Example sentences of "a [noun sg] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course the old joke goes like er I got two brothers and each brothers got a sister and I 've got a sister . |
| 2 | I myself am guilty , he wrote , in that I want the glass to be seen , I want it placed in a morgue and I want people to come in and see it , pay money and come in and see it , if needs be . |
| 3 | I refused to have a mastectomy and I see now in terms of theory , that I was stagemanaged at various points on the production line , into trying to turn me into a well-behaved patient by traumatising me by saying ‘ If you do n't do what we tell you … ’ or ‘ You 're being very naughty ’ or ‘ You 're being hysterical ’ , or ‘ We have n't got time to deal with all these questions , we 'd never get round ’ , and so on . |
| 4 | I remember seeing a cable and I thought it was a telephone cable so I was n't worried . |
| 5 | Cedric had n't changed a bit and I had to battle my way to the broken armchair by the fireside . |
| 6 | and it just moved a bit and I went in again , I looked at the window and they moved again |
| 7 | Yeah , the tension is slipping a bit and I 've done a few foolish things , but that 's not because we 're near the end of the wait . |
| 8 | He 's swaying a bit and I have to grab him cos I think he 's going to fall over . |
| 9 | My tour lasted a match and a bit and I sympathise with Ian 's frustration and disappointment , ’ added Wallace , who is also an interamateur pilot . |
| 10 | I had the hair up a bit and I liked Siouxsie & The Banshees — does that make me a goth ? ’ |
| 11 | I think if you had asked Freud what 's the minimum number numerically for one of , for the Bond Freud Crowds , Freud would have thought for a bit and I think he would have said three . |
| 12 | Yes , I think , I mean , it varies from day to day , but as you say the rumours at the moment are that the is being upped a bit and I think it would be different . |
| 13 | ’ It was okay … after doing ’ Ten ’ with the glamour and the Hollywood budget things come down a bit and I suppose things are less heady than in other days . ’ |
| 14 | Yes , yes I use the M four quite a bit and I suppose I 'm so used to that I do n't mind it . |
| 15 | thing and that 's without a pump , so to set up it 'll cost me probably a thousand and a bit and I want and then I 'll need to have the rest of the money left over to survive |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He said hastily , ‘ I 'll be going away for a bit and I guess I 'll be ravenous when I get back . |
| 18 | I used my Telecasters a bit and I used the 330 just for feedback , because the whammy bar is excellent for controlling that . |
| 19 | Speaking at a news conference he said : ‘ Ian Lang [ the Scottish Secretary ] has talked of a referendum and I welcome that . |
| 20 | You see I am only a Feldwebel and I have no ulterior motives at all . |
| 21 | I 'm a winner and I want to go on winning . |
| 22 | We have a budget and I have offered what we can afford . |
| 23 | Well I think I 'll start off by telling you a little bit about myself erm , I 'm a writer and I live in Durham , my work is here and I 've also work abroad , if anybody ca n't hear me please say |
| 24 | I cut up a sack and I dip the little bits in Stinko . |
| 25 | I would need to check with the erm er computer manager you know which fields are takeable , you know how , I do n't know if you know computer re how computer records are stored but every piece of information like erm the admission figure , the title , the distributor will be a field and I presume if er any information like the time is in a separate field then you would be able to have a report by fields . |
| 26 | ‘ What if there 's a scrap and I do have to fire at them and they return it ; for after all , as I 've said , we do n't really know whether they carry guns ; all we know is they have n't used them yet . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Erm Singers do every colour , it 's just the fact she wanted to give friends a present and I said |
| 29 | My o 's gon na be a snake and I go right down look at that that 's the last thing I 'm gon na have to be able to do . |
| 30 | I erm like most people in this institution believe in science and think I am a scientist and I have not time or room for such qualitative judgments . |