Example sentences of "[vb pp] and i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll get it sorted and I will do it again ! |
| 2 | But I lied about the afternoon and I was worried when you wanted to keep the betting slips because you probably know that one of the horses won and I would have won quite a lot of money if I 'd stayed in the betting shop . |
| 3 | My Thanks are due , ’ Prince wrote to Jardine on 7 April 1840 , ‘ for your instructions respecting the specimens in spirits , which I have since carefully examined , separated and supplied with fresh spirit ; many of them I regret to add are much decomposed and I fear some may at last prove useless . ’ |
| 4 | I knew you were committed and I was n't going to interrupt . ’ |
| 5 | Last week , an announcement on er further steps on acid rain — six thousand million pounds ; I mean there 's big , big money in there already committed and I 've no doubt that when the need is shown , there 'll be greater money still spent — which will either be taxpayer 's money or customer 's money . |
| 6 | Several details have been omitted and I shall say nothing about the way Venus and the Sun move around their orbits , except that the point O on Venus 's orbit always lies between the Earth ( E ) and the Sun ( S ) , that V moves around O , and O and S move around the Earth . |
| 7 | He whispered something but so close to my ear the sound was distorted and I said , suppressing my voice to no more than a breath because it can be so harsh , ‘ Say it again . |
| 8 | The drainage dyke was probably half way down the 1000 metres I had expected and I have easily , in the past , landed the aircraft inside 400 metres . |
| 9 | ‘ The discourtesy shown to me , down to the last detail … was not expected and I profoundly resent it , ’ he wrote to his brother after a visit to the new Prime Minister at Chequers . |
| 10 | Er a a and with a family row in in it as well you can imagine the work involved was a bit more than initially might have been expected and I got criticized because the bill was bigger than I had first estimated cos I did n't expect there 'd be trouble from the father . |
| 11 | It 's evil and forbidden and I 'm not even thinking about it ! |
| 12 | A septic tank has already been installed and I have a quotation — amounting to some thousands of pounds , I 'm afraid — to drill for water . |
| 13 | However , I shall certainly consider whether her suggestion could be included and I am sure that she is right to suggest the positive rather than the negative . |
| 14 | Simon was supposed to take me for lunch an hour ago , ’ she said , hearing herself rattle on , yet unable to stop , ‘ but he seems to have forgotten and I 'm hungry and — ’ |
| 15 | no , I forgot well see I forgotten and I 'd been down to Boots an all I , aunty Mary had them once , one time and said |
| 16 | Malpass 's eyes had misted and I was talking just to remind him I was there . |
| 17 | It 's terrible but I find I do exactly the same with my children now : they come in from school and everything is dropped and I say ‘ pick them up ’ and I try to stop nagging them because I remember how much I hated it . |
| 18 | As far as I know , er the levels have now dropped and I do n't think there are any further restrictions , as far as I know . |
| 19 | My gaze dropped and I saw a ring — an iridescent opal , set in a circle of rich , blood-red garnets . |
| 20 | Then the temperature dropped and I ca n't get it moving again . ’ |
| 21 | As I climbed , so the cloud lifted and I was soon able to shed my waterproofs . |
| 22 | On the day I hit the big Four-O , the fog suddenly lifted and I celebrated non-stop . |
| 23 | It is these conclusions and that reasoning which Mr. McGregor has attacked and I must reconsider them . |
| 24 | My attackers had scattered and I assumed that a teacher was approaching along the corridor . |
| 25 | If I am not completely satisfied , I will return my three books within 10 days , my membership will be cancelled and I will owe nothing . |
| 26 | If I am not completely satisfied , I will return the books within ten days , my subscription will be cancelled and I will owe nothing . |
| 27 | But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy . |
| 28 | My turn to die had come and I had been inexplicably reprieved . |
| 29 | I ca n't say I felt any stronger when Beth left that day , but I was exceedingly glad that she had come and I was left with an inkling of hope . |
| 30 | I 've come and I 've took my boots off and poured the bloody rain out . |