Example sentences of "a [noun sg] and i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , yes I use the M four quite a bit and I suppose I 'm so used to that I do n't mind it . |
| 2 | He said hastily , ‘ I 'll be going away for a bit and I guess I 'll be ravenous when I get back . |
| 3 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 4 | He went into a cubicle and I thought I should follow him but he pushed me away , locked the door and left me standing outside . |
| 5 | Yeah , she gave me a Crunchie and I thought I bet it 's poison so I broke it in half gave them a bit , watched them eat it , gave it five minutes and then eat mine ! |
| 6 | But it suddenly took a flier and I knew I was in trouble . |
| 7 | The glass must have held nearly half a pint and I thought I too had had a splendid day out . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 9 | I was going out and playing five nights a week and I realised I should be a hell of a lot better than I was . |
| 10 | the end of the last straw you see , so I went in the Co-Op and I felt really , really fed up , I said I oh I said I could cry I said because I 've tried so hard I said not for lending you money I said , I 'm not meant to have any sodding luck so got a couple of bits and I really could n't get me act together and on the Tuesday dad 's gone in hospital with that fit , so I was thinking of him a lot and I thought I do n't know dad , you know I 'm sure , I 'm sure that he were n't gon na come out when he went in there , I thought they were gon na bloody find something with you boy and that would be it , so I come home here and I ai n't done no work , so I started off for work , both sitting here bloody bawling cos this house looked like shit , spoke to me sister on the phone and er I felt a bit better so I thought oh I 'd start doing the tree , so I pulled it all to bits in here , got the polish and duster out , put all the bread and everything for Alan 's sandwiches , it 'd be about oh , about half past twelve and the bloody phone went it was mum , she said Lyn do you think you can come up to the hospital with me , cos I 've got no transport and so I said what 's up then mum ? |
| 11 | I think Nigel can help me a lot and I think I can help him a lot . |
| 12 | That helps me a lot and I find I 'm able to assert myself a bit more . |
| 13 | I take part of a thesis and I think I mean a lot of it is is very very important in terms of even considering internment , in relation to the whole intelligence problem . |
| 14 | and I 'd just finished training as a nurse and I thought I was really cool and calm and I would of reported it , but I did n't |
| 15 | ‘ But what you have to understand is that I am a racer and I feel I still have an opportunity of winning the World Championship . |