Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have been watching videos of my fights and I have been making a lot of basic mistakes . |
| 2 | I am keeping them alive in my heart and I want you all to do the same . ’ |
| 3 | Two inches on my hair and I look as if I 've had my face thinned and people start speaking in hushed voices in my presence . |
| 4 | She said ‘ No , he likes my cooking and I keep the house very tidy . ’ |
| 5 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 6 | Mr Bell was dismissive of the criticisms , commenting : ‘ I have managed to get through campaigns without knowing the names of my opponents and I think I will be reasonably successful this time , too . ’ |
| 7 | There 's a power cut ; the lights go out and we light candles and gas lamps and end up — a hard core of seven of us ; Andy , me , Howie , another two local lads and a couple of the traveller boys — down in the snooker room where there 's a beat-up looking table and a leak in the ceiling that turns the whole of the stained , green-baize surface into a millimetre-shallow marsh , water dripping from each pocket and dribbling down the bulky legs to the sopping carpet , and we play snooker by the light of the hissing gas lamps , having to hit the white ball really hard even for delicate shots because of the extra rolling resistance the water causes , and the balls make a zizzing , ripping noise as they race across the table and sometimes you can see spray curving up behind them and I 'm feeling really drunk and a bit stoned from a couple of strong Js smoked out in the garden earlier with the travellers but I think this dimly lit water-hazard snooker is just hilarious and I 'm laughing maniacally at it all and I put an arm round Andy 's neck at one point and say , You know I love you , old buddy , and is n't friendship and love what 's it 's really all about ? and why ca n't people just see that and just be nice to each other ? except there are just so many complete bastards in the world , but Andy just shakes his head and I try to kiss him and he gently fends me off and steadies me against one wall and props me up with a snooker cue against my chest and I think this is really funny for some reason and laugh so much I fall over and have distinct problems getting up again and get carried to my room by Andy and one of the travellers and dumped on the bed and fall instantly asleep . |
| 8 | Well , you see , the trouble is Marg I go out on my bike and I think , ooh it 's cold I 'll and then I forget going in the |
| 9 | Er we had a very good example of that in application sub the other day with where I 'm sure it was very helpful to have that input and there is considerable respect paid for the patch view in planning in my experience and I think that 's very healthy . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've got all my money and I 've had no dinner meself for three days , ’ I said . |
| 11 | She 's made me more responsible and I 've done better in my exams and I 've worked at my English . |
| 12 | I 've done my exams and I think I 've done well in them . |
| 13 | A strong finger was on my gum and I felt the needle going in . |
| 14 | Anyway , he was beginning to get under my skin and I hoped my burning face was n't too obvious . |
| 15 | It 's real cold against my skin and I jump a bit , but I reckon it looks really good . |
| 16 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 17 | My mum and I voted my dad out and we said we 'll have a record player . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd pet ( the mice ) ‘ em , and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they were dead — because they were so little ’ |
| 19 | My sister and I had a hazy idea that he sold rabbit skins from a sort of tray suspended from his neck — but as he was always beautifully neat and clean I do n't know where we got this idea from . |
| 20 | ‘ I had just reached the age where such things were becoming of interest to me , and it was n't too long after the Royal Wedding of Princess Elizabeth when my sister and I had collected as many photos as we could lay our hands on . ’ |
| 21 | on their own back , she did n't ask for it and June ai n't worked since Christmas , so er , I says I know what it 's like with my sister and I mean she 's been right in it ai n't she ? |
| 22 | ‘ My sister and I have been estranged some years . |
| 23 | When I was about 14 , I remember my sister and I pledging quite seriously to grow up and defy convention ; to be women who still wore jeans and long hair at 30 . |
| 24 | ‘ In fact it was only by a miracle that my sister and I survived at all : we took shelter with our youngest brother in the Jama Masjid area . |
| 25 | Despite the way I sometimes rag her , she is my sister and I do love her , so do n't take this as being disloyal . |
| 26 | My sister and I put him to good use . |
| 27 | I know she can be difficult , but she is my sister and I love her . ’ |
| 28 | Each year they asked all the people to do little sketches , and as my sister and I spoke French , we thought it might be quite fun to do a kind of singing and dancing cabaret act — it was quite risqué at the time — I was fourteen — and in fact we were spotted by a talent scout who wanted us to come up and audition for a show in a London night club . |
| 29 | Yes erm , my sister and I organised a charity fashion show in aid of Somalia last year . |
| 30 | That is what I have in my kitchen and I find that it is very simple to lift and scrub the tiles that take the most punishment , like the ones by the cooker . |