Example sentences of "and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't be stupid , ’ I snap , and I suck on my Jameson 's . |
| 2 | He lights the match below the brown patch and I suck in and follow the smoke . |
| 3 | Crilly comes to my bedside with a neatly prepared square of foil and a tube , and I suck from it happily . |
| 4 | I think most fundamentally she transmitted her inner core of pride and I acquired from him both doggedness of purpose and the confidence to decide what was just and unjust in the world as I met it . |
| 5 | Tony and I get up as quickly as we can , brushing the snow free from clothes before putting them on so that it will not melt with the heat from our bodies . |
| 6 | Odd-Knut fetches his first aid kit , and I get ours . |
| 7 | I try to go to sleep again , but I ai n't sleepy , and I get all fidgety . |
| 8 | There 's blood in your body , and I get to thinking about what would happen if your blood froze . |
| 9 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 10 | We visit the charming sheep and I get a chance to wear my wellingtons after all . |
| 11 | One of my bigger irritations is when I have an enormously tight schedule taking me all over the country and I get calls — sometimes on my mobile phone when I 'm stuck in the middle of a field somewhere — insisting that it 's vitally important I attend a meeting that has just been scheduled for three o'clock that afternoon in London , which could easily have been planned at least two weeks earlier . |
| 12 | A sequence in which they knock me down and I get up . |
| 13 | So they knock me down and I shake my head and I get up . |
| 14 | The gangs are killing hobos for less than a dollar and I get 19 on my first try . |
| 15 | That 's just like my dad — he 's always on about what a struggle he had in the days of his youth and I get it all too easy . |
| 16 | Did n't he and I get drunk many a night together — ‘ |
| 17 | I know that in the mundane , the thought of never having been understood or recognised rankles ; but the transcendent joy is the greater and I get instead the hidden flowers of sorrow of my own soul with their scent and their beauty . |
| 18 | Individually they are fine and I get on very well with most of them , but put them together in a group and they seem to have an attitude problem . |
| 19 | Anyway , where would Chris and I get , to do it ? |
| 20 | But think of this as us helping each other — you get the promotion , and I get to take out the most beautiful woman in the office ! ’ he winked . |
| 21 | The driver calls ‘ Loving ’ and I get off the bus … ’ |
| 22 | He and I get along very well now . |
| 23 | I 've got to play some flamenco and bass on a couple of songs and I get to do lots of weird effects and things . ’ |
| 24 | I 've managed to overcome the problems and I get around quite quickly — but I 've got chunks knocked out of the back of all my necks where the slide catches ! ’ |
| 25 | I 'm 32 and I get a lot of shit for it . |
| 26 | On the one hand there 's Little Liz , and on the other there 's Lovebite ; but just as I think I 've made a decision , the image of Lord Lane comes into my mind and I get all confused again . |
| 27 | I only have to go a few quid over and I get snooty letters threatening to take it off me . |
| 28 | ‘ Designing a ring is always a lengthy process which involves me producing a number of drawings until the customer and I get it right between us . |
| 29 | ‘ They are entertaining and patient creatures and I get a lot of pleasure from them . |
| 30 | Glenn Clements , a burly policeman who took a break from his job to be in charge of the Pinnochio group , says : ‘ I 've got four kids and I get far more pleasure taking these children on holiday than I do my own . ’ |