Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked quickly and walked off with her glass before she could reply . |
| 2 | I doubled back and picked a spot to vault the fence , using a post as a grip . |
| 3 | I gazed around and noticed how white and drawn everyone was . |
| 4 | And then the whitewater caught me so I proned out and hung on — I was eaten up then I was spat out and then I was eaten up again and spat out again and the beach was right there , so I threw the board away and just rolled and rolled and tumbled , and I ended up in the river on the far side of the berm . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I think you gave me one too , ’ I said , then , very gingerly , I straightened up and twisted round to see that Murder Cay was far behind us and well out of machine-gun range . |
| 6 | I put my stethoscope on her heart and listened to the increasingly faint , rapid beat then I straightened up and sat on the rug looking sightlessly into the fireplace , feeling the warmth of the flames on my face . |
| 7 | Every day I lay there and repeated an exercise of counting how many branches on the tree outside I could make out . |
| 8 | Then he turned away and went to sleep and I lay there and wept , feeling an absolute failure ’ . |
| 9 | Then when I get the sign from the studio manager I wind up and say , ‘ Well , then , the conclusions we seem to have reached tonight are blah blah blah . ’ |
| 10 | I sought out and consulted separately with three of the sleeping-car attendants in the racegoers ' sleeping cars who frowned in turn and said that first , the sort of jacket I was describing was worn by thousands , and second , everyone tended to look gaunt outside in the cold air . |
| 11 | I kneel down and drink from the renewing , strengthening , sacred spring . |
| 12 | So I sit here and wait ? |
| 13 | Whilst I sit here and admire your expertise and |
| 14 | If I sit here , she thought , my hand guarding the pulse , if I sit here and do not move , I shall not die . |
| 15 | I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available . |
| 16 | I sit up and stretch . |
| 17 | I sit up and examine the room . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I certainly find that if I sit down and play blues for forty-five minutes or an hour , it 's hard to get back into the rock feel . |
| 19 | the people , because you know normally if a student comes to see me , I sit down and have an hour and half 's discussion |
| 20 | ‘ I sit down and say to myself , how can I convert a mileage reading of one hundred and fifty thousand into only ten thousand without taking the speedometer to pieces ? |
| 21 | Do you mind if I sit down and drink my tea ? start tea . |
| 22 | If I sit down and talk to I 've said this and I 'll say it I 've said it ad nauseam . |
| 23 | There 's a wooden bench by the side of the path , so I sit down and stretch my legs out . |
| 24 | The remaining 10 per cent , I sit back and let John manipulate me . |
| 25 | I sit back and feel good about the things which went right . |
| 26 | The kind of songs I sit there and enjoy singing are like ‘ Eternal Flame ’ , songs that have rich melodies . ’ |
| 27 | So I have to I I sit there the week before I get the you know before I get the money , I sit there and work it all out . |
| 28 | A couple of lousy articles a month , stuff I make up and toss off and get no feeling from doing , just a feeling of disgust because it seems to be all I 'm fit for ! " |
| 29 | I checked carefully and did n't find one . |
| 30 | I got up and pawed at his trousers . |