Example sentences of "the [noun] and i [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always a pleasure to meet you in the field and I appreciate your commitment to creating a better housing business and providing greater satisfaction for our customers . |
| 2 | Ya see , I just flew in from the States and I took your British Airways — my all-time favourite airline — and you know what they did ? |
| 3 | From its shelter the Corporal and I stuck our snouts up . |
| 4 | The old man turned the key and I saw my chance . |
| 5 | Hassan , who was usually with him in Abu Dhabi as well as England , manoeuvred into the rear seat of the Mercedes and I took my place beside the young son who had long since graduated into a licensed driver . |
| 6 | He pounded along the passage and I heard his shouts in the Kitchen " Tristan ! |
| 7 | ‘ Never , though he did say his local picture house was the Pavilion and I know his mother took her loaves to be baked at a place called Jimmy McFadden 's bakery , but they 're not in the phone book , either of them . |
| 8 | I think that 's , that 's all we can do at the moment and I take your point Mr , thank you . |
| 9 | I 'm just learning to drive at the moment and I find its more for my independence than any thing else |
| 10 | can be the same inside leg measurement , but different heights , so I said yes that 's true , it 's all according how long or short you are in the body and I said my son 's short in the waist |
| 11 | You see , I was with her when they met one day in the rose-garden and I watched their faces as they talked together . ’ |
| 12 | I been on a train with the school once — we went to the seaside and I cut my toe . |
| 13 | Like I see her standing up in the toilet and I thought your hair looks nice in n it ? |
| 14 | He ducked into one of the caves and I followed his bent back and the torchlight in the chill and damp . |
| 15 | He came out of the phone-box and I pushed my bicycle beside him through the crowds . |
| 16 | A big , flat coal barge was passing under the bridge and I averted my eyes from the sight of it . |
| 17 | At the magistrates ' court , chairman of the bench Pat Partridge said : ‘ I think we are all aware of the signs in the area and I think my colleagues would agree that it 's not a very good excuse . ’ |
| 18 | Promotion is the priority and I hope our missing fans will see this as a positive move in the right direction . ’ |
| 19 | On 1 November , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment and I announced our decision — to which the hon. Member for Caerphilly referred — to exclude the area of the inland bay as defined in the Bill from further consideration as part of the area proposed as a special protection area . |
| 20 | She was too upset to continue the call and I regretted my decision . |
| 21 | And I , I was issued with that and er I took lessons on it up at head at headquarters and then when I took me proficiency test , I was asked questions on the Browning automatic and other ap things appertaining to the army and I passed me proficiency test . |
| 22 | ‘ He came round the desks and I kicked him in the back of his legs to get him to the floor and I used my shirt to put out the flames and Hazel gave him first aid . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I knew my mum because she 'd been with me at the hospital and I remembered my grandad because of his bald head . |
| 24 | I actually asked prospective farmers what they thought about certain issues , because I think the Leicestershire county council er and our department are probably some of the best farmers landlords there are in the country and I think our tenant farmers know that in actual fact I asked the question to several of the members er er the potential er clients erm , what do you think about foxes . |
| 25 | My eyes grew accustomed to the darkness and I glimpsed her dark shape on the bed , her long hair falling down to her shoulders . |
| 26 | She went into the bathroom and I made my own supper by slicing some of the foul cheese and shoving it between two slices of greased plastic bread . |
| 27 | Then the scuffles subside and I think I hear my bedroom door opening , so my finger tightens on the trigger and I hear my name and I shake my head and I recognize the voice and I know it is Jancey and she 's shouting where am I and I think they 've grabbed her and made her act the decoy and I 'm trying to work out what to do when I hear what she 's saying . |
| 28 | The first May I fell out my garden and put my elbow out , this , this , this one right out which makes it awkward for me to use now , you know , I , I put that right out and therefore erm I had to go at , up to hospital and put that right and the follow the following , the following May my bed caught alight with electric blanket and that blazed all up , had my , had my bed all alight my double bed , the electric blanket and I 'd only just had it serviced and that went , that was the second May and the third May we were going on an outing me and erm Arthur that was lodging with me and he , we got out of the taxi at Parndon and it , he just collapsed and died at me feet so that 's the , that was the end of that and I 've been living here you know , since he went , and erm I used to be able to get anywhere with one stick cos I had arthritis in this right hip you see , I could get anywhere with one stick in the taxi , or anywhere and I went to my son 's , er which is now coming , I 've been here about twelve years in this bungalow , er eight years erm , eight years ago in No this November gone , I went down to my son 's , it was rather slippery and he took me down in the car and I , as I got out erm the car I said to him mind it 's very slippery , he said I wo n't let you fall mother he said , so I went in , but as I came out with one stick he still had n't got anything down , you know , if it had been a , a sort of erm sand or something down I would n't of slipped and I got half way in his car and out I fell and caught this left hip on the step , on the step and I dislocated my hip and it 's right out of the socket like that , it should be , and I ca n't have it put back because I 've had several coronaries in my life time and I can not have it put back you see |
| 29 | Her hand was on the table and I put my hand on it gently . |
| 30 | Er Madam Speaker , I 'm seriously concerned about a minister misleading the house and I seek your general guidance on a matter . |