Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] and i [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I called in Doctor Andrews last night — I felt a little shaken and I do n't like that hotel fellow — and he supplied me with the information , ’ was the reply .
2 On the day I hit the big Four-O , the fog suddenly lifted and I celebrated non-stop .
3 My Thanks are due , ’ Prince wrote to Jardine on 7 April 1840 , ‘ for your instructions respecting the specimens in spirits , which I have since carefully examined , separated and supplied with fresh spirit ; many of them I regret to add are much decomposed and I fear some may at last prove useless . ’
4 I realized I was lost when the sky suddenly lightened and I came out into a broad clearing .
5 In early 1986 , my foot finally healed and I began to train as if I was as fit as I had been before my injury .
6 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 .
7 Well you see that , that that 's one of reasons why we 're all sitting doing it cos Terry 's just said and I 've got an environment thing , now that does n't mean it 's wrong .
8 Now , I agree with the point that you 've just made and I 've heard some other people say , well the teaching that they 've got so far is n't going to influence what they see in their second year .
9 Elinor [ sic ] Roosevelt had just died and I said how beautiful I thought the message Adlai Stevenson gave to the world .
10 The bus terminus is finally reached and I choose to exit through a 4 inch square window and slide down the caked mud of the tin side , my coat brushing sufficient mud off one area that reveals an emblem which informs me that " Glasgow Flourishes " !
11 and it a it had happened to of slipped away at that time and I went to step off , and , with it not being blown up properly that 's how it just flattened and I went off sid I 've still got a big bruise on my left knee !
12 By the time I had gone through the narrow tunnel to pit the first film had already started and I had to use the reflection of the action on the faces of the audience to find a seat without too much of ‘ Here , Here ’ and ‘ Sit down nuh ! ’ .
13 John had just left and I heard the story from Joan .
14 Well actually people in my area do have a concern about this , also though I was brought up in my teens at least within a rural area and I know full well that to hold certain views even those of the majority within rural areas , are not necessarily easily expressed and I have today been told of yet another example of this being the case .
15 I can not see any other potential locations for a new settlement straddling the A A sixty four corridor , in addition to the three I have just mentioned and I believe that on that basis , it would be reasonable from the strategic point of view , to exclude sector six .
16 The teams praises were duly sung and I drew my fair share of the applause .
17 It shows she was unjustly treated and I think that society is wrong to judge ; if she has broken a bond made by God , then he should be the only one to reprimand her for it .
18 Erm this year the parish has said they 'll pay for it and any contributions will be gratefully received and I think it was three pound last year .
19 ‘ I like things to be totally organised and I like things to happen quickly .
20 ‘ It is one of the most beautiful places I 've ever seen and I think the picture conveys that .
21 ‘ It is one of the most beautiful places I 've ever seen and I think the picture conveys that .
22 The myth that the Legion took anyone was being rapidly disproved and I did n't want to be a victim of it .
23 This was the most overwhelming experience I had ever had and I wanted to understand it .
24 I got out the bed at five and twenty to eleven and the curtains were still drawn and I thought oh my God !
25 That place is always packed and I do n't think we 'll be .
26 B , retired persons that was the right answer , right , B , retired persons was the right answer , now some of you put D , anyone not gainfully employed and I did think I 'd explained it clearly
27 So you know there the recoveries are very good , very welcomed by us , but basically we 're two years now since this happened erm pensioners have been suffering extreme mental turmoil for that period , quite frankly they 're , they 're utterly confused , they do n't understand what 's happening and to ask those sort of people to rely and put their s their , their whole future security on the outcomings of out of court settlements where claims are made for two hundred million and there 's a thirty two million you know they 're getting totally confused and I think that that they just do not know what 's happening , they , they want long-term security , we 're now getting an increasing number of people who 've retired since the schemes were wound up and are therefore getting a hundred per cent of their , their money from the company fund , which we 're told is going to run out in two-and-a-half years time .
28 I set out to be the best athlete Britain has ever known and I 've achieved that .
29 ‘ I set out to be the best athlete Britain has ever known and I 've achieved that .
30 A 1:50,000 flat sheet map of the area was quickly acquired and I set to work scouring the area for my standard size circles , using Gresford All Saints as a perimeter marker .
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