Example sentences of "and [verb] [noun] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This section is personal to me and contains titles I want to recommend , but in October I am forced to put into it a book I absolutely detest . |
| 2 | Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case . |
| 3 | ‘ I just sat and told Lindy I loved her . |
| 4 | It … it was full of beer and it flowed over the ribbons and spoilt a hat and the mistress of the room was very angry and told Mama I had n't to be brought back again , so Mama left . ’ |
| 5 | And the daughter comes home from school one day , and says mum I wan na be like you . |
| 6 | When I stick my head round the door and tell Rachel I have to go out again , she sits down on the bed without a word . |
| 7 | Later in this paper I intend to outline the curriculum and teaching strategies I hope will be retained within the national curriculum . |
| 8 | When we take breaks — when I 'm at home or on vacation — my chops go down drastically because I 'm enjoying my free time and doing things I do n't usually have time to do . |
| 9 | ‘ Look , ’ I said , turning sharply on her and utilizing advice I 'd been given by Charlie about the treatment of women : Keep 'em keen , treat 'em mean . |
| 10 | Of the letters I wrote to Eliot and kept copies I reproduce one , which might perhaps have some more permanent interest than the ephemera . |
| 11 | No he 'd love that though cos he could come round and go shit I 've just come out of rehab and everyone would go oh wow man you must be really drugged out . |
| 12 | For a start , I will travel and go places I 've not seen , and return to places I 've been to but not really seen because of the tennis . |
| 13 | I 'm a very volatile person and said things I regretted later … |
| 14 | Changes channel and does volume I think |
| 15 | Dennis would never let me forget what he had done for me , and come September I had nothing to look forward to except another year of slavery on Clive 's treadmill . |
| 16 | Both the print and slide films I used of landscapes turned out well , although my surfing shots did n't have the same richness of colours . |
| 17 | Mrs Taylor and her ilk talk utter tripe and thank goodness I have the freedom to say so . |
| 18 | Gascoigne admitted : ‘ It was so intense , it was like a matter of life or death , and thank God I 've come out of it alive . |
| 19 | I had to make a life for myself … and thank God I did , even if Douglas appropriated all the things I left behind … pictures , papers and clothes … |
| 20 | er present work , and so I mean , you , you , could say we 'll take it , er two or three hundred complaints from London , and buy time I suppose , erm to see if if if er work up here had picked up or natural wastage went or what ever , erm , if it did n't go up then , I mean in the long term , erm one could n't envisage keeping on with more staff than what 's thought to be a fairly generously assessed formula anyway , says we need . |
| 21 | Children die before parents unfortunately and have wills I let everything to my mother , Mother I leave everything to my son . |
| 22 | It is a harmless pastime , and to supplement reading I send for mounds of travel brochures to help feed my fantasies . |
| 23 | Gold , scarlet and blazing flame I had seen before , but never like this , washing over the low clouds from below , and backed by the most delicate and limpid green which faded to primrose and then into the shadowy greys of the upper sky . |
| 24 | so I said if you go up and see Pat I said I 'm sure Pat will say well you know why do n't you use the kitchen and come and live in |
| 25 | They 're playing down at Marlow and skippering Bicester I hope will be Simon Greater , welcome Simon . |