Example sentences of "and [adv] i [verb] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so I had to drag the coal scuttle up there , I was faced with that , and chop the sticks , which I 'd never done before . |
| 2 | I still had another two masterclasses to play in , and so I had to practise the other two pieces which I would play . |
| 3 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 4 | And then on the other hand , I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities , and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of youth club type evening provision in the town . |
| 5 | And so I decided to patronise the famous Café de la Paix ; but having little money and no head for alcohol , limited myself to ordering Perrier before lunch , and sat at a table on the pavement , watching the world go by . |
| 6 | It is foolish to departmentalise in this way , and so I want to blur the distinctions . |
| 7 | But Elsie Birdsall and Lavinia Thwaites kept coming in with all kinds of things to try and get me going — home-made soups , arrowroot , custards — and finally I began to mend a little . |
| 8 | However , my GCSE courses eventually led me to attend university as a mature student and now I hope to become a solicitor . |
| 9 | And now I have to do an hour 's work . ’ |
| 10 | And now I have to interrupt the first bit of pleasure I 've been able to take in I do n't know how long and put you all to right . |
| 11 | And now I have to make a decision . |
| 12 | That 's all I ever wanted to do in boxing after I 'd learned the craft and now I want to make a little bit more ’ . |
| 13 | And I gets this one out and I 'm reading through it and I looks at the name John , and then I began to take an interest in it and , here I discovered that my grandfather and my great grandfather that 's like my grandfather and my grandmother 's father |
| 14 | Brenda , I adore it , it 's me all over so the bathroom I had endless trouble , as you know , with Shirley I had to buy stuff and Shirley came in and I gave her little presents of this and that and helped her with cooking meals for her she re-grouted practically my bath tiles and my en suite tiles because we thought water was going through the wall , and it was and then I had to replace the where you take the plug out in the bath , I forget what you call that , the trap |
| 15 | We rode in the field for the first two weeks , and then I had to face the roads and the tractors . |
| 16 | It was the third day in July , page four , seven , three and then I had to find a word that I 'd never heard off before and put it up on the board . |
| 17 | And then I had to get the shoes , too , but the overall effect is just right . |
| 18 | Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people . |
| 19 | I have to decide what I mean by ‘ working-class ’ , and then I have to choose an ‘ indicator ’ of this concept . |
| 20 | Though sometimes , when they 've been smashed into and then I have to turn the other way , they go oh ! |
| 21 | And then I forgot to wipe the other side |
| 22 | And then I forgot to wipe the other side |
| 23 | I always , I always , when I first wanted er when I was at school I always wanted to join the army and then I changed my mind and then I wanted to join the police force . |
| 24 | I 'm not supposed to look after the ledgers now , but I do still keep the PoSition record for the ships , and sometimes I have to get a ledger to check a sailing date . |
| 25 | That has been said and again I went to see the Treasurer 's Department this morning and have been assured that ours is a viable budget . |
| 26 | But time and expense means I have to economise and therefore I choose to bait every other day except for the last three days when I will bait on each of them . |