Example sentences of "[vb past] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos time was going on and I thought well just watch that , I knew you wanted it taped and I thought time were going on |
| 2 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 3 | We both winced and I went back to some more work on the sulphonamides , and he to dressing his patients . |
| 4 | A few minutes later he rose and I heard him say , ‘ Goodnight and thank you for giving me your interesting reminiscences . ’ |
| 5 | A flight of alarmed mallards rose and I counted 25 before a second similar flock and then a third took to the air . |
| 6 | I think a medical problem different say for instance for myself I got an awful bash on the nose playing badminton and they thought it was broken , however it mended and I wished it had broken because its mended a bit , but I do not believe in spending money on cosmetic surgery because I think if you make the best of what you have and think of all the people were mutilated by disease |
| 7 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |
| 8 | because he mentioned and I said is that the lady that lives in America ? |
| 9 | Above the chasms we stopped and I kicked out a shelf for the camera bags . |
| 10 | ‘ After about 45 seconds it stopped and I managed to get out . |
| 11 | and er , it was gone eleven I would of thought , anyway he stopped and I slept like a log , got up at twenty past six , but erm , it 's a strange thing because one of those came last evening and it parked outside George 's , now I said yesterday , when Alan goes to work , it 's not long after six normally to go up to London and that |
| 12 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 13 | No I 'm actually quite surprised at myself I 've got two Clippers and both of them I found and I 've had them for ages . |
| 14 | I want that somebody found and I want them talking . ’ |
| 15 | He did not change expression , but an eyebrow flickered and I knew I had him . |
| 16 | In the distance a square of light flickered and I heard music swelling . |
| 17 | The sort of prices which people charged and I 've been speaking with Jack only this morning , the sort of prices people charged , started way , way , way down , and then went way , way , way up . |
| 18 | He used to be a crane driver dear for , yeah he used and I 've got to , one of me sons now is a foreman for , well they 're not now it 's , it 's sort of amal amalgamated with another firm now I think , but he does , he does erm , he 's a foreman like now , he used to be a truck , crane driver and my , the very night that my hubby died on the following Monday he would of been working in Harlow , he got a new crane to take over in Harlow and he 'd been working away from home for weeks and months of the year always away , coming home weekends and I used to have to cook and do his washing and pack him up for going off again Monday morning early , but he never was near home working then , and as I say the night before he went he was , he was gon na work on the Monday to in Old , to Harlow down where the new er place was for and it unfortunately cos he went . |
| 19 | That was the method that we used and I did n't I never heard I did n't hear of dermatitis or anything until well twenty five years afterwards . |
| 20 | I tried and I failed , Mr Millet . |
| 21 | Because from the age of seventeen to twenty nine I worked on building sites , and that got boring so I changed and I changed and became a policeman , and I ca became a policeman when I was twenty nine and a half and it 's , I 've enjoyed it ever since cos every day is interesting , every day is different , every day is unusual . |
| 22 | I think ( I can not remember the number ) that it must have been at least 20 lashes he received and I felt every one of them . |
| 23 | He commanded and I obeyed , or , rather , pretended to . |
| 24 | My rash courage ebbed and I wanted to run . |
| 25 | In any case — thank God — eventually my period came and I knew I was n't pregnant . |
| 26 | And there would be a funeral when the boat came and I mean when the boat came is just when the boat came . |
| 27 | " Then March came and I thought I cant tell her now , I 'm too far gone , she 'll go mad . " |
| 28 | When the pass came and I had arranged for a fortnight 's holiday I travelled to the Pacific coast in a day coach : overnight to Calgary , and on for another 24 hours through the glorious panorama of the Rockies to Burrard Inlet , English Bay and Stanley Park , Vancouver . |
| 29 | She said when you came and I rang to confirm it all she said you 're very lucky because he agreed thirteen pounds and we do n't do it for under fifteen pounds now . |
| 30 | I mean I saw a came and I started with him and I liked it . |