Example sentences of "and [verb] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While you shower and change before I take you out for a meal . ’ |
| 2 | Erm I came to see you a few weeks ago at night you know er It 's just like I 'm just filling up , you know , with mucus and stuff and coughing and I had er no sleep for about a week . |
| 3 | He sent it to several publishers and recommended that I accept an offer from Norton , a fairly up-market American book firm . |
| 4 | The specialist diagnosed an ‘ inflamed pubic bone ’ and recommended that I wear an athletic support for sport . |
| 5 | And she 's asked us to go and stay and I said to John I Would n't stay in that bed again |
| 6 | The executives agreed and asked that I act as the facilitator . |
| 7 | The GP visited again 10 days after his first call and asked that I continue to review the wound regularly and alter the dressings as necessary . |
| 8 | Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ? |
| 9 | There were these two outrageous guys , splashing about , and they just came up and asked if I 'd ever considered doing anything in the advertising world and I said , ‘ No . ’ |
| 10 | Mum and Dad were dozing in their chairs but Dad opened his eyes as I sat down and asked if I 'd enjoyed the picture . |
| 11 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 12 | ‘ Because , three months ago , Heather telephoned me and asked if I 'd taken Clare to the Skein of Geese a couple of weeks before her death . |
| 13 | As we walked towards an ancient Volkswagen she took my arm and rested too heavily upon it and asked if I 'd brought her anything from London . |
| 14 | Several times it 's happened to me that someone has come up to me and asked if I 've ever done a play . |
| 15 | She turned to me and asked if I had spoken to my husband today , was he well , and the children . |
| 16 | In a typically Chinese way , when I was discharged , the doctor who had treated me escorted me to the car , and shook hands and asked if I had any complaints , as he knew the hospital left plenty of room for improvement . |
| 17 | An upper-class homosexual-looking man with white hair and glittering eyes came up to me and asked if I wanted to go to a Black Mass . |
| 18 | When I said she did n't , he rang for his chauffeur and told me he was going to see her and asked if I wanted to go with him . |
| 19 | Eventually I went along to the British Association of Psychotherapists , where I was assessed and asked if I wanted to see a male or a female therapist . |
| 20 | Mandeville still sulked in the hall whilst the old beldames in Southgate 's chamber cackled with laughter and asked if I wanted them to wash me ? |
| 21 | ‘ Only because I could n't work out how you were doing it , ’ I said , and she laughed some more and asked if I wanted to join her friends . |
| 22 | ‘ I could n't understand why the front door would not open and this young fellow appeared and asked if I wanted any help . |
| 23 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |
| 24 | Late one afternoon on my way to the kennels with the dogs ' bowls I passed the lighted kitchen window and stopped because I heard his voice . |
| 25 | They searched my whole flat before they took me , looking for things like Durex , and to see whether I kept any books of accounts , of girls giving me money , all this sort of thing . |
| 26 | I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one . |
| 27 | Just to set the scene and seeing as I have n't been in the plot too much lately . |
| 28 | And seeing as I have n't got an account with them I do n't think they 'll say well you can have some anyway . |
| 29 | Well I believe that the report that er is before us that has been moved erm actually sets out a framework which the social service committee is able to work to and to monitor and I see no point whatsoever in referring this back to social services erm to delay further what is the inevitable . |
| 30 | They just run and hide if I chase them , ’ said Mrs Hamilton . |