Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Her nose is all cold and wet and I want to wipe it for her , but I do n't . |
| 32 | He looked so cold and hungry that I felt sorry for him . |
| 33 | If those primitive attitudes had n't also been the determining factor in my own fate I would have found it as ludicrous and pitiful as I do now . |
| 34 | Now I feel so unhappy and jealous when I see babies or pregnant women . |
| 35 | I wrote ‘ The Pornographer ’ partly because I see sex as vulnerable and human whereas I see pornography as the opposite . |
| 36 | ‘ Because it was a fairly long-term contract my wife , who was pregnant , and our two children , were living out there with me , which was all well and good until I fell seriously ill and was carted into hospital . |
| 37 | It made the universe more savage and unknowable than I had ever dreamed … |
| 38 | Well I 've learnt a lesson good and proper and I 'ope I never see you again . ’ |
| 39 | I had explained this to Aunt Louise , who enjoyed her bath and filled it almost to the top ; but she took no notice , becoming affronted and resentful if I reminded her . |
| 40 | I disapproved of his grey suede shoes , his floppy bow tie and the excessive width of his trousers : he struck me as flaccid and petulant and I disliked him on sight . |
| 41 | I had another coffee ; I was confused , irritable and dizzy as I stood by the buffet and watched the station cleaners , suddenly desperate to be on my way before tiredness made me change my mind . |
| 42 | The day was still dank and moist when I emerged , but I called a taxi from the rank outside , and asked to be taken to the ruins of Holford House , once the home of Mr Harvey-Beaumont . |
| 43 | I also like to give credit where it is due , and would , therefore , like to thank members of the Great Central Railway who were very helpful and friendly when I made a recent visit to Rothley and Loughborough as an ordinary visitor . |
| 44 | THE police tend to get an unfavourable press , though in my experience they have never been anything less than kind , helpful and efficient when I 've needed them most . |
| 45 | Looking back over the last 19 years he said : ‘ Having had the opportunity to set up and develop the education service in Lothian has been enormously challenging and satisfying and I believe it is an education service of good quality with many forward-looking policies now established . |
| 46 | And I felt so happy and excited so I did ring him up . ’ |
| 47 | I felt a combination of unattractive and anonymous and I felt that the way to play that part was to forget about what he was and to think about what he wanted . |
| 48 | I was lonely and sad and I wanted to die , too . |
| 49 | I had one letter , written after he got back to Darvel , in which he spoke of how our parting had affected him : ‘ You seemed so big-eyed and pathetic when I left , that it fairly caught my heart ; that exit was the most difficult I 've ever made in my life . ’ |
| 50 | I actually think that , I know it is more complicated and messy but I think that she should pick someone from res . |
| 51 | I know it is more complicated and messy but I think that she should pick someone from res . |
| 52 | As damages are paid on a full and final settlement basis , you will appreciate that we must be sure that the report is full and accurate before I begin any negotiations to try and settle the case . |
| 53 | Er thanks Tom that was really quite dynamic and breathtaking and I think you 'll all agree . |
| 54 | It had a nice smell and my hair felt very silky and manageable after I 'd rinsed it . |
| 55 | You 've grown fat and lazy since I saw you last . ’ |
| 56 | I think they mean that I look fat and ugly and I wish they would keep their remarks to themselves . |
| 57 | And when Mala came back , I promised myself , I 'd be very cool and distant until I got a proper apology . |
| 58 | I felt proud and grown-up as I made my way down the road , concentrating my mind for what might be required of me . |
| 59 | ‘ Frank , listen , ’ I say , suddenly inspired , and sounding a lot more sober and calm than I feel . |
| 60 | She 's simply being as welcoming and hospitable as I 've always heard the Taiwanese are , and trying to help me feel at home and among friends because she knows what it 's like to be a newcomer in a foreign city herself . ’ |