Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] this " in BNC.
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1 | Morton saw that Leonard and Mrs Cohen were very close , and nothing emphasised this more than her willingness to take them and their friends out for meals , especially to a favourite Greek restaurant where she would be the life of the party , not least in singing , and encouraged by good wine which the restaurateur would ply them with in order to get the mood of the evening going . |
2 | I mentioned just about , and I got this this erm letter from her . |
3 | And I got this big bit then , put it in the freezer |
4 | Anyhow I went out and I got this baby nest shawl thing |
5 | I mean she used to toss , toss me off on the old and there 's , there 's and she used to sit on there used , used to sit on there she used to toss me off and I got this fucking as she 's tossing me off she did this love bite . |
6 | Yeah and we wound , re-wound the tape and er looked for the number and it 's the same number , I 've done it three times and I got this other bloke and I went right through it once and it says |
7 | So it was a breakthrough and I noticed this change in sixty eight and realized that it would be possible to do small-scale removals . |
8 | It is eight months ago that Central Television and I raised this case . |
9 | Accordingly I went ahead and circulated all potential volunteers with a call for the weekends of June 12-13 and June 19-20 , which at the time was two months away and I assumed this would allow enough time for SNH approval to come through . |
10 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Du n no , had to me Theresa were n't ready , did n't expect until eight o'clock , I thought yeah I 've got ten minutes , sitting in my bedroom drinking a cup of tea and I heard this bing |
13 | I lay there and I heard this zip go z-z-zip up , god someone 's coming in tent , tried to get in bed with us . |
14 | Woke up one night and I heard this voice er ca n't remember what you said now no hey ! |
15 | And I was like joining the traffic trying to do my coat up and I heard this , Cathy ! |
16 | after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ? |
17 | And I cooked this superb lunch . |
18 | Peggy Emerson and I tested this association . |
19 | On reflection , my brothers and I had this in common — attraction to the opposite sex . |
20 | And I had this strange image of myself and Frankie Vaughan sitting in her front room , spinning a coin to see who went first . |
21 | God , yesterday I looked at Oliver and I had this strange thought . |
22 | Then one day — I 'll always remember — I was staying at a friend 's house and I was sweeping this carpet and I had this vision . |
23 | you see I 've got one in the front room and I had this one put in so then I say if I am in the kitchen , I say , I lift up the receiver , hello , and hear who it is and then I , I say hang on while I get round the chair and then you see I sit on the arm of this chair and talk because er it 's difficult to stand too long |
24 | From there and I had this telescope . |
25 | Well when you say cake , do n't get the wrong ideas , erm my idea of a cake , the vision that I had of a , a three tier cake , came to me as I was striding home from a meeting across The Downs and I had this vision of a three tier cake . |
26 | They were only gon na ring us if there was anything wrong and I had this horrible feeling at that point that that was the vet ringing up to say things had gone wrong . |
27 | that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service |
28 | Well I was out there watering at time scares was on and I had this letter and planes did come over and I laid me ho hosepipe down , I mean you know so he would n't be able |
29 | Well I did , I took it , I took it out and said , alright when I went and enquired , I said well I would normally have a cheque book now cos I 'm not always in the bank , and I had this slip to say I do n't need one will come automatically he said oh yes , but that breaking down is hopeless , then I should fill it in now and I 'll take it . |
30 | Ah um I , I had spaghetti bolognaise and er I ha , and I had this cheese thing last night . |