Example sentences of "and [pron] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had nice Tory ladies saying that to me in 1983 , and me vigorously nodding my agreement . |
| 2 | All this made me feel very much better and I immediately wrote my name up on the wall . |
| 3 | It was my job to go into it , and I simply did my job . |
| 4 | And once I nearly got my head flattened , cos I sent up the wrong thing and bang he sent it down and I just got my head out of there in time . |
| 5 | And I just light my lighter in your direction . |
| 6 | Mr Gibson said : ‘ My wife Pat phoned to tell me what happened and I just packed my bag and got the first flight . ’ |
| 7 | He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy . |
| 8 | I share a birthplace with my hon. Friend , and I also share his concern about the future of the assisted places scheme . |
| 9 | I know about the Islington survey , and I also share his concern about under-reporting in some areas of the country of some types of crime in particular , but let me continue with the facts before we begin to look at the solutions . |
| 10 | The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause . |
| 11 | However , he offered me a place ( perhaps out of consideration for my father ) , and I duly began my undergraduate career . |
| 12 | ‘ You can have too much of anything , ’ was Gay 's sage rejoinder , ‘ and I rather think her mother 's been overdoing this entertaining stunt . |
| 13 | I am a North-East lad and I thoroughly enjoyed my time with Middlesbrough and Darlington . |
| 14 | Both were wonderful dinner companions and I thoroughly enjoyed my evening . |
| 15 | The change brought some unexpected experiences and challenges , but all my years as a Head were full of interest and happy working relationships and I thoroughly enjoyed my career , a memorable and refreshing interlude in it being the Centenary summer term back at Somerville as a Schoolmistress Fellow . |
| 16 | It was at this time that we read Morgan Forster 's article in the Listener about George Crabbe and we were touched and interested enough to seek out a copy of Crabbe 's poems and I well remember my surprise in discovering a mid-19th-century edition in San Diego , I think . |
| 17 | From the age of seven I had always wanted to be a missionary and I well remember my mother returning from a missionary meeting in the village to hear me say that was what I hoped one day to be . |
| 18 | I am not surprised that he ventured into the fray this evening , because he has already won an outstanding victory for his constituents and I well understand his desire to enjoy another . |
| 19 | I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused . |
| 20 | Not long after that meeting I was faced with a problem over my official duties and I urgently sought his advice . |
| 21 | The afternoon was cold and raw , and I soon regretted my choice of clothing , a light linen suit dating from my time in this country . |
| 22 | However , the crew helped us aboard and I soon forgot my fright when we were given bananas to eat . |
| 23 | ‘ I think that pictures of this kind have no place on the sleeve of a pop record and I strongly question her commitment to Amnesty International . ’ |
| 24 | I am sorry if I appeared to spring the letter on you and I fully understand your desire to get it right . |
| 25 | Problem was I was playing a British Military Police Chief , and I still had my uniform on when I turned up at this place . |
| 26 | I wish I was wrong and I still had my pension . |
| 27 | British Aerospace was brilliant , as long as I had , I had a good reason to go away they 'd give me , they said they 'd pay for , I mean one year I did six weeks away paid and then anot another year I did two months non pay and I still kept me job , that 's when I went up the for two months all I was just labour doing it then . |
| 28 | I seem to have more time for her than I had with them , and I still do my housework and all the washing . |
| 29 | You have got to enjoy yourself to be able to complete at a top level and I still love my running . |
| 30 | ‘ It was good quality stuff , good to work on and I gradually worked my way up to being one of the house engineers and it took off from there . ’ |