Example sentences of "and i [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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31 | You 've all heard that and I 've heard it for about thirty years now . |
32 | In that sense it 's a glorified soap — and I 've heard it dismissed more than once as a yuppie Dallas , though I find it as difficult to understand how anyone could see it that way as those people would find it to understand how I can curl up , laugh and cry with the characters each week and carry their dilemmas around with me in the days in between . |
33 | ‘ There 's probably a streak of insanity in the family , and I 've inherited it ! ’ |
34 | And I 've placed it in a strategic position . |
35 | I wo , could have been off there to get it in and I 've cut it somewhere . |
36 | I said what he 's given and I 've repeated it back to him . |
37 | ‘ And I 've asked it nary a word till we got here , so as you could hear the story as well . |
38 | I have accepted part of it , and I 've amended it to ensure that we can overcome the criticisms er that would have been involved if we 'd left it er as it was , er and above all , and I think this is the most important thing , we 've made sure that it will work , er and that it will meet our objectives of getting competition into the franchises , if we 'd just ended up with one great monolithic British Rail , after all each franchise remember will be coming gradually , they wo n't be doing them all at once , there will be one next year , several the year after , and so on , if British Rail had been able to go around and pick them off , and say , Well we can run this now in the future much better than we 've done it in the past , so we 'll bid , and we 'll bid a low bid , that really would n't have been getting fair and proper competition into the system , so what i what I 've done is ensured , as I 've done all the way through in this bill in accepting amendments , that we make sure we achieve our objectives , and that above all it 's workable , the , as it was it would n't as it was the Paignton amendment would n't have been workable , because there would have been total chaos and confusion |
39 | I 'm afraid I , I 've only got one spare tape recorder and I 've lent it to somebody already erm |
40 | The gaunt man with a snarl in his Canadian voice said , ‘ You said before Winnipeg , and I 've done it and I want my money . ’ |
41 | ‘ You said before Winnipeg , and I 've done it and I want my money . ’ |
42 | ‘ I do n't need that kind of restriction on my playing , and I 've done it loads of times in the past when recording , always having to think , ‘ Well , I ca n't play the F£ there ; I 'll have to go down and play it there . ’ |
43 | While in London he said , ‘ You name it and I 've done it . |
44 | And I 've done it with the same manager — Harry Bassett . ’ |
45 | Yes , I 've done the mandate workshop , yes , and I 've done it with other groups too . |
46 | Well I 've tried to explain to him , I 've actually sat down and said , You have got , and I 've done it in a way of , of sets . |
47 | And I 've done it very well . |
48 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
49 | and I 've barred it from the house . |
50 | And I 've seen it happen on several occasions over the past couple of years , always when there are no TV cameras on him . |
51 | During all our alterations I 've seen it in the old garage away up in a loft and I 've seen it put out in the back yard in the rain , and I 've always saved it and it 's there today . |
52 | And if he does bring it to the attention of the authorities , the problem then arises that in many cases , and I 've seen it in my experience , he will be dissuaded |
53 | She has her own tone and style and I 've seen it very effective . |
54 | What 's this crap with , and I 've missed it . |
55 | Yes , and I 've broken it up into parts , I 'll be doing the same with Bernard and Tony , incidentally . |
56 | Follow up meeting 's next Friday , a week today and I 've written it in my diary so I 'll make sure I bring it up then . |
57 | yeah pulled it up to the shed and I 've left it there |
58 | give it another growing and I just thought stupid plant , and I 've left it and it 's grown into a beautiful , , did n't call it which now is supposed to before the other way round . |
59 | And I 've left it now ! |
60 | I 'm training the red-tailed buzzard as a hunting bird , though , and I 've found it sometimes prefers to look around for food for itself , rather than just come to my lure . |