Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I just heard that Katie here was in so I came to see when she 'd be back on duty , that 's all .
2 I used to get them various gigs at the Marquee Club in Wardour Street and the Roundhouse , and some dates at universities throughout the country , but there was n't an awful lot coming in although I did succeed in getting him a TV appearance and the producer , who was a good friend of mine , said , ‘ I 'll not have this guy on my programme with long hair ’ . ’
3 pot it in once I 've got me boots .
4 P. Oh , my worst day — get up , eat food , watch TV , sit in 'cause I 've got no money because I spent it all on Sunday , then off to work till 2am to earn more skating money .
5 " Apart from being stably slimmer in that I have managed to maintain the weight loss this time , I feel a great deal better in myself .
6 No , I came to get a ticket for the literature festival but it was pouring down so I came to get out of the rain .
7 I wo , could have been off there to get it in and I 've cut it somewhere .
8 But I think I 've got to get in and I 've got to think well this next six months erm I 've got ta work hard to get in regardless of whether I go voluntary or whether I go to a hospital and learn it at me own you know , expense .
9 Right , a few problems yesterday , a forklift and trailer keys not being signed in and I had taking them home .
10 They swarmed in and I had to have a cup that did n't match the saucer .
11 oh I put me hand in and I thought do n't know what that is okay , off we go , turn everything off , do n't leave a light , oh what 's that ?
12 Yeah I know I know it 's got a lot of milk in and I did ask for it for you , but she still give me one like that .
13 And I have asked him in and I have fed him and given him milk and wine and a share of the fire !
14 ‘ Sorry to be a pest , ’ Travis apologised , ‘ but I saw you come back without Naylor , ’ and while Leith was rapidly trying to find an excuse for her return to the house without the man everyone knew she had gone walking with , she found that Travis was too involved with his own miseries to want to delve into hers , for he went on , ‘ I 've been sitting in the library thinking about Rosemary , and getting more and more uptight about our situation , when you ran in and I started to think about phoning her .
15 Now the funny thing about it , when I took metallurgy I got , I , I got all this process I knew all about it you know , and er I had it the theory explained to me then , but er I was in the Bell one day about twenty years ago and an old boy came in and I started talking to him and he says , I bet you do n't know what I am ?
16 I done them and then I 've took them down and I 've gone back .
17 was in the back room cos of the size of the fireplace and one in that corner but they 're in the way , that was only temporary while the house is upside down and I 've put two
18 And it 's the usual , well you know son you 're getting on now and it 's time to settle down and I 've put your name down for agency in Taiwan or whatever , and we 've got this lovely girl who we think is ideal for you , da da , da da da and we 're sending over the papers for you to fill in .
19 take that down and I 've got to do that .
20 but I , I 'd never get them done , and I mean I 'd fed Matthew and I shouted down and I said look you 'll have to come and get him dressed cos I 've got dinners to put up yet
21 So in the end I went upstairs , left Tony to it and I came back down and I tried to go to sleep again , I put me coat over me head and I could n't sleep so I moved .
22 The tandem was forever breaking down and I wanted to fix it — so I took a course in cycle mechanics .
23 And anyway I carried him half way along and I had to put him down
24 I slid down until I became entangled in some bracken .
25 I could still have easily called in if I 'd wanted to but I saw something advertised in a village saw the board took the number down and phoned them up .
26 By Christmas it was really getting me down but I had to keep going .
27 Well I 'll tell you right now I have got another builder on but he 's taken one of the er the slots further down but I 've got one I 've got a prime er the the estate agent asked me to contact you because there is a prime slot left .
28 I wanted to stay in but I wanted to go out , and vice versa .
29 It 's got ginger biscuits in but I forgot to put the ginger in them .
30 ‘ Please try and remember that I did n't create the situation you 're in but I do have more experience of it than you do .
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