Example sentences of "and [conj] i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can see the range , where it is , and where I want it to be . |
| 2 | I remember that she asked me to guess what was inside a sort of pasty served to her on Thásos , and that I got it right at the first guess : macaroni . |
| 3 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 4 | Standing up , I assured her that I was n't drunk but tired and that I thought it was time for me to walk her home . |
| 5 | I know that he 's dead , that he lived somewhere in West Cornwall , that his pictures are making high prices and that I wish we could afford one . |
| 6 | If I had , if I had room I 'd have nothing , toaster and that I hate it all |
| 7 | But later , finding myself sharing a sofa with her at a friend 's dinner-party , I mentioned the film and that I understood she had approved of it . |
| 8 | No wages and that I mean it does vary from section |
| 9 | Now I know I went to a sp a specialist and that I mean it just keeps on coming back you know , maybe I 'll |
| 10 | Mind you , once you get to the know the typewriter and that I mean you know what you 're doing and you 've done your R S A one . |
| 11 | I could have held him tight and told him I was proud of him and that I loved him just for being there , but he would have struggled free . |
| 12 | The first time we made love , I started out believing I hated you , but when we … by the end I knew I did n't really , and that I loved you . |
| 13 | Now it 's one thing to say well , you know , perhaps these are women who take more exception than other women would do , but there comes a point where you have to accept , I think , that there 's going to be a shift of perspective , that what women have customarily put up with is no longer what they wish to put up and that I think we ought to be , as it were , acknowledged to have the right or the scope to say we want things to change , and to define or to set out in a process of defining what should be sexual appropriate sexual behaviour in future . |
| 14 | And that I think they 're all tights there . |
| 15 | It 's not a lounge area and that I suppose it was behind the shop area . |
| 16 | So it 's only a matter of two months and than I think we can make a long-term decision , not the short-term . |
| 17 | I kept my eyes open over the next few days and although I saw her sitting in the window she never appeared outside . |
| 18 | I was the prime suspect this time because of the Golden Syrup job , and although I knew she did n't have any proof , nothing I said made any difference . |
| 19 | And although I knew I must hide my feelings , must never allow myself to hope , I also knew that while there was breath in my body , I would always love him . |
| 20 | Such chivalry is rarely met with by such as I , and although I know I should refuse it , for it will put you in debt , I confess I can not . ’ |
| 21 | I have done the route a dozen or more times since that distant autumn , and although I know it is ‘ easy ’ I have never set off across that huge ceiling without a feeling of apprehension . |
| 22 | ‘ It is not my story , ’ said Raynor , speaking slowly now , ‘ and although I know it , the Cruithin will know the whole . ’ |
| 23 | After Flinders you are aware I go to Kings and although I trust it will not be so it might take a month to accomplish the journey ( that is if the winds prove contrary ) I state this in order that you might not be alarmed in not hearing from me . |
| 24 | I 'm interested in things outside of entertainment as well , and although I feel I 'm older than 21 , I have to remind myself that I am 21 and I 've got a lot of years ahead . ’ |
| 25 | She 's well known in diplomatic circles , and she 's quite right in all she said at dinner , and although I contradicted her , there are strange rumours of war going around . |
| 26 | He did n't interfere here , Uncle saw to that , so I 've had a free hand in the shop and although I say it myself I 've made a go of it . ’ |
| 27 | Whenever Mackie was n't actively helping Tremayne she stayed close also to Fiona , and although I tried I could n't dislodge the underlying anxiety in their eyes . |
| 28 | Three of them floated in a sea of garlic and tomato and although I found them no better than chewy chicken my wife told me they were well up to scratch . |
| 29 | And although I found it hard to understand that you did n't want to meet her again that evening , I accepted that she was possibly ‘ not your type ’ . |
| 30 | This study might appear one sided with more detail about ‘ Anna Karenina ’ but I think it is inevitable and although I found it quite hard to compare such different styles , I enjoyed reading and studying both . |