Example sentences of "and [conj] i [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well he , he , they were on their way to Norwich but they stopped off at Ipswich for a lunch , you see , and er I had , I looked after them , so , so that it should n't interrupt the other girls behind the counter or , or the waiter who was looking after his regular customers in the dining room , you see , er and so I used to erm and once I had I remember there was six black doctors came in and er and I was glad because it was nice to move about and instead of sticking in the office typing and then going out all alone , you see , while the Manager was on the district , you see , I liked it and er anyway that was a long time ago . |
| 2 | If they have got something cooking , and if I found I did n't like it when it came , I 'd tell them to get stuffed . |
| 3 | I will not be for the lessening of it , and if I do I know I less my crown , for we must march together " . |
| 4 | And things like writing leaflets in a way you know that comes up in meetings we 'd better write a leaflet and the response usually 's , Oh n gosh we ca n't do things like that you know , we ca n't speak in public , we ca n't write leaflets and in fact we do you know we find ourselves achieving these things and and I mean I think men really their attitude has really changed over the months . |
| 5 | And when I got I says to here , I 'm sick of having to out all them cigarettes . |
| 6 | And when I decided I did , I noticed you did n't like me . " |
| 7 | And when I did I behaved like a damned fool . |
| 8 | Then I had no excuse not to audition for plays , and when I did I found that I enjoyed it . |
| 9 | And when I did I found I could n't concentrate on my work at all . |
| 10 | Anyway , you know I have my good days and when I do I like to get up and sit by the fire for a while . ’ |
| 11 | And when I arrived I wouldn't 've been surprised if my name had n't been on the list but it was there . |
| 12 | The walk was scheduled to depart from Green Park Tube , and when I arrived I found a group of thirty or so walkers already tapping their feet . |
| 13 | Erm I would like to formally second Mr because I followed a situation where the previous minister had baptised anyone and when I arrived I discussed with the session what our policy on baptism was and we concurred that we should follow the nineteen sixty three law but apply it under grace and with the spirit of God in mind and we had some very difficult situations when people said to me no I have no time for God in my life but I want you to baptise my baby . |
| 14 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 15 | If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me . |
| 16 | My posting came through and I was posted to Swordstone this side of Norwich , so I was still quids in , I could get home once a week , twenty four hour pass and then erm after a while erm , having served at Regiment , I was posted up to , as the Sergeant Artillery Clerk with the Brigade , an ack-ack brigade up at Coventry , just outside Coventry and then of course the A T S were coming in , were coming in in quite large numbers then and they were replacing male personnel and then I was posted abroad and I went to Egypt where I was there again , fortunate enough , I suppose , to go into the echelon , the second echelon which was the Records Office of all the forces or the armoured personnel in the Middle East and I worked there until I was actually demobbed from there but I was out in Egypt there for two , just over two years , came back to Northampton where I was finally demobbed and allowed to come home and as I said I came home one week and I was back at work the next . |
| 17 | The big , heavy blue door loomed before me and as I knocked I heard Mr Simons shuffling along the partially carpeted hall to greet me . |
| 18 | And er , er , an an and as I say I had , like , this was only coming home from school like , you know . |
| 19 | when I was sixteen because it 's then I started to get these free passes and I had a sister then who lived at Rye and I had never been across London so the next door neighbour came with me to see me across London er because I was so young you see and I said right as long as you show me across London I can come back alone , you see , and so I came back alone and I , that 's when I started , so from sixteen and er and as I say I went to Cambridge in the nineteen thirty one , it was the last day of well say nineteen thirty two , you see , and , and also in the twenties I was going on holiday alone and I went to once er to the Isle of Man and when I was er I , I sat next , well being by myself , you see , they put me in , to a little table near the wall . |
| 20 | And as I say I do n't know what sort of things children watch on T V but it 's all in English . |
| 21 | And as I fled I looked back and saw Gorias die into the dark behind me ; the gold towers of Paradise sank like fading flames . ’ |