Example sentences of "and [adv] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Off she went ‘ to see ’ and eventually I got my two pieces of wholemeal , well more or less wholemeal , bread .
2 I also wondered about why we never saw Nellie 's Dad and eventually I asked her about him .
3 He kept interrupting and eventually I told him he could n't sit in on our discussions any more and I explained why .
4 And eventually I convinced her — or anyway caused her to throw up her hands in rage and dismissal and stamp off to her cabin .
5 Dairy cattle … eh , Beh , milk is not food enough for a man and besides I have my fields to plough . ’
6 ‘ I was looking at him like I had done a million times and suddenly I saw his shoulder twitch slightly , ’ she said .
7 I looked around the coach , and suddenly I thought I understood the reason for the strange smell .
8 My eye moved upriver , and suddenly I noticed it , squat and shuddering .
9 ‘ It completely changed the shape of my face and suddenly I had my cheekbones back , ’ says Janet , 37 .
10 I just wanted to s revenge for it was supposed to be a fight for me , but I was really angry when he killed my friend so I wanted to revenge Tybaot and suddenly I killed him .
11 A few discreet phone calls and suddenly I find myself shunted into a siding while the investigation into Ruggiero 's murder passes me by . ’
12 I was quite prepared to die without giving it too much thought , you understand — and suddenly I find I 've got up steam and I 've puff-puffed past the station labelled ‘ Death ’ and the track lies all before me , unsignposted . ’
13 ‘ I just came in to buy some flowers and a paper and suddenly I find I 'm in the middle of it all .
14 you know , and so I avoided her , but I would tell her , but if I saw her I would say Jenny I must admit I did see you going in The General but I did n't come out because I was so upset , but I , I wonder what she 's doing , cos she , I heard she 's got her own business , but I ca n't see that .
15 And so I dress them , give them breakfast .
16 It was cool and so I played it
17 But I was real familiar with his records and so I knew it was gon na be that way ; in fact it was really kinda fun to have to take a guess at when he was gon na change .
18 And so I knew I must do this now .
19 But I have adopted the French habit of diluting wine with water , and so I ate my breakfast in solitary state this morning and regarded the world with quite a sparkling eye .
20 This we promised and so I tell you Perestroika had not yet reached that part of the world .
21 And so I tell you we slammed the window down and just ducked for about an hour .
22 And I see he beginning to believe , and so I go what work do you think she do ?
23 Still , I need some fun , and so I make my way to the front , along a narrow arm out onto the sun-baked prow tip .
24 I had the sense to know that my children could n't be happy unless they had a happy mother , and so I consulted my doctor .
25 I 'd forgotten to fetch something to put my hair up with , and so I brushed it into a ponytail and held it in place with a pair of knickers from the airing cupboard , which I twisted round and used like a scrunchie .
26 But if I had to decide I would say my favourite would be ( favourite country ) would be Canada because I have lived there the longest out of all places and so I know it better than any other country .
27 And so I mean you had to sort of go up several flights of stairs and you walked in and it , it looked lovely .
28 And so I mean I said it quite and I said no , well they have n't come and ask me .
29 Yes , I mean , just say going back to , I 've actually got a map now included in the diary , and a picture of where I live and where the depot is , and so I change my journey by day , and quartered it down .
30 He must satisfy me that it will be lawful to administer a blood transfusion in the circumstances now prevailing and so I ask myself , has Miss T. evinced a settled intention to refuse a transmission of blood come what may , even if that refusal costs her her life ?
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