Example sentences of "in [noun sg] and i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1966 : 72 ) recognized such unobtrusive measures have found favour in field-work and I discovered at an early stage that the problem remains one of revealing the structural warts of the system while somehow indicating that this need not be seditious ; and indeed might even be of some value . |
| 2 | I had mine in kitchen and I kept knocking it over every time I opened up |
| 3 | I stood in kitchen and I smothered this slice of toast and butter were just literally running off it and it were |
| 4 | I was very happy ; but I am sure that I needed a sharp lesson in humility and I received it . |
| 5 | actually we , mm , at some length and had a few ideas , erm I 've got an appointment with someone at the Arts Council in a couple of weeks that the Arts Council 's got a new fund called erm consultants in research and I thought I 'd make a bid to see if we can get someone |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm no use to anyone in football and I had better get out , ’ he said . |
| 7 | His comment had caught me in mid-swallow and I managed to spray little bits of scone onto the coffee table . |
| 8 | Obviously this was no problem to the American buyers who were out in force and I wondered whether within fifty years all the antiques in Britain would end up in America and we would be confined to department-store replicas . |
| 9 | It was the first time I 'd seen anyone in labour and I made a silent vow that when I was married I was n't going to have any babies if this was how you had to suffer . |
| 10 | They were built with me in mind and I liked them and got a couple from Fender . |
| 11 | I discussed my feelings with the woman in question and I slept with her , but I deeply regretted it later on and was sorry that I had n't weighed up the consequences more thoroughly beforehand . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd previously been trained in management and I did n't want to be an audio typist . |
| 13 | I had to go — I had a meeting in town and I did n't want to miss the train . |
| 14 | When I was at the GLC , Ken Livingstone was in charge and I thought it was the beginning of Utopia , so many wonderful things were happening at last . |
| 15 | We were called to an explosion and house fire in Sutton-in-Ashfield and I responded as Officer in Charge and I pulled up outside , we dealt with the fire and then we began the investigation to find out what had happened . |
| 16 | So it was an uphill struggle and within three months we were doing well in shop and I left my job and since then I 'm in Walsall . |
| 17 | I was taken away in disgrace and I did n't care . |
| 18 | It lasted three days in court and I had to do night duties and then , finishing between 12 and 2 a.m. , going on nights again , going off early , going to court . |
| 19 | I only got one packet cos they 're cheap in Gateway and I thought well if if they 're alright might just go on them then . |
| 20 | Well because it 's darkish in colour and I 'd rather promised myself that if I have anything new now it 'll be of a brighter colour . |
| 21 | Soon after this the same Shanny became a dark greeny brown in colour and I noticed rows of eggs on the underside of a rock in his cave . |
| 22 | There 's no need to worry — I 'd not live there for all the gold in Christendom and I told the lady Anne as much ! |
| 23 | I used to book up in advance and I thought oh go to Dunoon , you see and er I got a free pass , so I went and erm she said talk about a holiday , she said you soon you 've had your breakfast you 're off . |
| 24 | We 're very obsessed with things called viewing figures in television and I worked out quite simply that if everybody among the eleven million people who are supposed to view Keeping Up Appearances every Sunday , popped a penny into a money box for Save The Children Fund one Sunday night , that would raise a hundred and ten thousand pounds within an hour , now why do n't we get going and encourage people to do that . |
| 25 | My index finger was sleeved in frost and I dared not bend it for fear of splitting the skin . |
| 26 | It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet of flowers . |
| 27 | And I thought at first that it was good , because my mistress had lost her interest in life and I thought this might renew it . ’ |
| 28 | First thing this morning we were lying in bed and I asked Polly whether she was real , but all she said was ‘ What the f— are you doing in my bed ? ’ so the jury 's still out on that one . |
| 29 | I told him they were in bed and I dashed up the stairs , two at a time , to fetch them . |
| 30 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |