Example sentences of "and [vb base] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While you shower and change before I take you out for a meal . ’ |
| 2 | They just run and hide if I chase them , ’ said Mrs Hamilton . |
| 3 | He was having a ‘ surfeit of sex and grog because I had temporarily lost the power to feel ’ . |
| 4 | I 'm gon na ring them up and say that I 've found her ! |
| 5 | And say that I 've busted my bra strap ! |
| 6 | I would have to go to my constituency and say that I had been outbid by Tory Ministers , and that after complaining for all these years about their accruing power to themselves I had found that I had been wrong all the time . |
| 7 | I must be honest and say that I do n't think I 'll ever run that fast . |
| 8 | And you , my friends , show me your will , and say if I do well . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Hold this tiller and steer while I operate the lock . ’ |
| 10 | The rest er er standard two to standard six , were all male , but lo and behold before I got to standard five , that had all become women and the men had all gone to the into the services . |
| 11 | Low and behold when I got back they were waiting for me you see ? |
| 12 | So just sit back and wait while I disappear into the studio . |
| 13 | All I can do is sit in the front and wait till I see Tod Richardson . |
| 14 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 15 | For instance , Skipper was not impressed with my suggesting that he should stand still while I got on and wait until I asked before moving off . |
| 16 | I had this idea I had to be civilised , and wait until I 'd obtained spoken as well as physical consent from you — and then spent days regretting it ! |
| 17 | Due to being hideosly shy and a little worse for the drink I did n't want to go up to some complete stranger and act like I knew him . |
| 18 | But he checked every bit of my work of course and so most of the time do it by himself and let and me do other things . |
| 19 | I have been helped by mentors , women and men , at various stages in my career and I have a very strong network of people who have given me advice and support when I 've needed it and shared the ups and downs . |
| 20 | I ask for , and receive as I have asked . |
| 21 | Right lads sit down and read until I tell you what we 're doing . |
| 22 | I want her to talk to me , to tell me stories about her as a little girl , to play with me and look as I play , but she drifts off into herself . |
| 23 | No , no they just take your word for it and now I have got as I said , I 've got that , I 've got to paint that over and reseal and I 've got to make sure that nobody makes a mess in there , but the plumber said what you really need to do is to get rid of this cheap and tatty , horrible plastic tray which does n't come right to the edge of the tiles |
| 24 | of it er but I 'd rather be viewed on my own merits on my own worth er be willing to take a few risks in life erm and know that I 've got the rewards at the end of it for making a success . |
| 25 | So y I 've got to weigh up whether I 'm actually going to make a profit over four years or whether it 's going to be , but I 'm not doing it for that it 's not so much making a profit as the fact that I can secure the loan for four years and know that I have n't got any extra to , to find , and when you 've retired , if you 've got say seven years on your mortgage and you 're thinking well if mortgage rates go up erm I could get stuffed you know if they doubled again then you could actually fix on that assumption . |
| 26 | Everything goes as planned and I soon bully him into the landing net , and from there the hook is removed and he is slid into my big , knotless keepnet , where he can lie safe and recover while I try to catch him some company . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | Shades of my father , I thought , but replied amicably : ‘ Because I enjoy it , and remember that I do n't work at it the whole year , so I do n't get bored . ’ |
| 29 | I was also secretly happy and secure because I knew he was out of the fighting . |
| 30 | My mother would often phone up around 5 am when I lived near her , and demand that I come over and cook her dinner . |