Example sentences of "[adj] and i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I was frantically doing this and I showed up at rehearsal thinking they were going to do all the songs , but we did n't do anything until two or three days later !
2 But the floor was wet and I slid along before colliding with a slab of sprats , cod and ice which showered over me .
3 I was getting forty and I got up to ninety four .
4 so that eight sevens are fifty six and I carry on from there , but you ca n't do that
5 I asked him , but he was already asleep and I drove on to Huacho , wondering what sort of a man Gómez would turn out to be and why Iris Sunderby had broken her journey at Lima and driven up to Cajamarca .
6 I was feeling low and I gave in to a mad impulse . ’
7 However , they caused me no ill and I staggered back to the Golden Turk and the tender care of the slattern , a bowl of rich broth and countless frothing tankards of ale .
8 But then he started screwing around and I learned that deaf and dumb people are a bad-tempered lot — well , would n't you be ? — because they get so frustrated and I grew out of that one too .
9 Aye er the when I was I got better and I got down to and there was a fella come to look and see me .
10 There is no doubt that this was the main reason why I delayed accepting a promotion post until it was too late and I ran out of time .
11 ‘ Things are obviously becoming very busy and I went in over the weekend to do a bit of work .
12 So Mrs Smith left us alone and I stripped off in front of my friend although I made her turn away when I came to my combs .
13 I remember you taking me there to lunch when I was small and I threw up in the lift . ’
14 ‘ On April 1 and I met up with once again to do the voice-over for our film at the BBC studios in Manchester .
15 The kitchen window was still open and I climbed in after crushing another handful of lavender with the intention of taking it to bed with me for an invigorating sleep , if such a thing is possible .
16 ‘ On March 19 and I set off for Birmingham and a hotel close to the airport .
17 Well then er quite , so he said erm it was all quiet and I looked up into the darkness and I said that the old fellow had gone and he litten his fuse and there was me there I could see the sparks in the darkness and I was way twenty feet below him and he must have whatsit .
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