Example sentences of "i [vb base] [coord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay and thought of her , trying on corsets while the world fell to pieces . |
| 2 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 3 | I sit and fidget like a child . |
| 4 | Usually when I sit and stare at my blank sheets of A4 paper every month , I am trying to think how I can help you with your Duomatic machines . |
| 5 | I sit and stare for some time , wondering if he is sick . |
| 6 | I sit and talk to him . |
| 7 | If I pick and choose at this stage , I 'm not likely to get off the ground . |
| 8 | ‘ When I see him racing I yell and scream with the best of them , ’ Sharon confesses . |
| 9 | ‘ I have to go , ’ I say and go to the hall for my coat . |
| 10 | ‘ See you , ’ I say and escape to City Road , where an off-licencee is opening and looks up surprised to see an office yuppie ( his definition ) among the line of winoes so early in the morning-o ! |
| 11 | I find that absolutely because you know my stories I can only write so much and then I stop and think about then and then I write some more . |
| 12 | I stop and think for a moment — shocked by my act of sadism . |
| 13 | But , by now , the violence has crept north , and I stop and watch in amazement as a Newberry 's drugstore at Venice and Western literally explodes before my eyes , a mushroom of smoke and flames towering 200 feet into the night sky . |
| 14 | The phrases used are different but the message is the same , ‘ I approve of myself , ‘ I am a child of the Universe ’ , ‘ I relax and trust in life ’ . |
| 15 | When I do , I wink and smile at her . |
| 16 | I swallow and speak in a tremor . |
| 17 | The warmth and obvious pleasure of everyone I meet and see in the Cynon Valley that day is humbling and exhilirating . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) Titius left this legacy to his debtor , Seius : ‘ I give and bequeath to Seius ten denarii , and I also give him whatever he owed me by way of capital and interest . ’ |
| 19 | If there 's somenthing I have n't got I park and bargain with the road workers . |
| 20 | I wave and clap at the crowd , blow kisses at them and bow , it is not theatricality but very genuine feeling . |
| 21 | Oh I bed and go to sleep . |
| 22 | As I chew and chew without swallowing , the Monster 's slobbering and sucky-grunting falls silent making me look up in alarm . |
| 23 | If I spit and scream at you , you are entitled to react , are n't you ? |
| 24 | And not tell her that I know and wait for her to tell me . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean to tell Her Grace what I know and pray to God that she will discover a means of remedying the situation , ’ Brackenbury said obscurely — but then he paused , hesitated and , seeming to make up his mind , spoke boldly . |
| 26 | It would be wrong to conclude a link between heterosexuality and low self-esteem because I know and work with many healthy heterosexuals . |
| 27 | I want the clouds sweeping over the stubble when I creep and stand on the front steps after reading all night , and our owls hoot , and everyone 's sleeping upstairs , sleeping sound , in quiet bedrooms . |
| 28 | Yet among the many people I teach and guide in the alps , an inability or unwillingness to memorise their route is perhaps the most common failing , and this applies to very able climbers as well as novices . |
| 29 | I find it hard to think of any more splendid compensation than conferment of the power to transfer a very large sum of money from a newspaper which I dislike and despise to an organisation or institution which I love and admire . |
| 30 | ‘ I prod and pry in all the little nooks and crannies — but it is all done in a caring way . ’ |