Example sentences of "[adj] and [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was n't OK and when I reached for my bishop , he 'd wave his arms over the board like a referee who 's just counted somebody out — and change his move . |
| 2 | I always say it will be done in a fortnight ; this gives me more leeway if things go wrong and if I get the garment finished before the two weeks are up the person is usually delighted . |
| 3 | As I say , I only get 36 off the social and when I get it on a Monday , I usually spend 30 right away on food for the kids . |
| 4 | But I mean he was very interested and when I said that we 'd actually done a recycling directory and that I was thinking |
| 5 | It was all terrifically exciting and when I got the parts I could hardly believe it . |
| 6 | Can I just point out that something here , erm , was , I think I mentioned about my children it was the height of the table and its just so little that , that they indicate their in height in this picture , but it is there and , erm , that , I found that really very exciting and as I say the , The Threes , it , the three goblets , the three apples the three puppies , so often I 've , I 've found that there is three sets of , three objects and in |
| 7 | So if you 've got children looking at mortgages , just tell them to be careful and that I think really my advice would be to , for anyone starting off a new mortgage now , to definitely go for repayment , until they 've sorted out what they 're doing , because if you cash an endowment within two years , if you ca n't keep up the payments , if you lose your job , then y you get nothing back . |
| 8 | You can do too much of this if you are not careful and as I tend to paint with sharp stabby strokes it can be a fault with me to look rather bitty . |
| 9 | She was delighted that the coffee was real and that I had used a glass jug on a silver stand , where a nightlight kept it steaming . |
| 10 | It was also agreed that the gallery had been overheated and airless and that I had drunk too much . |
| 11 | You 're absolutely right you 're absolutely right and and I think |
| 12 | That first fairway was hump-backed and before I drove , I asked : ‘ What 's the line , Willie ? ’ |
| 13 | Erm I mean looking at the , er the only solution , I feel erm another poor factor of this committee is probably er erm unnecessary and if I look at appendix four which lists the possibles , if I can find , erm it is n't actually necessary to have rules all like this , er next years erm , next years priority will be dealt with next year . |
| 14 | Yeah but I mean you , there are times when you feel weak and that I mean |
| 15 | He pushed again quite hard and as I turned away I heard him snigger and say , ‘ You have to kick 'em , you know . ’ |
| 16 | My husband says I am calmer and more relaxed and that I have had a much more positive outlook on life ! |
| 17 | She telephoned offering to help when my wife was ill and when I said there was nothing she or anyone could do , she did n't keep fussing . |
| 18 | ‘ I think so — as far as I can , bearing in mind that I 'm Jewish and that I 've never been remotely religious . |
| 19 | This study might appear one sided with more detail about ‘ Anna Karenina ’ but I think it is inevitable and although I found it quite hard to compare such different styles , I enjoyed reading and studying both . |
| 20 | ‘ Anyone who gets really used to something will know what I 'm talking about here , but my stuff is pretty noisy and when I came up with a way of getting rid of the noise , I really missed it ! |
| 21 | Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home . |
| 22 | I had said I did n't want to go , that I was tired and that I did n't like the sea . |
| 23 | In fact I felt tired and when I went to change I er |
| 24 | Running behind him just seemed effortless and when I kicked he did n't go with me and he gradually dropped back as I kept the pace up . ’ |
| 25 | It was fairly loose and when I pulled it out the shells started dropping into the hole . |
| 26 | I had a thought for no-one 's but your ears , That you were beautiful and that I strove To love you in the old high way of love , That it had all seemed happy … |
| 27 | Their deeper action over and above that of repeated low potency centesimals seems plain and although I have no evidence I feel that high centesimals would probably have aggravated and made more difficult the roundabout route which we followed . |
| 28 | People left smiling and as I passed one lady on her way down the hill she grinned at me and said ‘ Perfick ’ ! |
| 29 | I was I was so angry and and I see him a out and about and when I first saw him about I could have I could have run him down . |
| 30 | When the engine is hot and if I stop the engine for up to half an hour I get a smell of petrol in the cab and upon setting off again I experience severe fuel starvation causing the engine to stop unless travelling fast on an open road . |