Example sentences of "and i [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I might make a little bit more than a social worker and I get to enjoy myself with my clients ’ . |
| 2 | I 've got to play some flamenco and bass on a couple of songs and I get to do lots of weird effects and things . ’ |
| 3 | Mum and I go to see him sometimes , and we agree that he is a much nicer person than he used to be . |
| 4 | The introduction is good afternoon ladies and gentlemen my name is I 'd like to talk to you about flying and I hope to persuade you to come along on Saturday and take part in some flying . |
| 5 | We will both retire around May and I hope to spend my free time on my hobby , photography . ’ |
| 6 | He has done some showing and I hope to show him again next year , but feel that his extensively pink muzzle detracts from his appearance . |
| 7 | I know the time is slipping and I hope to get it done in the next two weeks . |
| 8 | My elder daughter has read ‘ Some Other Rainbow ’ in which you receive honourable mention and I hope to read it soon . |
| 9 | maroon and erm , navy , which is what I like , and they are warm , and I like to wear my gloves all the time . |
| 10 | you know for my to school and I like to say something about you know who oh it 's true |
| 11 | ‘ There 's a fair amount of to-ing and fro-ing from the courts ’ , explains Mace , ‘ and I like to maintain my contact with the live action on court , as well as the monitored information in the press room . |
| 12 | We work on Saturdays and Sundays and I like to think we do everything properly and never let anyone down , ’ he says . |
| 13 | She 's a worker , and I like to think she takes after her parents . ’ |
| 14 | And I like to think I 've learned my lessons : |
| 15 | I 'm actually , I 'm quite high on as theorist as well and I like to write everything out in full and I clear structures and if I go to training sessions and they 're all over the place , it 's such a in about five minutes and I have to say hang on a minute it might not be structured in the way that you like it but you can actually learn from it . |
| 16 | And I like to keep it that way still if I can , because you can make yourself a lot of work over some small incident sometimes . |
| 17 | David always notices when I 'm made-up or dressed in something new and I like to please him . ’ |
| 18 | The cleaning girl 's sick , and I like to trust my own , if you know what I mean . ’ |
| 19 | Only the walls heard this delirious talk , but I was suddenly seized by a guilty fear , and became convinced that the two children were taking it in and that it was ringing in Aisha 's ears at work , and I rushed to pack my suitcase before she came back . |
| 20 | I go past this bloke selling papers and he shouts summat out and I got to stick my fingers in my ears , it 's so loud . |
| 21 | I never saw the mail robber , though Tom played with his children — and caught nits from them , to Nonni 's horror — and I got to know his sister , Elsie : a thin woman with stiff , blonde hair who was never without a cigarette stuck to the corner of her mouth . |
| 22 | I 'm here for one reason — to do a job , and I mean to carry it through to the best of my ability , with or without your approval . |
| 23 | I am not particularly patient about unfinished business and I mean to see my mother happy and settled before you leave . ’ |
| 24 | In a few weeks time , I hope to get a short spell of leave , and I mean to devote it exclusively to literary work . |
| 25 | You marked an appeal to the Court of Session in the above case on and I write to inform you of the necessary steps you should now take . |
| 26 | But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy . |
| 27 | They all require a great deal of input from the teacher and I write to encourage you in the task which lies ahead . |
| 28 | I have no hard and fast views on the matter and I undertake to consider it , but there are no immediate plans to do as the hon. and learned Gentleman suggests . |
| 29 | He then fortunately disappeared and I proceeded to put my bet on the horse , which I am happy to say romped home at forty to one . |
| 30 | My life depended on my coolness , and I fought to control my murderous passions . |