Example sentences of "and [conj] i [verb] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him that I 'd seen her in the company of a minder I did n't like the look of and that I 'd followed them to Woolwich . |
| 2 | I suddenly realised that there were all these great black players around in Louisiana , and that I 'd missed them completely ! |
| 3 | As soon as you deigned to tell me that the Svend you were looking for was a student , and that he 'd used my home as a hotel , I recalled that my nephew spent a night here shortly after I moved in so that he could attend a lecture at the city university , and that I 'd entrusted him with a spare key so he could come and go as he pleased . ’ |
| 4 | I say I am bored , and that I hope to see him that evening . |
| 5 | I had a thought for no-one 's but your ears , That you were beautiful and that I strove To love you in the old high way of love , That it had all seemed happy … |
| 6 | Just been to a friend 's house and he 's given me a nice cup of tea and a little drop of brandy and that I did enjoy it |
| 7 | And that I refuse to give them . ’ |
| 8 | It 's very short , it 's only about fifteen hundred words , and that I think explains it even more clearly . |
| 9 | And although I had disappointed her by going into ‘ trade ’ , I was still the son of the house . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me . |
| 11 | Changez and Jamila sat apart , and although I tried to catch them looking at each other , I can guarantee that not a single surreptitious glance was exchanged by the future bed-mates . |
| 12 | J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done . |
| 13 | It is survival of the fittest out there and if I had to do it again I believe I would . |
| 14 | ‘ And if I had told you the truth , Neil , that day when Jem Higgins knocked me senseless , what would you have done then ? |
| 15 | And if I had to play them today , I 'd have to get off in a room with a record player , probably for a couple of hours and learn them . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And if I had nicked it , do you really think I 'd be here ? ’ |
| 17 | And if I 'd known you were here I would never — ’ |
| 18 | And if I 'd known he was going to turn out a stupid and objectionable youth I 'd never have employed the foolish boy . |
| 19 | The injury has got worse and if I continue playing it wo n't get any better . ’ |
| 20 | Busking was undignified , he said , and if I wanted to do it , then fine , but not anywhere near him , thank you very much . |
| 21 | We all know how easy that is to do , and if I say hold it |
| 22 | I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it . |
| 23 | And if I do anger you , what are you going to do with me , eh , have me beaten to an inch of my life ? |
| 24 | But she knew that any attempt at this sort of seductive sophistication would be laughably incongruous coming from her quiet , ordinary little self , and in any case she had made no serious plans to leave , so she simply said steadily , ‘ That 's very nice of you , Dr Russell , but I have n't fully worked out my plans yet , and if I do leave I 'll probably sign on with a nursing agency . |
| 25 | My free time is taken up by the hairdresser and manicurist — and if I do escape them , I have to be fitted at the dressmaker 's . |
| 26 | And if I refuse to tell them , they 'll become suspicious . ’ |
| 27 | Er and and I 've found it very useful in t term |
| 28 | And because I 've met you , Mr Rochester , and I ca n't bear never to see you again . |
| 29 | I sometimes wondered whether she had been angry with the infant Margaret and whether I had feared her always . |
| 30 | It was old Mr. Stavanger who paid for me to have a good secretarial course , and when I 'd qualified he gave me a job in the shipping office . |