Example sentences of "and [conj] i [vb past] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I kept my eyes open over the next few days and although I saw her sitting in the window she never appeared outside . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And if I had she 'd be wearing it . |
| 6 | But she was offered it and like I said she . |
| 7 | I thought Sharan a fish tank and cos I bought her a radio cassette for Christmas and she said if I wan na listen to tapes I 'll use that . |
| 8 | She menaced me with the extinguisher 's nozzle and , because I knew Ellen did not make idle threats , and because I knew she despised all displays of macho violence , I obediently stepped backwards and watched as she transferred the extinguisher 's aim to Sweetman . |
| 9 | " She 's coming because it 's a lovely day , and because I invited her , " Philip says . |
| 10 | There was about her something inhuman , and while I saw her as fey rather than remote , I was aware of my own inhumanity : something in me which was arid and incapable of desire . |
| 11 | And when I left her before I left the others . |
| 12 | Mrs Webster was very understanding about my wanting to team up with Wendy , which was how I put it to her ; and when I left she gave me a Victorian glass inkwell and a brown ironstone plate , because I ‘ liked old things ’ . |
| 13 | Well , while we were having this conversation , there was a lady in the office who used to work for Fred Astaire and when I left she rang him up . |
| 14 | At the end of two years she applied for jobs with various banks and when I met her she had just been accepted as a trainee accounting technician . |
| 15 | And when I asked her why … |
| 16 | I ran to catch Liza up and when I asked her where they were she hesitated before replying . |
| 17 | I also found an envelope lying around in the bathroom the other day with a list of numbers on the back , and when I asked her about it , she took it silently out of my hand . |
| 18 | And when I asked her what she was doing with it , Emma — or maybe it was Sophie — told me that it had been dropped by two men , who were fighting each other behind some trees on the other side of the park . ’ |
| 19 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 20 | She runs a sort of company for readings and uncostumed actings of unusual plays , and when I told her about Unisoculous she said she would put it on . |
| 21 | When she finally went to the family planning clinic , the woman she saw was not very sympathetic , she said " What school do you go to ? " and when I told her she said " You 've really thrown away your chances . " " |
| 22 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 23 | And when I saw her again I asked her about what had happened , the name of the family , just offhand . |
| 24 | And when I reminded her of our meeting with the Emissary , she had to agree . |
| 25 | And and when I rang her she said yeah bring the card over in the morning if you like . |
| 26 | And as I saw her a cold hand closed around my heart . |
| 27 | She was sitting in a gap in the outer wall , and as I approached her , she said , ‘ You look as though you 've seen a ghost . ’ |
| 28 | I held Elizabeth close , and as I held her , I saw the monster watching me through the open window of the room . |
| 29 | I did n't want her to think I was angry or disappointed , and as I helped her ashore , I smiled and said , ‘ I understand , ’ and , caught in the no-man's-land between desire and fulfilment , leant forward rather clumsily to kiss her . |