Example sentences of "[noun] and i [vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bebeto was more reluctant than I was , but the president and I managed to persuade him , ’ said the midfielder . |
| 2 | They were reading it down the tape and I had to tape it all . |
| 3 | It was a great statement of friendship and I wanted to thank him , but appreciated he would be offended . |
| 4 | I mean we went to pick babe up five o'clock erm Saturday and I had to ring it were really freezing cold |
| 5 | My master , of course , ambled along like a child and I had to keep him away from the rufflers , those former soldiers looking for easy pickings , the mad Abraham men who danced naked pretending to be insane , the cappers who begged for money and attached horse-locks to the outstretched arms of people stupid enough to give it . |
| 6 | ‘ Funnily enough , I was doing a charity show two weeks ago to raise money for our local scouts and I had to sing it so I know there are four goolies in the song . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I realised I had 17 years to go before retirement and I wanted to spend them doing what I wanted to do . |
| 8 | Then I was able to er go for my own self , you know and er I went on doing locks , one thing and another , best I could and all that sort of thing and I worked for a , a bloke what was in there er be a little bloke but he was the best locksmith in the shop and I went to help him and er he used to give me all the to do and this and that and the other . |
| 9 | So I worked down here and nights up there preparing it and all round this , this place was coat hooks and that , where they all hung their things and I had to knock them down , you know what I mean , and fix me own benches up and er I 'd got a little treadle lather and er sufficient for me to start . |
| 10 | I knitted myself a dress from that which started off fawn , but we ran out of that colour and I had to finish it off in blue . |
| 11 | Your brother may have been a junkie , but he was also my friend and I happened to love him ! |
| 12 | Now , you 'll recall that last week I was talking about Darwin 's basic concept and I tried to explain it to you and to illustrate it to you . |
| 13 | I 'm catching the midnight train to Paris and I wanted to see you before I left . |
| 14 | He was , however , failing to thrive , so Maureen and I decided to take him away from Barny and put him into care , so to speak . |
| 15 | ‘ He was called away unexpectedly today , which is why Francie and I came to meet you , instead of him . ’ |
| 16 | Oh I 've bought her sweets , I bought them last week and I forgot to leave them |
| 17 | One Sunday , when my father and I went to visit her , we found her condition had worsened . |
| 18 | At last I had five pounds — but when my father and I went to buy them we were told that they cost fifteen pounds , a considerable sum of money to an eight-year-old , and way beyond my means . |
| 19 | I tried to remember what my sister Mary had said about ignoring old wives ' tales and I tried to put them from my mind , but after that I often caught myself glancing at Granny 's picture and it seemed to me that her black eyes came alive and followed me round the room . |
| 20 | I had to ask a librarian and I managed to use them , but it is an advantage to know how to use them yourself . |
| 21 | Beryl was poorly this morning and I had to run her to the doctors . |
| 22 | I did n't , it was so cold yesterday , we 'd been out in the morning and I decided to put him in his cot , on the odd occasion I do , do , he 's gone to sleep without any problems |
| 23 | Ron and I came to call it ‘ Firm Friends ’ . |
| 24 | I am looking for a 2hr 8min pace and I prepared to take it up if it falls below that . ’ |
| 25 | Eric and I had to restrain him at times when he wanted to do something like throw little Paul into the water to see if he 'd float , or like when he wanted to fell a tree over the railway line that goes through Porteneil , but as a rule we got on surprisingly well , even though it rankled to see Eric , who was the same age as Blyth , obviously in fear of him . |
| 26 | Over the summer , the Secretary of State and I met to encourage them to adopt best practices in dealings with their tenants . |
| 27 | They caught the sparks that showered from my own tiny anvil and I failed to think it odd . |
| 28 | I think I stayed out of a sense of loyalty and I began to enjoy it much more . |
| 29 | I took her by both hands and I started to swing her in a circle , singing as I went , shouting the words of the song over and over again . |
| 30 | He got out of the planes coming , we , we was coming over from de Laborgie and you give him the needle and I had to lead him off the lead him off the plane , and going down over the chimneys in Chantilly to landu Laborgie he goes , woo ooh ooh , getting ready you know . |