Example sentences of "[verb] and i [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week , an announcement on er further steps on acid rain — six thousand million pounds ; I mean there 's big , big money in there already committed and I 've no doubt that when the need is shown , there 'll be greater money still spent — which will either be taxpayer 's money or customer 's money . |
| 2 | Voight and I split the vote . |
| 3 | A septic tank has already been installed and I have a quotation — amounting to some thousands of pounds , I 'm afraid — to drill for water . |
| 4 | Erm and it 's a bit like timekeeping I mean they they 've got their own system now for evaluating how good they are at time keeping and I think the erm the figure they try and hit is about ninety five percent is n't it of trains arriving on time . |
| 5 | My gaze dropped and I saw a ring — an iridescent opal , set in a circle of rich , blood-red garnets . |
| 6 | It was not too far to jump and I know every inch of the lake . |
| 7 | ‘ At 28ft the front window cracked and I had a job getting up again' he writes , the Prime Minister did not approve of such risks by senior officers , but the CCO felt his men expected such leadership . |
| 8 | Folding the sheet containing the poem into what I hoped was the perfect paper 'plane , I waited until Mrs Burton 's back was turned and I launched the message-bearing missile in Belinda 's direction . |
| 9 | Paige and I have a lot to catch up on , ’ she dismissed her ‘ friend ’ , who merely shrugged , nodded silently to Paige , and just as silently departed . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Well almost I got the cupboard done and I got the tiles lying by the side of the hob , but they have n't yet been cut to fit erm and glued down but one of these day 's he 'll get around to it . |
| 12 | ‘ In the circumstances there was no more to be done and I put the matter out of my mind until your officer telephoned my housekeeper yesterday . ’ |
| 13 | The shows on that 1987 reunion tour are among the best we 've done and I remember a cracking night in the Olympia which would have been the last time we visited Dublin . |
| 14 | ‘ It is one of the most beautiful places I 've ever seen and I think the picture conveys that . |
| 15 | ‘ It is one of the most beautiful places I 've ever seen and I think the picture conveys that . |
| 16 | The paper quite rightly says and I quote the relationship between the T G W U and the G M B has all been marked by a blend of competition and co-operation . |
| 17 | " Mary was n't looking and I found the experience very pleasant . |
| 18 | I catch up on video tapes of TV shows I 've missed and I read a lot . |
| 19 | Peering into the tank using a strong eye-glass I could only see a few fry and I mean a few . |
| 20 | His wife answered and I heard a background conversation before she came back to the phone . |
| 21 | I smoked for twenty seven years , and erm I 'm getting on to a year now since I stopped smoking and I feel a lot calmer , I hated being a victim to cigarettes ! |
| 22 | Er , we have n't , in the scheme that 's before you , we have n't been able to take account of , of all the things that people have said and I think the most significant point about that is the comments that Road should also be covered by this scheme . |
| 23 | This undemanding life-cycle had never been disrupted and I read the new lecture list partly just out of habit and partly for the simple pleasure of seeing my name in print . |
| 24 | I do n't feel too bad — my legs ache and I got a sort of tight feeling in my tummy , but apart from that I 'm OK . |
| 25 | The bed was made and I noticed a large handwritten note lying upon the pillow . |
| 26 | In those days the final link in the Iceland circle road had not been made and I needed a plane , bound for Fagurhólsmýri , to reach the National park . |
| 27 | There is no need for us to quarrel and I see no reason why we can not — occasionally — go out together . |
| 28 | The voice stopped and I had a similar feeling to the one I had just before I found Toby trussed up in his cupboard . |
| 29 | The recorder stopped and I heard the rustle of paper being turned — the music-stand . |
| 30 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |