Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] and i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I figured there were a whole lot of answers inside that building and I figured that like or not there had to be a back entrance to it somewhere . |
| 2 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
| 3 | Hundred and two minutes each tape and I sat and watched them yesterday . |
| 4 | I went into this field and I sat there and cried for hours in this pouring rain and I suddenly thought to myself , ‘ This is ridiculous , this is no good — you 're not meant to be an actor , you 're meant to be something else — a comedian . ’ |
| 5 | He arrived this afternoon and I sent him off to rest . |
| 6 | Had it in the bedroom when I was a kip this afternoon and I switched the battery off , so it does n't work very well with the battery off ! |
| 7 | And then this , this time I say well I 'm going to take away some money and I took away a negative amount and you 've finished up with more . |
| 8 | When we went to Portugal there was er a lass , we 'd saved some money and I said , I said do n't spend it all |
| 9 | The Bushman was following it , but suddenly he swerved aside and he went off in another direction and I followed him , although I could clearly see the buffalo hoofmarks leading off in the opposite way . |
| 10 | She got in the bed to watch Neighbours and we came back about five o'clock and I went up the stairs , the T V was and he was erm out for count , so I left them for another hour and I said to mum |
| 11 | I of course has to invent this ceremony and I did it in Latin as they do at Oxford |
| 12 | One day I was out working the streets , I went with this punter and I went back to his place . |
| 13 | Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan . |
| 14 | There was no advance planning to reach this figure and I decided at the beginning that I would not cut corners in an effort to keep within the budget . |
| 15 | I came up with a lot of very hard guitar parts for this album and I had to practise the hell out of them so I could pull them off . |
| 16 | So er there was this poor girl sitting on this seat and I 'd seen her there and so , there was a nice lady sat they said er they took the Redditch train off the thing and put this Shrewsbury on . |
| 17 | Thing is I had some wool and I had the thing . |
| 18 | I was looking for the Mr because I remembered I said I would be here in this session and I 'd forgotten . |
| 19 | And we had a neighbour named and he 'd worked at E T N S all his life and had some influence and I mentioned it to him and he asked me , asked me if he could find me a job . |
| 20 | I remember when I started my training I work with this girl and I said where 'd you come from and she said I come from the most boring town in Britain , I says where Grantham ? , she says yeah , I says is it boring , she says yeah huh , it is |
| 21 | So I went through this process and I started to read my thoughts generally , not to be too much one way or the other . |
| 22 | I walked in and there were twelve fellas sitting in this room and I had to sing in front of them all . |
| 23 | ‘ But if you got that for this place and I sold my apartment , together we 'd have enough money to get married and buy — ’ He broke off , a flush appearing beneath his tan as he realised he was pushing her too far along the relationship path and could also be sounding mercenary . |
| 24 | They 're out for a laugh , I mean Charlie wo n't even tell me who he fancies because erm he says , you know , he said to me , you know , and in , in , in , and in his exact words he said you 've got to be really stupid to tell anyone anything in this place and I said yeah but I 'm not a proper Haileyburian I 've just come in , you know he goes yeah but you 're gon na get that way |
| 25 | I used to sleep in the same bed as my mother and father because of the shortage of space , but one morning I woke up in another room and I looked out and saw the undertaker standing at the top of the stairs . |
| 26 | ‘ I did pop round for a chat with him earlier this evening and I thought he seemed a bit jumpy . |
| 27 | Now when I was preparing this evidence , I got to this point and I thought to myself , why on earth has this not happened in Richmondshire ? |
| 28 | I was born and brought up in this town and I thought and hoped my future was here . |
| 29 | Unwelcomed , unwanted , despised and dug out , they had added a new dimension to my life , given me another self and I wanted never to go from Claro . |
| 30 | Er this is just one that I wanted some stuff and I said to a few people |