Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [be] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 In fact I feel happy to be alive and I am enjoying my relationship with my husband and my children .
2 The last occupant was 's nephew , and I am forwarding his rent and electricity to under cover of this letter ( this to keep my paperwork down ! ! ) .
3 I have begun to Fence which is a man 's game and I am to have my uncle Sette 's foil when next we go to England which may be in the summer .
4 Sister Gemma and I are enjoying our work , and we have been recently joined by the third member of our team , Sister Dorothy Castles , a Notre Dame Sister from the Ipswich Province in America .
5 She says I would like to go up to Manchester soon and I 'm hoping my car is on the road because the trains to Manchester are pretty costly compared to the price of the petrol in my car .
6 ‘ Every game is a bonus for me at this stage of my career and I 'm enjoying my football . ’
7 And I 'm bringing my friends .
8 I pretend Marie 's in front of me and I 'm brushing her hair like I used to .
9 ‘ I 'm pinching the underpinning skin in the fingers of my right hand , and I 'm jostling my balls nervously with my left hand . ’
10 Er all that side 's alright and I 'm getting me eye 's starting here and this one nostril .
11 I know pregnancy creates an added risk of retinopathy , and I 'm seeing my ophthalmologist next week , but that 's not enough .
12 okay , round the base of your thumb , basically what we want to do is we want to clamp these fingers in so they ca n't come un unstuck , we want to push them together because she ca n't keep them shut like that , but the next thing is that you come round to the back where the little finger is , the next time you come round here , you 're gon na come round to about the first thumb joint okay and then you 're gon na go over the top okay and if you come round again the little thumb , by , by the little finger , you come round again to the thumb joint okay , come over the top again , round , we 're just making really like the figure of eight , but all the time we 're keeping off of this wrist here and I 'm keeping her fingers in , are you alright still ?
13 It 's advisable to reserve judgement and I 'm keeping my fingers crossed .
14 Maureen , of Mendip Grove , Darlington , said : ’ As far as I know he does n't have to do much on stage and I 'm keeping my fingers crossed he 'll behave himself . ’
15 Mrs Thatcher does n't care and Katie 's pregnant and alone , ravishing Reagan 's over there and I 'm working my fingers to the bone .
16 We 're hoping and I 'm crossing my fingers here , that we 'll get in excess of five thousand people there and the interesting thing is we 've got a commercial exhibition at it , to give it a flavour of Scotland where people will show all the good things made in Scotland and we 're calling it the taste and touch of Scotland and hopefully that will offset the cost of all the other , other er stalls and things that we 're holding .
17 And I 'm making my own way home .
18 I have H E and I 'm doing my exam .
19 My driving is n't too bad — I 'm making about 150 yards — and I 'm improving my chipping .
20 It began one morning at breakfast in the days when I was still a bachelor and Tristan and I were taking our places at the mahogany dining table .
21 No , and I were filling me thing out she says oh fill that one out an' all , so got thirty pence off
22 he says , cos me boyfriend were supposed to be coming down and I were telling our Michael he says , oh , he 's black .
23 At the end of the day Child and I were cursing our luck and Douglas Hamilton was waxing lyrical about the placidity of the beasts , who had allowed him to come within six yards of them .
24 Connors had kept very quiet for Connors , while Kress and I were having our little friendly talk .
25 By the way , I met up with John Collins the other day and he and I were signing your praises .
26 There are times when you can feel successful when you 've done virtually nothing — I remember when I became a radio actor , and I was pushing my motor bike , which had run out of petrol , up the main street in Cardiff , and I felt that I was a great star , and was very pleased with myself .
27 ‘ Lonely This Christmas ’ by Mud was playing of the radio and I was swinging my body from side to side in time to the music in order to pass the time .
28 And I was calling her Mrs .
29 I remember as clear as day , standing talking to Penny and I was calling their plumber , I 'll always remember that and er I was quite took back and Penny said ooh she 's been very good to me
30 In nineteen hundred and twelve the Dutch came and the Oxford Motor Club entertained them and we went all round the High Wycome area , Cophill and that on hill climbs , so we re-enacted it last year and I was riding my nineteen fourteen motorcycle , and I was asked — I was the oldest rider — how old are you ? — I said eighty years old — and what is your biggest difficulty ? — and I said getting my leg over , which I really literally meant because the saddle 's very high and I do have a job getting my leg over the saddle !
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