent thing .
4 I I saw it somewhere and I got lost track of it .
5 And er when it come to the election of a shop steward about in ni nineteen er I think it were nineteen twenty seven , it were nineteen twenty seven er I there were two hundred in our shop and I got elected shop steward , mainly I think because a lot more , most did n't did n't want to be bothered you know but anyway I I and so that 's what I retained .
6 I like my colleagues and I earn good money .
7 On we drove , and I noticed stacked turf everywhere , in wooden shelters and under tarpaulins , usually by the side of a house .
8 But I do n't like it here , and I 've good reason for going .
9 I may be a layman in terms of aero-space , but I know my own country and I know military thinking .
10 And I loathe modern art ’ she began .
11 And I loathe modern art , ’ she said .
12 So my visits to the Ainsworth home were frequent but undemanding , and I had ample opportunity to look out for the little cat which had intrigued me .
13 And I had total confidence in Robin as , very touchingly , he had in me when we climbed on the mountain .
14 The day you went to get Bunny and I had terrible hay fever .
15 I also did a great deal of business with Alfred Gates , director of Ackermann 's , and I had great respect for him .
16 And I had unfinished business with Masha .
17 A very few moments later , Mala and I had firm hold of the contract for the job and were taking our leave of a decidedly miffed Emissary .
18 Liza and I had white satin dresses and shoes with bows on , and Frankie had a suit of small grey and white checked material with a cap to match and a pair of new boots .
19 As for myself — Bob and I have been married for forty-six years , and spent most of our married life on and around Manchester , where he was ( eventually ) Market Research Manager in an engineering firm , and I practised social work when not fully engaged with the 2 children .
20 Accommodation was pretty rough-and-ready but the people were friendly and warm-hearted , and I took endless delight in exploring on foot the wild landscapes of lakes and forest , mountain waterfalls and paths as rich with alpine flowers as a medieval tapestry .
21 Well , the Dean and I took great joy in disabusing that person of that mistaken view .
22 Sasbach was no exception and I made good progress with Pascal 's Pensées .
23 The snow improved as the slope steepened and I made good time up the 100 metres to the ridge top and along to the ‘ summit ’ .
24 There was a charming and I thought authentic baroque quality to the musicians ' solos .
25 And I thought bloody hell .
26 and I thought bloody hell
27 And I thought different type of advertising does n't you know .
28 With meticulous care and wide knowledge of Burmese , acquired through years of membership of a Bible translation committee , he bore the main burden , and I received invaluable experience and training .
29 At that moment we heard the German changing to Port — he was returning there — and I requested immediate descent , adding that we were in a CB .
30 Cos I remember once when they asked me at work to deliver the annual speech you know the man that asked me he says er , you know , they 've gone round everybody else and nobody else would do it and would I do it , and I said good lord , that were my first reaction , and I realized like all the company secretaries lo lord , so I did very well there
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