Example sentences of "one [noun] and [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . |
| 2 | She cocked her head on one side and gave me a long scrutiny , almost as though she had never seen me before . |
| 3 | The taxi driver leaned through his window at one point and passed me a small scrap of paper . |
| 4 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 5 | ‘ Even my mum called me up one day and congratulated me ! |
| 6 | She came to me one day and asked me if I would stand for the council , which I did . |
| 7 | The American captain of a supply ship was chatting to me one day and asked me where we were based . |
| 8 | ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ I turned round one day and admitted I had a problem and booked myself into a clinic . ’ |
| 10 | You ca n't just come along one day and tell me who I 'll marry ! |
| 11 | The two local policemen came around one day and suggested I place a red light in a window which could be seen by as many neighbours or passers-by as possible . |
| 12 | The Trunchbull simply grabbed me by one ear and rushed me to The Chokey at the double and threw me inside and locked the door . |
| 13 | Then I put my hair up with one hand and pretended I was a model . |