Example sentences of "and [conj] i [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I lay on my side , my shoulders and hips gave me particular trouble ; if I lay on my front , my back ached ; and if I lay on my back , the springs of the mattress dug into what little flesh I had left . |
| 2 | ‘ And if I run into their outriders ? ’ |
| 3 | Because that 's what it feels like today , he wrote , and because I know in my heart of hearts that it will feel like that tomorrow as well . |
| 4 | I pulled up outside Tremayne 's house and while I put on my socks again she said she would come in for a while for company , ‘ to cure the trembles ’ . |
| 5 | That night I went to the theatre and when I returned to my hotel , a quiet man in dark clothes was waiting for me . |
| 6 | He seemed bright enough and very eager to learn , but when I went to the school to see his work I found that his handwriting was very , very bad and his spelling was absolutely atrocious , and although he was good at mathematics , as time went on he began to get very worried and very upset about it and when I looked at his work I realized that he was doing a lot of the words back to front and was getting the direction of figures mixed up . |
| 7 | And when I ask about their installed base they change the subject . ’ |
| 8 | But it was n't OK and when I reached for my bishop , he 'd wave his arms over the board like a referee who 's just counted somebody out — and change his move . |
| 9 | ‘ And when I listened to your words , I felt so sad . |
| 10 | That left Michael McMahon , and when I wrote to his solicitors I was astonished to hear that he too had written a 100,000-word manuscript . |
| 11 | She is clearing away the last glasses from the vigil , and when I come into her living room she has a cloth in her hand . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm crazy , and when I come to my senses I 'll know that I 'm crazy to admit it to anyone . |
| 13 | And when I worked for her boss he only paid me a fiver ! |
| 14 | And when I daydream of its beauty I think , too , of the people I met on Koraloona , of Doc Reid , the eccentric , wayward medic who first taught me about the island ; Bill Robins , the captain of the Mantela when our ship was attacked , and who before that was to become my first real friend ; Jason Purvis , the starving beachcomber and would-be great novelist who at last did achieve a kind of fame ; Paula Reece , the beautiful American with cold , appraising eyes who so loved the island — and several of its free and happy inhabitants . |
| 15 | And when I think of my daughters growing up in that atmosphere , in that society , I feel I must try to avoid it if in any way I can . |
| 16 | Very pleased to have yours and as I said in my last it 's your money , God has been very kind to you and you must n't fly up in the face of his kindness and I wish you had not taken this step , your Uncle Steve says property 's more trouble than it 's worth . |
| 17 | That more exact calculation has , I think , met with general approval and as I said in my statement about our proposal for council tax benefit in a written answer on 28 November , we intend to maintain that closer alignment in the wake of the changes in local taxation that are intended to take effect in April 1993 . |
| 18 | And as I thought about their meaning , the tears slowed down until they stopped . |
| 19 | And as I looked at my little daughter , bright-eyed and ready to challenge the world , I could only pray that I would be ‘ good enough ’ in the new dance that was just beginning . |
| 20 | And as I marvelled at his breathtaking skiing the cost of a coffee in the Nederhutte mountain restaurant was not top of my concerns . |
| 21 | I listened to this tale of woe and as I dug with my tiny spade , wondered what I might find , an arm or perhaps a leg , but the only discoveries that I made were small pieces of coal washed up on the beach . |
| 22 | I almost floated to the car and as I settled in my seat Beamish put his face to the open window . |
| 23 | He will need my attention and as I note from his record that he is also a Roman Catholic by religion , he may also need the ministrations of Father Martin here . ’ |
| 24 | Cos I have n't said that my MP can have a pay rise , and as I vote for my M P , and you vote for your M P , they have to ask us first as far as I 'm concerned . |