Example sentences of "and i [vb past] i [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got out of breath drying myself after a bath and I realised I was a bit overweight , ’ said Mervin , who now tips the scales at just over eight stones ! |
| 2 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 3 | Then I tried swimming , but what with the current and the fucking cassock — and then bang I got hit in the ribs like someone had kicked me and I thought I was a goner , it must be a rock I thought and I gave up and sort of passed out . |
| 4 | But I was young and Scottish and I thought I was the greatest . |
| 5 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 6 | Dholuo was the language and I knew I was an encumbrance until I could make myself understood . |