Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I was watching them , and I got an erection I remember . |
| 2 | No , I mean it 's , it 's nothing , I rang erm Social Services this morning in Northampton and I got an appointment for an advisory thing on Thursday morning , erm , the women I 'm going to see she retires on Friday , she said well I 'll have to get you in quick , erm and she , they advise you on the , what you 've got to do to get into what I want to get into you see , so erm I 've got that to sort to do , I mean |
| 3 | Some years ago Lezak and I wrote an article on brain dysfunction in patients with Munchausen 's syndrome . |
| 4 | ‘ If the plane is overloaded and I lose an engine , maybe we do n't make it . ’ |
| 5 | And I had an affection for Bernard who went to school with me . |
| 6 | Suddenly , I wanted to get away from that place — and I had an idea ! |
| 7 | My meals came free also , at the nearby cafeteria , and I had an hour off to walk around the town . |
| 8 | A couple of clients had called me , and I would have time to talk to them in the morning ; and I had an invitation to a golf society day in a couple of weeks ' time . |
| 9 | In a study of management development some colleagues and I had an opportunity to identify some conceptions in the minds of managers about management ( Lawrence , et al. , 1975 ) . |
| 10 | I have myself been welcomed as a local council surveyor come to look at houses in a slum area , and I had an assistant who was once received as a person who was trying to recruit voluntary social workers . |
| 11 | I should have been here to meet you , but you were late arriving and I had an appointment in the village . ’ |
| 12 | And I had an incentive to work hard because the higher you go , the more exams you pass , and the more money you get . |
| 13 | ‘ A thousand pounds , which is four times their value and I had an advertisement in all the golfing magazines . ’ |
| 14 | I began to feel that it could n't possibly be encroaching on a Monday afternoon and that Emily and I had an office to go back to . |
| 15 | ‘ Sabine and I had an arrangement . ’ |
| 16 | My fellow novices and I operated an ironing machine . |
| 17 | Pete and I took an afternoon ferry from Leknes to Napp , and sweltered the bikes over an unnamed pass to Vareid . |
| 18 | Next day I did n't feel so bad and I made an appearance for a charity — I really had to do it — then went to visit a relative the following day . |
| 19 | He refused to let us pass , and my companion and I waited an hour before being rescued by a passing senior officer . |
| 20 | ‘ And I spent an hour greeting my guests , making a speech and ensuring the entertainment was fully organised for the evening , while I was trying to make up my mind whether your refusal to put in an appearance was because you cared for me — or because you hated me . ’ |
| 21 | That is why my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough ( Sir J. Farr ) and I tabled an amendment linking the motion to the electrification of the main line from St. Pancras to Sheffield . |
| 22 | In Committee , my hon. Friends and I tabled an amendment to increase the discount from 25 to 50 per cent . |
| 23 | ‘ Opposing factions are at work , alas , and I fear an uprising , ’ came the daunting reply . |
| 24 | Well , and I put an order in to buying erm two more of these five and a quarter inch . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I call it filth , and I want an explanation . ’ |
| 27 | But I want to ask the Tories , I want to ask the Tories , and I want an answer . |
| 28 | They sent me a reply back and I sat an exam . |
| 29 | ‘ She humiliated me quite unnecessarily and I expect an apology . ’ |
| 30 | And I have an apology to make . |