Example sentences of "a [noun] and i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember seeing a cable and I thought it was a telephone cable so I was n't worried . |
| 2 | Cedric had n't changed a bit and I had to battle my way to the broken armchair by the fireside . |
| 3 | and it just moved a bit and I went in again , I looked at the window and they moved again |
| 4 | I had the hair up a bit and I liked Siouxsie & The Banshees — does that make me a goth ? ’ |
| 5 | So I told him he 'd better go , because by this time I was bubbling a bit and I wanted to kill the man : I was n't really prepared to lose any time over hitting a court welfare officer . |
| 6 | I used my Telecasters a bit and I used the 330 just for feedback , because the whammy bar is excellent for controlling that . |
| 7 | I had an experience with a bike when I was very small a girl up the road was given a bike and I had quite quietly learnt how to ride a bike more or less . |
| 8 | Erm Singers do every colour , it 's just the fact she wanted to give friends a present and I said |
| 9 | The McLaggans were spoiling for a fight and I thought the lairds might have the mettle to retaliate . ’ |
| 10 | He was n't going to wear a condom and I did n't have anything . |
| 11 | I said we 'll try this shop , I said at least have a look and I said we 'll go round to the other 's , I said he made he 's mind up when he walked in , . |
| 12 | I 'll just go and have a look and I thought , no that 's it . |
| 13 | She 's alright yeah , well I , I bought her a book but it 's one of these , it 's like a talking book a Disney one , it 's got like a keyboard down the side and you press certain pads and it makes a noise and I thought oh rather than just getting an ordinary book , I thought that would be quite good |
| 14 | She said it was a remnant and I thought I 'd make a box for the sale . |
| 15 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 16 | If I had a gun here yeah and I knew and you were coming at me like with a club and I shouted , Stop . |
| 17 | Somebody brought a light and I saw the inside of the house . |
| 18 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 19 | Of course , at the time I was a punk and I had all this blue hair and everything and he must have thought , ‘ My God , who is this strange girl ? ’ |
| 20 | Asked by police what had happened , Mr Graham said : ‘ He attacked me with a hammer and I stabbed him . ’ |
| 21 | So And er I smelt , you know , and I went by a chemical and I thought Oh oh , grapes , the the odour you see ? |
| 22 | Books were a jumble and I had no notion of discriminating between them . |
| 23 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |
| 24 | I was a Corporal and I got wounded and erm it makes me cough . |
| 25 | The pop Poet Laureate of the cabaret circuit , Hegley chooses subjects from McDonalds to the Gulf War , from spaniels to spectacles — taking on a whole range of everyday tragedies — ‘ the other day I met a bloke lying on the pavement he 'd just had a stroke and I thought a man in his position might appreciate a joke so I said stand back please I 'm a comedian ’ |
| 26 | So , for example , if I rented a tape and I saw someone I liked , I could call the central distributor for that person 's number and then we could get together . ’ |
| 27 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 28 | ‘ You accused me of having a lover and I chose not to deny it . ’ |
| 29 | Well , she tells me that she is going to throw Shaun out because Shaun is boring , er , Don put her , Shaun she has no respect for she says because he has n't got a job , he wo n't get a job , he wo n't work , and she said to Lee what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back , once they were properly divorced take Pete back just as a lover and I said that sounds to me to be a very good idea , I said then your not at his mercy because anybody who 's at Pete 's mercy will suffer , his got a very nasty streak , his got a nasty snide way of putting things . |
| 30 | You , erm , I use buses and cars and I use a bike as well , er , er I think that , we used to have a car and I stopped using it , I used it , we had it when the kids were small and I found it really good for getting them around and it really was necessary to young mothers but their big now and I do n't have to chauffeur . |