Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [adv] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yes , but if if we take the dog with us go up the heath and then I go to the hairdressers erm you do n't need a haircut anyway do you ? |
| 32 | So she came and talked to 'em we had a long chat and actually I mean it er does sound very interesting . |
| 33 | And then of course we had the mower and then we got a binder and now I see they 've er a harvester . |
| 34 | ‘ Again , I lived with Mike for as long as it took to get the divorce and then I arranged the wedding . |
| 35 | I put a couple of quid in and I got four pounds something cos er went and bought some fags out of the machine and then I got the er the brown note flashing , from ten P so I stopped I have stopped . |
| 36 | I felt a sense of profound foreboding and then I saw them , the gyppos . |
| 37 | ‘ Well , I was going to that night of the dance and then I thought it was a bad time with it being Christmas and the New Year coming right afterwards . |
| 38 | Still , I did n't risk a second run and instead I turned left at the end and found myself back on Plumstead Road . |
| 39 | Politically we are on a hiding to nothing in the long run and so I guess the only satisfactory way forward would be to leave badgers completely alone and compensate farmers in full for badger-related losses , including consequential losses . ’ |
| 40 | And he said not at all , not at all and I said well I do want the people to know that , you know we , although we tribute to of the lost lives in the two World Wars , we are now striving for peace and so I wound a few white poppies . |
| 41 | I have borne his child and still I do not know him . |
| 42 | Now I have to be careful what I say about Lady Thatcher 's because of the laws of libel and also I do n't know who 's written which pieces but it 's known she 's had help you see . |
| 43 | No , not until the until we opened the door , gave that quick check and then I saw a figure or figures in the bed . |
| 44 | Usually I start in my bedroom and I like to get to the top of the stairs by the baby 's lunchtime , and then I stop and give them lunch and then I carry on and get on quite well . |
| 45 | " It was n't exactly a question and now I know what you 're like I do n't think I can — " |
| 46 | I came back for a month , met a Peruvian girl and then I got a letter from her giving me a really good reason to come back . |
| 47 | I opened the desk and slowly I took out the box and opened it . |
| 48 | So , then she said , oh right , I 'll get on your desk just to check that it 's alright , so she got , took my work essays off , and she got on my desk and then I said , oh I 'll help you down , so she sat on my desk to get off and of course it 's not attached |
| 49 | I called for a re-vote and therefore I insist that we have a re-vote . |
| 50 | I used to use a stop watch and then I thought of a better way . |
| 51 | I plaited my own hair and then I straightened my ink-stained pinafore and we were ready to go . |
| 52 | ‘ Sometimes he just gets bored in a fight and then I have to slap his face and tell him to get on with it . |
| 53 | But as far as that er I got the information for the athletes foot and then I checked with Bill here . |
| 54 | Well , well I think I would , I would rath it I mean i it they 've got the responsibility to whistle blow now , you know , professional they 've got , er you know , they 're they these are professionals and they should , they should whistle blow and I mean Maxwell is a perfect example of how nobody , nobody blew the whistle and if you read through the writs , those lots of these people knew what were what was happening an and the whistle should have been blown and I see no reason why the why the pension regulator is going to get any different , different response and also I mean really these people are being in many cases given by th given information by their clients , you know , and I think it 's a very difficult situation to turn round to , to somebody like Mr Maxwell and say well look I 'm terribly sorry Mr Maxwell , we 're going to report you to the pensions regulator , you know and I think that , that er you will just find that that I just do n't feel that the pension regulator in , in that respect , I mean I , I think that I might like to if Peter suggested a pension fraud squad that , that had a open telephone line and the same sort of er powers as the Serious Fraud Office you know , so that if er anybody in a pension fund could , could ring a number and er and people absolutely descended th that , I mean they ge they say somewhere in the report that the pension regulator is going to have er powers and monies to do spot checks . |
| 55 | I like guitars , I think they 're beautiful things , and that 's what I do — I play guitar and therefore I like them as objects . |
| 56 | I just wanted to s revenge for it was supposed to be a fight for me , but I was really angry when he killed my friend so I wanted to revenge Tybaot and suddenly I killed him . |
| 57 | He was holding his hand out hoping that he would er get a bit and well I said if you give me |
| 58 | When they were very expensive I just bought two for us to change a bit and then I thought right now they dropped half and then I bought some more |
| 59 | What we did was we based our forecast , which I think Mr raised that point , we based our forecast on the admissions that we did at the Department of Social Security and I 'm glad to say that we have been significantly under that level and partly I think because er we 've had people who have genuinely diverted into home care and who 've been able to which is why we 've put the pressure on home care and on the occupational therapy services and partly because erm the , there were some inappropriate admissions I must say that . |
| 60 | I saw Jurassic Park and then I saw Mario Brothers . |