Example sentences of "and [conj] i [vb past] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was easy for me to summon up this everyday vision , because whenever I sat on the toilet the hem was stretched between my calves , and if I leant forward it was always the salient object in my view . |
| 2 | This was supposed to be a ‘ sensitive ’ job and if I came out I would automatically be adjudged a danger to the patients and given the elbow . |
| 3 | Erm I do n't know if I gave you , and if I did n't I need to , the things that I 've called recordings logs , that are different than meeting logs . |
| 4 | By the time I get I get kids something each I never have a lot left I was only saying that with one thing and another and and I said there she is worrying about her Caroline worrying about she 's going to manage . |
| 5 | We had rather a lot to drink , and before I knew where I was I found myself being hustled into a broom closet by three men . |
| 6 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 7 | But her back was out of reach behind her head , and before I knew where I was , I was saying ‘ Hello ’ and holding out my hand . |
| 8 | Yeah , I said I 'd have a go and before I knew where I was I got got top billing . |
| 9 | I got into Edinburgh and before I came up I took a year off and worked and travelled . |
| 10 | ‘ Ana screamed and when I looked round you were n't there at all . ’ |
| 11 | For a moment I looked away , and when I looked back he was gone . |
| 12 | There was a scraping , rattling sound and when I looked down I saw bones . |
| 13 | And when I got through I knew immediately by the tone of her voice that she was , there was something wrong . |
| 14 | anyhow that made me feel there was no future in Plymouth for that , so this opportunity came , I came and when I got here they did n't carry any sergeants so I would of had to move again if I wanted promotion , which I was n't prepared to do for this , mainly for his education , unfortunately the |
| 15 | When I looked then at first I could n't see , it was all — you know — black like inside my eyes , but I knew they were open and I could hear the kids yelling — and when I got up he was lying on the sofa , snoring — he must 've just dropped me and let me where I lie- ’ She stopped and Clare sat quietly waiting . |
| 16 | If I could n't produce a marriage date , and Nigel could n't officially be registered dead without it , perhaps he was n't , because legally he could n't be , and when I got home I 'd find … |
| 17 | It 's this really creepy area , a dead-end road in a red-light district , and when I got there I discovered I did n't have my key and he was n't in , so I was locked out . |
| 18 | I jogged , sprinted towards my inanimate friend and when I got there I was so relieved I wanted to cry . |
| 19 | And when I got there I stayed there , it was the safest place to be . |
| 20 | I was some way behind , it was misty , and when I got there I could n't see him . |
| 21 | And when I got back I had ants in my pants , |
| 22 | I do n't know ; they held me down and when I woke up I was in the back of a car on my way home . |
| 23 | And when I woke up I had ants in my pants , |
| 24 | And when I walked away I thought , oh fancy saying that but I 'd said it , it was too bloody late . |
| 25 | So I sat there thinking about life , and when I listened again he was talking about orgasms . ’ |
| 26 | And when I came round I was in the same place . |
| 27 | I was , I was in the loo and erm they were , they went into the office and I could hear this rummaging of paper and I thought they 've got a club book , I did n't think any more of it , and when I came out they got , both of them out of the boxes . |
| 28 | He sent me into the pub to have a drink , and when I came out he had the two back shoes on . |
| 29 | I think he had a little bit of ill health and my immediate superior took over as Traffic Superintendent and he was there throughout the war and when I came out he was my boss and er you see and er and then in nineteen forty eight was made Transport Manager , because as you say we had to split from Electric Supply and he carried on until erm nineteen seventy two and erm , we had government reorganization and erm they did away with people like the Town Clerk and Transport Manager and erm erm was retired , early retirement , the same as the Town Clerk and erm they brought in a General Manager from away and brought in more staff with him and that was came in and er so I then applied for the position , which was going , there was , there was Traffic Superintendent was going er Chief Administration Officer , Chief Engineer and erm er Bodywork Maintenance Superintendent . |
| 30 | ‘ Screaming ’ ‘ I was downstairs in the living-room and when I came out I found the whole stairway on fire , ’ she said . |