Example sentences of "[adj] and i [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only it went wrong and I got caught by the Russians . |
| 2 | My offending started when I became a habitual glue sniffer at the age of 12 and I began stealing to finance it . ’ |
| 3 | Pat : He was six months old and I 'd gone down for his second immunisation and I mean the doctor I went to see was a family doctor — I 've known him since I was a baby — and he just , he was looking at him and he just said , ‘ Is your husband Chinese ? ’ |
| 4 | The bail arm button at the front is responsive and I found gets better with use . |
| 5 | It was interesting and exciting and I began to forget the bad times in Hong Kong . |
| 6 | The road was wet and I kept telling him to go slower . ’ |
| 7 | The barrel was nearly empty and I had to climb right inside to get my apple . |
| 8 | ‘ It hit Britain in a big way in the mid 80s and I became engrossed in the game . |
| 9 | Oh yes , oh yes yes erm and I 'm on about er on about , for one thing , but you 'd be surprised er it 's the biggest and most elaborate trade of any in the world , locks and keys , I say that very firmly because er there 's no limit , there 's no extent and you , there might be required anything and as I say er I er I had these locks for the asylums and that , you know and er I thought I mentioned it before , I made fifty fifty locks all different and I had to number them and keep a record of them and er I had a , you had the keys on a wire , numbered one up to fifty and they was for big , big asylums , you know what I mean and er they could go in one ward , I 'm on about places where they 'd have twenty or thirty people , you know and er there 's only one bloke could get in there . |
| 10 | And then we she got married we still kept in touch with one another and I got married and we did n't live far from one another . |
| 11 | ‘ My father was German and I wanted to go out there to rebuild my life , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ The days grew warm and I began to hop around the cage and try to fly again . |
| 13 | On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it . |
| 14 | so when I got up half past six and I got shaved now at last , gon na go and get ready and pull the curtains back , oh what a of rain , I says oh I says |
| 15 | I was lonely and sad and I wanted to die , too . |
| 16 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
| 17 | I was sleeping with my boyfriend , and after a few months I found I was pregnant and I had to stop going there . |
| 18 | I had information he was going protectionist and I had to get in quick . |
| 19 | ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’ |
| 20 | Well by this time it was ten to eight and I 'd got all these members were going to be outside , I was going to have to let them in and serve them and I was getting a bit frantic you see . |
| 21 | I du n no , I 'd quite like to stay watching the ducks , cos they 're pretty interesting , but I 'm too blummin cold for that and I got to get back home . |
| 22 | so I said something about last week , you see , and I could of , it was my birthday last week and , but er , and I carried on , he said oh go , oh I 'm sorry mum , I 'm sorry about that and I said do n't matter , does n't matter , well I thought , right I 'll let him know |
| 23 | But if we were doing as we do a lot of jobs like that and I had to go round and estimate every one it would cost me more to go round and estimate than it would to do the jobs . |
| 24 | And er he called me in , I had the cane for that and I had to tell the mess boy . |
| 25 | It became out-of-hand and I had to stop Rose , for after all Miss Ironside was my guest and she was getting very angry and upset . |
| 26 | The fur made my skin dry and I began to feel better . |
| 27 | Er , gi I 've done that you know , when I were younger and I 'd strained a heart muscle ! |
| 28 | Once , when she was ill and I had to show the doctor in to see her , he was rather disconcerted to see the bedclothes on either side of Mrs Field appear to rise of their own accord — and four dogs emerged ! |
| 29 | And I could n't remember it was forty four and my mind went totally blank and I had to walk out of the exam for over half an hour with a and I could n't remember a thing and went back in . |
| 30 | She said yes , cos they sat like one , two , three and I said hang on where 's the plug , what time do you plug it in , you know , |