Example sentences of "and i [verb] [adv] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My tutor was a delightful stern lady , and I remember when I had written about John 's gospel , the epistles of John , and the book of Revelation , she looked at me over the top of her spectacles and announced ‘ Young man , you have assumed that because these books have all been attributed to a man named John , that they are all by the same person , who was also an apostle . |
| 2 | And I remember when I was a nipper , er er being up there and they had , they always had a box in the back of their caravan where they kept two or three hens , and , and , and er they used to have this game bird . |
| 3 | I was n't always a successful businessman and I remember where I come from . ’ |
| 4 | Whenever I get depressed I get gigs and I remember why I 'm a musician . |
| 5 | ‘ Whenever I get depressed I get gigs and I remember why I 'm a musician . ’ |
| 6 | When the bus pulled to a halt and I got off I was relieved because I had finished school and I had the weekend ahead of me so I could enjoy myself . |
| 7 | And I mean recently I came across somebody who 'd got some part holdings in diamonds , and of course the diamond market 's gone into rapid decline because of the er is it Namibian diamonds , and , and the Russians er breaking up the De Beer market . |
| 8 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 9 | I say to daddy , when I got the money mate and I 've now I 'm now putting ten pound a week for fat Harry . |
| 10 | " but I know what 's going on , and I know why I 'm here and why you 're here . |
| 11 | Er , because of them , I have a sense of purpose and I know where I 'm going . |
| 12 | I 've been to the Royal and I know where I 'd sooner be . |
| 13 | Only you and I know how I survived . |
| 14 | And er so I said she dissolved into fits of laughter so after that she explained it by saying well I used to be a trainer and I know how I got to avoid the stock phrases . |
| 15 | You know I mean it 's so annoying and I wish now I 'd done at the time , wrote their names down . |
| 16 | and she 's had to go and buy some that had gone , and I says well I , she says it 's just burning it up that fire |
| 17 | Yeah I put it in me pocket last night and I thought right I 'll give her her two P and I bet your life she says what about other one . |
| 18 | I did n't go till about half ten ah no cos I had a few letters and stuff to write first and I thought right I 'll just take me time and , cos I wanted to I did n't wan na go faster than you know than I should , I should have done sort of thing cos I wanted to time it properly . |
| 19 | And I 'd got them here and I thought well I do n't know what to do with them and I b b interested in I 'm interested in going back in time , I 'll go anywhere where I can see something and I 'd been over there and they 'd got some Home Guard stuff in a case , only a small show , and I asked them if they 'd like it and they said yes . |
| 20 | And I thought well I I 'll do this with all summer flowers . |
| 21 | I had another good horse , and I thought well I 'll stick with that one , I think that one might stand a chance . |
| 22 | Like , when they all went off and I thought well I do n't see , why do n't they just stop it . |
| 23 | And then later on , oh and then she was going to see room bookings and try to find me another dining hall cos I said it 's pretty late notice , and she said oh no , it 's a week and I thought well I had booked it two months ago . |
| 24 | I had a look through and I thought well I want to go and |
| 25 | I was n't quite decent and I thought well I 'm not letting people in when I 'm not decent |
| 26 | So I 've we walk everywhere you see , and I thought well I 'm not |
| 27 | And I thought well I 'll get that balloon and perhaps |
| 28 | I mean The Sun is absolutely I mean I did tr have a go at reading the first one and I thought well I ca n't read this trash any longer , think I read two pages . |
| 29 | That 's right , it 's just that I worked , I think , yesterday I could n't get into erm , I just could n't get into and yesterday I must admit I felt really rough and erm , I thought at three o'clock I was going to have to ring Iris , cos I knew you were still out you see and at three o'clock I thought I was going to have to ring Iris er just to come in cos I ca n't like your head was my stomach was churning over , it was n't till , soon as I get some food in front of me oh I get , you see I did n't feel too cracking in the morning and I thought well there 's lots of stomach bugs going about and I thought well I 'm having one of them , and I did n't know what I fancied for lunch and I cooked the kiddies theirs , they had fish and what have you , and erm , I thought well what can I have , I thought I what , I thought I got a little tin of salmon there , so I thought right I 'll have a salmon sandwich and I had that and believe me I felt , by three o'clock I could see myself picking me up off the floor , I only got spots before my eyes as such , but , I just had , I had four , five cups of water , I did n't drink any tea , and I wish then , well I do n't know whether I could have felt any worse when I had the sandwich or not to be honest . |
| 30 | our Susan does , I did n't and I thought well I , I , when I come back I 'll not feel like eating this |