Example sentences of "[coord] i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ And I could n't see , so we could n't do any more the things we used to — just little things , like watching the sunset , or laughing at a holopic when we turned out the lights in bed , or me reading a poem to her . |
2 | But it was quite impossible for the TCPA or me to bless the Plan unreservedly . |
3 | ‘ It is chilling to go among strangers , ’ he had written a few days earlier , ‘ & I leave a lovely country . ’ |
4 | ‘ It draws all the Gentlemen to it whenever they are within , especially after Dinner , so that my Br Fanny & I have the Library to ourselves in delightful quiet . ’ |
5 | Or I got a garden , I could occupy myself in the garden . |
6 | Or I get an L B. |
7 | Or I mean the flood of phone calls that have no doubt saved the erm Green Party . |
8 | the last week in September and it was the last week it was open , so you 're better of going near the middle or I mean the beginning or |
9 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
10 | When my brother or I had a fever , my mother or my grandfather used to come here to find leaves or roots to cure it . |
11 | fourteen or I had a sixteen overhead cam Cortina engine sitting up the blokes just swapped it for a two litre cos he wanted some more go . |
12 | Or I said the money you do n't spend . |
13 | For instance , I bought it from John and John sold it to me , or I received/got a letter from John and John sent me a letter are equally ‘ natural ’ as far as the phraseology of English is concerned ; their ‘ acceptability ’ is , of course , determined by the context in which they occur . |
14 | I 'm telling you all this , and perhaps you do n't have to erm pay for any of these treatments we do gift vouchers , so if you 've got anybody who wants to buy you a gift of any sort , you could always say well , I fancy erm an eyebrow trim , or I fancy a pedicure perhaps they would like to buy you a gift voucher and then you can come in and it could be a present for you . |
15 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
16 | You help Diniz Vasquez or I dilute the shares and merge with the Strozzi . |
17 | ‘ You had better make sure , lady , or I send a message direct to Tracy . ’ |
18 | 2.00–2.30pm She takes her lunch break : ‘ Usually a banana sandwich , or I nibble a bit of fruit ’ , she says . |
19 | You see , I think housework is a waste of time , I do n't do it , or I do a minimum . |
20 | I do my bedroom out every day — sweep it and dust the furniture and I do something else every day , like I dust the tops of the cupboards or I give the wardrobe a polish . |
21 | The number density of energetic ions and electrons is so high that were you or I to cross the belt we would receive 500 times the lethal dose of such particles . |
22 | I have no problem with empowerment or I love the word empowerment , because I split it up empowerment increasing the power we all have , for God 's sake what 's jargonistic about that ? |
23 | ‘ I work with Mr Mitchell or I refuse the assignment , ’ she snapped , her suspicions again aroused at this insistence on women only . |
24 | Or I spend the weekend in bed , dozing , lounging |
25 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
26 | Still , Will had driven from his Stockport home for the twin purposes of getting some exercise and talking about his book , and neither he nor I fancied a day in sad cafe ambience doing nothing but the latter . |
27 | And neither Simon nor I fancied a stranger moving in with us . |
28 | We pantomimed an exchange of flowers for phone , which resulted in her crushing about half a dozen carnations and me getting the phone cord wrapped around my neck . |
29 | And it 's an opportunity for her and me to say a couple of words to us , and for us certainly to thank her very much for her service . |
30 | Frequently we stopped , turned and went back for another try to the left or right Our order did not change , with Odd-Knut out in front , then Tony and Nathan , and me bringing the line to an end . |