Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was me and it was both frightening and exciting , like driving very fast round a precipitous bend with someone now and again taking my hands off the wheel and forcing me to trust . |
| 2 | In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems . |
| 3 | They change the persona and help me to detach myself completely from my working life . |
| 4 | ‘ To my grief and surprise I found her mind bowed down to the very depths of painful disquietude , unable to realise the presence of her Saviour , and harassed with the fiery darts of the great Enemy … |
| 5 | Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . |
| 6 | This is the experiment and experience I commend to any business man or industrialist who wants to meet the challenge of the ideological crisis of our times . |
| 7 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |
| 8 | Emil briefly consulted a notebook , stowed his travel bag on a rack in a small bedroom and directed me to put my big in the one next door . |
| 9 | pound fifty or something for like a shampoo and rinse I mean I 'd use it if I go in there . |
| 10 | The Maggot now ordered me into the right-hand pilot 's seat and told me to keep my thieving hands off his knobs . |
| 11 | The midwife took one look at me — the head was already on its way out — attached a fetal monitor and told me to push . |
| 12 | The bastard smiled evilly at me as if he would have loved to have put a noose round my neck and had me swinging on a branch of the overhanging elm tree . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's his pleasure , ’ he said , ‘ that figure of mischief over there , to blow any piece of rubbish out of his mouth and challenge me to return it . |
| 14 | Sergeant Moustaine punched me in the face , stuffed my shitty underpants in my mouth and ordered me to run around the parade ground holding my kitbag above my head . |
| 15 | It is my experience that whenever I try to combine shooting and ferreting I wait a long time for the chance of a shot , then there is something else to be done . |
| 16 | right , you go upstairs , pick up the most expensive article they 've got and then you go downstairs to the customer relations department and say I bought this article yesterday and say , and , and I 'm afraid |
| 17 | As an active Trotskyite he encouraged me to speak of the prejudice and abuse I 'd faced being the son of an Indian . |
| 18 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 19 | She said anyway she was away to make a wee cup of tea and did I take sugar ? |
| 20 | He 's honest to a fault and makes me feel I 'm greatly loved . |
| 21 | Cos he 'd got an exhaust and want me to put do you know where |
| 22 | They knew Van needed an agent and suggested I speak to him . |
| 23 | I said to Angela , eh , I said , if you go for that job you ca n't stop in middle of ceremony and say I have to go out granddad . |
| 24 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 25 | Cursham and said I wished to report the fact to the Captain ( A.G. Talbot ) . |
| 26 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 27 | ‘ It just sums up my recent life that on the day my son announced his engagement and wanted me to meet his new in-laws I was in Strasbourg . |
| 28 | The sand functions as a ground plane or as a surrogate elevation and enables me to shift building elements so as to understand their sculptural capacity . |
| 29 | ‘ I jumped out of an aeroplane and discovered I 'd forgotten my parachute . |
| 30 | The boots have a Vibram dual density sole that gave me all the grip and comfort I needed over steep wet grass and rough ground . |