Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ISAAC AND I STAY at the farm for two more days . |
| 32 | When I go , I hold my breath and completely immerse myself under the water , trying to keep as relaxed as possible , and I stay under the water for a few seconds . |
| 33 | En route we fried and ate the well tenderised cod — this was filmed with plenty of zizzle track — and I drank to the loss of another illusion in the Scotch that will never be seen in Saudi Arabia . |
| 34 | Then it began to rain hard and I sheltered for a long time in a barn , but I could n't stay there all night so I just walked and got thoroughly soaked . |
| 35 | Isaac and I step through the kitchen and into the family room , a large warmly lit area with thick , wheat-coloured carpet , a TV and a couple of overstuffed couches . |
| 36 | And I hope over the next few months that the people that 's present today and other people , get more involved in the campaign . |
| 37 | So I hope , in my remarks , and I hope in the general tone of the debate , there 's enough to reassure London Region that we need to move forward at a careful pace . |
| 38 | Mr Deputy Speaker I I 'm grateful to the honourable gentleman for posing the central question and I hope in the course of my remarks I will satisfy the house , if not all Labour members , that the settlement proposals are at is all to the good and delivered by councils throughout Wales and that they offer enough money er to avoid sacking essential staff , certainly the offer enough money to avoid sacking any teacher who is needed in the classroom . |
| 39 | And I remember at the time , I was chasing you over a most ridiculous national press story that Emlyn did n't like the idea of you a pop singer appearing in one of his classics . |
| 40 | When I came back , I went to the children 's room , to see if they needed me , and I listened for a moment at their door . |
| 41 | I can not account for its striking me more now than any other day , but it was as if new to me ; and I listened to every sentence he spoke as if to a musical composition . ’ |
| 42 | Neither therapy was enjoyed and I listened to the catalogue of side effects like a reporter who had just pierced the darkest Amazonian forest and was observing a new race for the first time . |
| 43 | Later I descended with the songs of the skylarks still in my ears and I listened to the grumbling of the men in the mist of the grey streets . |
| 44 | His bedroom door was n't shut and I listened to the stillness inside . |
| 45 | I have many memories of Eton : services in College Chapel , especially in winter when the lights were lit and I listened to the massed singing of a favourite hymn ; the Headmaster , Dr Alington , an Olympian figure in scarlet gown , taking " absence " on the chapel steps ; the Fourth of June , a festival peculiar to Eton , and fireworks bursting over the river ; the Field Game on winter afternoons while mist crept across the grounds ; the lamps in the High Street and crowds of boys hurrying back to their houses before " lock-up " . |
| 46 | The photographer had long since gone , but Kevin Seymour and I pored over the yacht 's considerable folio of charts while we discussed in detail the cruises that have been sketched in so lightly in the previous paragraphs . |
| 47 | Making our way through the crowds — great busloads of excited if baffled-looking Rajasthani villagers — Dr Jaffery and I passed over the moat and through the outer gate , part of the indecorous additional defences erected outside Shah Jehan 's fort by Aurangzeb . |
| 48 | Dr Jaffery and I passed by a cluster of black-chadored ladies spooning ice cream under their veils . |
| 49 | One day I had to go to the clinic and I lied about the time of the appointment so I could skip a suit inspection , so I had an hour to waste . |
| 50 | And I respond in the same way . |
| 51 | ‘ The phone went at 3am and I rushed to the hospital . |
| 52 | Mala and I stared at the enlarging disc that appeared on other screens after Posi revolved the ship to bring the lateral ceptors to bear . |
| 53 | He and I got into a bit of a squabble . |
| 54 | ‘ Connors and I got to the hotel just as your boys were leaving , ’ I continued . |
| 55 | ‘ Fortunately the traffic cleared and I got to the studio to start my show with two minutes to go . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ Well , I did get a bit depressed at times … and I got through a few pairs of shoes . ’ |
| 57 | So we managed to get the lorry out and I got on the ‘ phone to Bristol University . |
| 58 | The Sheikha and I got in the back while the Sheikh took the wheel . |
| 59 | And so I had to sort of go round the room and say I 'm Tony and this is , and go all round , and I got round the room . |
| 60 | There was a problem with gilt funds about three years ago , and T S B ran up against the problem of falling gilt yields and trying to maintain the , the flow to the investor , which they did , but th they failed to tell the investor that they were having to erm sell gilts and er trade under market value , so in fact you reduce the fund , but there are halfway stages , and I mean at the moment I can get round about eight percent , plus on , on erm er offshore funds . |