Example sentences of "[adj] and [adj] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and words are put clear and strong and I think I 'd use the word forceful |
| 2 | It was interesting and exciting and I began to forget the bad times in Hong Kong . |
| 3 | It was wet and cold and I realised I was bleeding heavily . ’ |
| 4 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 5 | Everything in bilingual Canada was written in both English and French and I realized that since my arrival I 'd been reading the French quite easily . |
| 6 | A gust of wind throws rain against the window and shakes the frame ; it 's loud and surprising and I flinch but he just turns slowly and looks out into the darkness with what could almost be contempt before laughing and putting an arm round my shoulder and suggesting we have another drink . |
| 7 | She says I was very shy and scared and I did n't like the fact I had to sit quietly and could n't play with any of the toys . |
| 8 | More likely the net was carried away because the ground was bone dry and hard and I had n't been able to push the stakes deep enough into the soil . |
| 9 | It was false and manipulative and I admired it tremendously . |
| 10 | I find love songs really soppy and sweet and I live in the city and … |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm untidy and careless and I forget the rules . |
| 12 | Her nose is all cold and wet and I want to wipe it for her , but I do n't . |
| 13 | Well I 've learnt a lesson good and proper and I 'ope I never see you again . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I was lonely and sad and I wanted to die , too . |
| 18 | Er thanks Tom that was really quite dynamic and breathtaking and I think you 'll all agree . |
| 19 | I think they mean that I look fat and ugly and I wish they would keep their remarks to themselves . |
| 20 | She was hysterical and distraught and I took her through for my wife to comfort her before telephoning the police . ’ |
| 21 | The carpet on the stairs is thick and deep and I make no noise as I climb to the top , then pad along towards the master bedroom , tripping one more sensor . |
| 22 | They all knew each other and was laughing and kidding around and I was scared cos it smelt so bad and was so big and bright and I did n't know where I was . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the staff were open and co-operative and I found the visit productive , gleaning more information and obtaining clearer impressions than I originally expected . |
| 24 | I was so young and foolish and I did not know what I was doing . ’ |
| 25 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 26 | I was obsessed with being flat-chested and unglamorous and I used to harp on about how he must be hankering for someone more glamorous . ’ |
| 27 | so he 's getting married in uniform with all his blue and white and I said oh blooming heck |
| 28 | " Basically this garden is blue and white and I think in a small garden one has to pay great attention to the colours , otherwise it can look an awful hotchpotch , " says Tricia . |
| 29 | I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers . |
| 30 | At the time I told myself that I would take a train to Perpignan and from there explore the more accessible small seaside places just because they sounded nice and quiet and I had n't seen them before . |