Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karen came and asked me I says alright . |
| 2 | The whole world fell away beneath us as we soared upwards , and leaning back and enjoying it I watched the little valley unfold along its twisting length until I could see away into the main Dale with the great hills billowing round and white into the dark clouds . |
| 3 | Even if I wanted to try and screw them I 'd be stupid : it would lose me clients and money both . |
| 4 | ‘ Would it be enough , ’ he continued , his voice husky with emotion , ‘ if I stood beside you , before the whole world , and took your hand in mine and promised you I would be there , in sickness and in health ? |
| 5 | That 's my only gripe here and to counter it I have to give the Teardrop 's tremolo system top marks for simplicity and ease of use . |
| 6 | And cut her I did . |
| 7 | Everyone in the whole marine department just threw up their hands in horror and told me I was crazy , I did n't know the first thing about ships , the whole marine fleet would fall apart . |
| 8 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 9 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 10 | ‘ But the boss used to give me some right stick and told me I was no good to him lying in bed or on the treatment table . |
| 11 | One day the screw came up and told me I had a visit down in the solicitor 's ; I went down and this man presented himself as a court welfare officer . |
| 12 | One night he drank a lot of whisky and told me I was gone off . |
| 13 | I was interviewed by the Sudan Agent in London who gave me lunch at his club , and told me I would be called before a selection board when I came down from Oxford . |
| 14 | His friend held my other hand and told me I 'd been brave . |
| 15 | Martin came in and told me I was supposed to be upstairs , Steve was has gone into where I was so |
| 16 | With a firm grip on my hand , she pulled me away from a display of hi-tech gadgets and told me I was not going to be a millionairess . |
| 17 | ‘ After Nicholl was sacked Ian Branfoot took over and told me I had no future under him . ’ |
| 18 | Has anyone rung up and told me I 've won a million pounds ? |
| 19 | Phoned Moira and told her I wanted it out as soon as possible ; if she would n't have it I would find someone who would . |
| 20 | I waited until a break came in the pain , and then pinned a healthy smile on my face and told her I felt perfectly well . |
| 21 | The next day I saw Lily and told her I was going to volunteer . |
| 22 | Finally I went to the Principal of the college , a sympathetic dame whose ear I have for any amount of services rendered , and told her I had decided that term must end slightly earlier for me than the others . |
| 23 | Rang up Doreen and told her I can not come after all . |
| 24 | I gave Fenella a handful of loose change for cups of tea and told her I was just popping out to ‘ see to Armstrong ’ and I 'd be back in an hour . |
| 25 | I looked at her with affection and Tremayne patted my shoulder and told them I would be staying on as arranged to write his book . |
| 26 | ‘ They were n't stopping , so I just took the mood down and told them I never knew any of them back in the days of groups like Dynamic 3 . |
| 27 | I looked at loads and told them I did n't like any and I wanted to wear just black . |
| 28 | Then I phoned up the police — I phoned them up two or three times — and told them I 'd done it , but they would n't believe me . |
| 29 | I rang the School of Tropical Medicine in London and told them I 'd picked up a botfly , and they said ‘ very exciting ’ and quoted me some home cures : ‘ Keep a raw steak over the hole for a couple of hours and the larva will burrow to the surface to breathe and then you can take the steak away … ‘ |
| 30 | I could have held him tight and told him I was proud of him and that I loved him just for being there , but he would have struggled free . |