Example sentences of "and i [verb] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My conscience over that headache of an interview you 'd promised Cara — and me making believe I was my sister — was really getting to me . ’ |
| 2 | It was she who told me that Doogie was a commis chef at one of the better Park Lane hotels ( and I 'd said I had n't realized his politics were important and she 'd just looked at me ) and she was a journalist with one of the North London suburban weeklies . |
| 3 | ‘ You either sink or swim , ’ she said , ‘ and I 'd decided I was going to swim . ’ |
| 4 | And I 'd got I 'd bought one of his ! |
| 5 | And I like to think I 've learned my lessons : |
| 6 | When and I got married I had to wear a size 16 wedding dress . |
| 7 | I 've loved you since August , and I 've known I loved you — and what I wanted to do about it — since the day after Christmas . ’ |
| 8 | but I 've never had a chance to see the play , and I 've got I 've got a full book of his works upstairs , and |
| 9 | Then she asked me what I was going to do and I had to say I wanted to go with her . |
| 10 | We were talking about Project 81 , and I had said I was very undecided . |
| 11 | Only one thing surprised me — I did n't recognise her voice and I had thought I would . |
| 12 | I remembered a night by the river when daylight faded , darkness fell and the moon rose at once with a new light and I had thought I understood everything and that everything was good . |
| 13 | Sometimes I took speed — ‘ blues ’ , little blue tablets — to keep me awake , but they made me depressed , they made my testicles shrivel up and I kept thinking I was getting a heart attack . |
| 14 | But we undid the fire door , which was fortunate we were by it and I said look I 'll take you outside the fresh air might revive you . |
| 15 | But it , it did n't worry me and I liked to think I can go about my daily life and not be frightened , and I am not gon na be frightened to go out at night . |
| 16 | well I do think I have , I have those points , erm , I do n't want to stop you Mr er , and I do repeat I 'm going to , I 'm going to rule on these matters and both parties have er , erm , will have certainly have full liberty to come back and , and deal with them , I just wanted to know in outline the present parties er to the future of these proceedings |
| 17 | And I do believe I still have some influence with my husband . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ With luck we 'll be able to follow this down to the coast instead , and I do believe I see a cave just up ahead , ’ Travis said encouragingly . |
| 19 | and its lasted the memory of it and I do wish I had reported it or at least gone to the library staff . |
| 20 | B , retired persons that was the right answer , right , B , retired persons was the right answer , now some of you put D , anyone not gainfully employed and I did think I 'd explained it clearly |
| 21 | WHAT OUR READERS SAY : ‘ I do enjoy reading PFK — I have learned a lot from it , and I hasten to add I 'm still learning . ’ |
| 22 | In the end , they did get some players and I have said I am pretty satisfied that the England players who went did n't go for money . |
| 23 | We all intend to continue the same sort of programme for the next couple of years and I have said I would like to call in next term and on a periodic basis until our responsibility ceases . |
| 24 | ‘ I had never heard of alternative comedy and I have to confess I did n't know some of my co-stars , like Rik Mayall and Julian Clary . |
| 25 | She also gave me some mysterious Chinese herbal pills specially formulated for women and I have to say I feel terrific . |
| 26 | Incidentally , I 've been using a better copy of PagePlus 2 ( due to be launched in March ) and I have to say I 'm very impressed . |
| 27 | ‘ And I have to say I 'm with Griffith on this Boycott business . |
| 28 | Not now , not next year but in the next twenty years so there are a problem with schools , there are problems , I think , with changing leisure habits er people , the way that people take their leisure has changed over the last twenty years and not always have clubs , organizations and sailing schools taken account of that in , in their programme , especially with youngsters and I have to say I also believe there is apathy in some clubs and other organizations , not every club has an active youth sailing scheme and I believe that any club that does n't either must be extremely popular because of its er prices of beer or , or some other reason or it may not exist perhaps in twenty years ' time , so I think it 's an ext extremely important topic brought about by the maybe , without being melodramatic , some of the stuff that we 're reading in the papers about youngsters these days but looking at it from a purely selfish sailing point of view if we 're to get more youngsters into the sport even if we 're to hold our ground we 've got to make a big effort over , over this year and , and it 's important make sure that it runs on for future years . |
| 29 | I could see what went on through the two front windows despite the 4p off Whiskas stickers , and I have to admit I was impressed . |
| 30 | ‘ It is a totally new departure for me , and I have to admit I do n't know what it is going to be like or what to expect . |