Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart chilled and I gnawed at my lip to hide my disappointment . |
| 2 | As soon as I dropped about 70 feet down towards the restaurant , via the tourist runway with its ridiculous little suburban garden fences bordering the steps , the wind ceased and I stepped out of the snow . |
| 3 | I had just received my first commission from the world 's greatest rock read and I had less than 24 hours to deliver the goods . |
| 4 | I had a little money saved and I began to use it up . |
| 5 | and I , I mean Jimmy it was only last Friday I went down to have me hair done and I walked from the hairdressers down to Street to get the wallpaper |
| 6 | so 's tonight I 'm a different person cos I 've put make up and I went and got my hair done and I feel different tonight but I do n't feel under pressure that I have to wear make up all the time cos nobody treats me any different whether I 've got make up on or whether |
| 7 | ‘ But some of the young people in the bar explained and I rushed off to get a camera . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | My gaze dropped and I saw a ring — an iridescent opal , set in a circle of rich , blood-red garnets . |
| 10 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 11 | Next , I had to run crying through the concrete concourses in dawn rain until my panic slowed and I recognized the city and myself in the matt and muffled streets . |
| 12 | The scene faded and I lay there in a limbo land between that world and this . |
| 13 | I want a job done and I want it done properly . |
| 14 | The moment passed and I slowed quickly , dropping to a trot as I approached the Bomb Circle , almost staggering into it , then flinging myself on to the sand inside to lie panting , heaving , gasping , staring at the grey sky and invisible drizzle , spread-eagled in the centre of the rocks . |
| 15 | As time went on this picture changed and I gave the cancer cells more cunning characteristics . |
| 16 | Oh I asked him to go to the insurance company and find out whether I 'm covered with them for having my aerial replaced and I wrote a letter asking if he could be empowered to sign the claim form for me |
| 17 | I recall the speech to which the hon. Gentleman referred and I know that he has referred before to a case similar to that which he described today . |
| 18 | His wife answered and I heard a background conversation before she came back to the phone . |
| 19 | The day progressed and I had searched a reasonably large expanse of foreshore without much to show by way of finds apart from a few pennies and halfpennies . |
| 20 | My scope increased and I cycled round the villages in search of paragraphs . |
| 21 | According to my watch there 's still half an hour of the so-called working day left and I think that 's long enough to locate the appropriate file , do n't you ? ’ |
| 22 | Saturday afternoon arrived and I had the house to myself to get ready . |
| 23 | My breath smoked and I began to feel the wind-chill even through my sailing jersey and the special anorak I had bought for southern latitudes . |
| 24 | The argument ended and I went into the shop . |
| 25 | ‘ Fortunately the traffic cleared and I got to the studio to start my show with two minutes to go . ’ |
| 26 | You will find the programme for the coming season attached and I hope you will agree that once more we have planned varied and stimulating sessions for you . |
| 27 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 28 | See I 've had my hair cut and I did n't even use any of it . |
| 29 | The voice stopped and I had a similar feeling to the one I had just before I found Toby trussed up in his cupboard . |
| 30 | The recorder stopped and I heard the rustle of paper being turned — the music-stand . |