Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We conducted a two year study to assess the effectiveness of the family smoking education and smoking and me projects in influencing smoking behaviour . |
| 2 | And I thinks to myself well I might as well be going out earning money if they 're not in bed . |
| 3 | And erm we got there and I says to my husband I says , oh , I says er , are you sure that tent 's safe ? |
| 4 | However , about ten o'clock the police car come up into the close and I was up in the workshop and I says to him I says , aye , I says , have you found Charlie ? |
| 5 | I phoned her and I says to her I says , . |
| 6 | And I says to Ray , are n't we using hopper nineteen ? |
| 7 | No no y No nobody 's thought of it until I stood there and watched it and I says to George the operator , I says , Right we 're gon na put a new chiller on here . |
| 8 | I ca n't , our Margaret 's drying it on radiators , and I says to Albert , what me mum doing with the dryer . |
| 9 | then I got sort of er saving because I got paid what redundancy protection and everything , and I says to her oh bugger it I 'm gon na pay that off and then |
| 10 | And I says to him you 're always smiling |
| 11 | And he says erm er , one pound eighty and I says to him what ? |
| 12 | And I come home and I says to him , I 'm not having this no more . |
| 13 | And I says to him , you 're not supposed to use this entrance . |
| 14 | And I says to Steve , I says , I ca n't keep affording this ! |
| 15 | So what I did is I writ thirty plus thirty four , adding up to sixty four and she jumped up and she 's grabbing thing off table and she had hold of the screwdriver and I says to Linda thought she was gon na stab me with screwdriver and she were n't , she were looking for a pencil so she could rub it out , well she could n't and she found this pencil and she scribbled thirty four out . |
| 16 | conked out other day and he thought it were points , he changed points and I says to him have you changed plugs ? |
| 17 | and I says to him that 's one thing you never get at that , that one at Top Shop |
| 18 | And I says to I says erm |
| 19 | I never realised Chris owed me a fiver for me wage and I says to him I had to pay me bill for me food for week and it was like six quid . |
| 20 | And I says to him , have you got a fiver ? |
| 21 | Yeah , travel line , and I says to her I said I 'm looking at this V F M bus timetable I says the five two , one I said it goes down ? |
| 22 | you know and I says like |
| 23 | I went in John 's shop and I goes to John have you seen Maggie ? |
| 24 | And I gets this one out and I 'm reading through it and I looks at the name John , and then I began to take an interest in it and , here I discovered that my grandfather and my great grandfather that 's like my grandfather and my grandmother 's father |
| 25 | And I tears of course , you know , and er the poor old man he was a very small man , Mr , and er he lifted me up and told me never to mind , i could get another shilling . |
| 26 | Scobie — he 's the Lab attendant — and I sees to the working labs but all the heavy cleaning is supposed to be done by the contractors . |
| 27 | where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field . |
| 28 | And you thinks of his mum ! |
| 29 | ‘ Is there a problem ? ’ a voice from behind Angelica says , and she turns in surprise . |
| 30 | Then , years later — and she takes after the tall side of the family — she said , ‘ Now I am creature great , and you are creature small . ’ |