Example sentences of "and i [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think that friendship can be defined by its longevity and Peter McKay and I go back 25 years . |
| 2 | And I grew up respectful of the strength of her inner soul , superior in my school learning but knowing here was something beyond knowledge . |
| 3 | And I remmed out those echo on |
| 4 | The wind and rain beat down on me , and I fell down several times , but finally I arrived at a long , low house , standing rather isolated in the middle of the moor . |
| 5 | Time I and I woke up some friends . ’ |
| 6 | " Mum works the day shift , Dad works the night shift and I fill up all the gaps . |
| 7 | By the time 1972 was out I had found a Vets club in join , the VAC as it was called , and I began to pick up something about the scene — where to find the minor races , who to go to for training advice , the way to use blocks and how to seek out physios for repair purposes — and I took up steady training . |
| 8 | With appointed ‘ judges ’ and a news reporter on the ground at the Flying Field , Dick and I took off one Saturday morning with petrol tank full , and spiralled up into ‘ the great blue yonder ’ . |
| 9 | We built a simple little device which could administer a mild shock to a chick held briefly in my hand — tested on my finger , the shock is no more than a brief tingle , and the chicks seemed scarcely to notice it — ; and I checked out Benowitz' finding . |
| 10 | So we had chosen an exit at random , and I stepped over one of those high door-frames which are presumably intended to stop the sea water from sloshing into the saloon . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sorry to interrupt , ’ they say politely on the phone , and I sit up straighter and always feel guilty . |
| 12 | Our only means of escape is alcohol , and I keep off that pretty much ; but I ca n't say I blame chaps for getting drunk ( apart from the fact that it does n't do you any good ) , for few of them take any interest in books . |
| 13 | I have a notebook near me throughout a session and I jot down any questions I could not answer . |
| 14 | And by the end of the two weeks I was just slapping paint here , there and everywhere and I painted over all the locks and things like that , because I did n't really care too much about it . |
| 15 | I was there this morning , and I went back this afternoon . |
| 16 | And I went down one day . |
| 17 | So I had to serve a week 's notice and I went down this er what 's the name of it ? |
| 18 | I just bi I went outside , I mean , I was gon na go outside five minutes before and not notice anything , and I went out five minutes later and I heard this water running . |
| 19 | er and of course I 've known Walter for years but I do n't know his wife , I 've never met his wife and of course not being able to get out into the street now , I should get out for about two years after I lost my husband and then I got this er awful pain nobody knows unless they have it er this arthritis in my knees , you see , and erm and then I found that it was too much for me to er otherwise I used to walk up to the post box road and I used to count the steps , three hundred and something steps there and three hundred and something back , you see , and to the front door , you see , but I , I ca n't do it now but I have with help and I went out last year with er Mrs and er twice we went to Dulwich which I enjoyed and so did she and the last time we went to and er we had our lunch and we went to see my cousins at West Suffolk and and , and then came home again , you see , and that 's the only time I went out last year and usually I used to go to for a day and I am hoping that if I , I am hoping , well you can only hope , that I might perhaps go so out one Sunday , once , just once in the , you see , because er , th that 's when when you 're old you 've got to keep , you 've got to hope for something |
| 20 | We came on a , I think it was on a Friday or Saturday morning and I had to go back Sunday night , cos I was on duty on the Monday back in Plymouth , and I did a month in Plymouth , er , a month or five weeks no longer , and I came up each weekend to see them , my wife was left there then . |
| 21 | I went in for a tackle with Brian Mooney and I came off worse because I broke my right leg . |
| 22 | We all had to warm up again later and I did n't have the necessary background for that ; when we finally ran , Buster was the winner , Drew second and I came in third . |
| 23 | And I make up this |
| 24 | Yes , and I , and I wiped down one side |
| 25 | We had also determined to acquit ourselves well in the removal of fish from their natural habitat , and Blair and I set out one evening intent upon playing havoc with Ythan sea-trout . |
| 26 | I flit from flower to flower , and I pick up different things from different flowers . ’ |
| 27 | The forecast from Livorno has spoken of increasing winds and I laid out all the chain before we rowed ashore ( feeling curiously British and eccentric using oars among so many outboards ) for the pasta and wine we had been promising ourselves since mid-morning . |
| 28 | I was nearly home and I come over queer . |
| 29 | And then : ‘ I possess a stone head by Modigliani which I would not part with for a hundred pounds even at this crisis : and I routed out this head from a corner sacred to the rubbish of centuries and was called stupid for my pains in taking it away . |
| 30 | Phelps and I picked up one of his colleagues at two o'clock this morning , driving suspiciously slowly down the A614 near Ollerton . |