Example sentences of "and [adv] i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was determined that I would not communicate this nervousness to my sons , and so I did my best not to react should we come across a dog in the street . |
| 2 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 3 | When I got back , I found a card from Ivy asking me to lunch — yesterday — Thursday ; and John had written to Ivy to say he thought I could go , and so I did , and she was pleased to have the loukoumi . |
| 4 | That was an answer I could give in medical detail , and so I did . |
| 5 | But I did go to America and so I did n't see the climax of the series , Henry V , until … |
| 6 | But it was for a reason that would cut no ice with Jean-Claude and so I did not put it to him . |
| 7 | And so I did n't say anything . ’ |
| 8 | It was vital I should go first into the town , to the castle , where such news first belongs , and so I did . |
| 9 | ‘ And so I did what few dare to do , Wolfprince . |
| 10 | ‘ But Maurin had gone roaring off in a taxi and I 'd had to find the bus stop and so I did n't seriously expect to . |
| 11 | They did n't want Wallis , and so I did n't want them . ’ |
| 12 | Gramps asked me if I would come and return them , together with the statue , because he thought your mother would like to have them , and so I did ! |
| 13 | I could n't stand the thought of him seeing anyone else and so I did the only thing I could think of : I decided to spy on him . |
| 14 | And so I did . |
| 15 | It was a lot stronger than I had imagined and so I did not treat it with the necessary respect . |
| 16 | They 've been touring and doing the same thing for forty , fifty years and nothing has changed for them , and so I do n't think it 's a real resurgence in the US , but it 's great to see it happening over here . ’ |
| 17 | Well , who did n't ? who would n't ? but she 's never cottoned on to me , and so I do n't know whether or not she 's told you … oh , to put it plainly , I had to give her her marching orders . ’ |
| 18 | As I said at the beginning of this essay , the only way in which I can fulfil my interest is to work : — and so I do . |
| 19 | And so I do n't recommend you do it . |
| 20 | No I do n't think so , but I mean I think on the whole that the pop the admin the erm Clinton Administrations Policy is to try and encourage the development of nat the use of natural gas , it 's environmentally er more acceptable and so I do n't see any particular erm direct threat this year . |
| 21 | Gentlemen , I , I , I do believe , fellow councillors , what we 've done now is asked the solicitor to , to take the matter in hand , and so I do think until we 've got advice from him , it would be for us to actually recommend any other |
| 22 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
| 23 | Your government did n't have any courage then to back up it 's own man , and force through some changes , and so I do n't know what your policy is , it seems to change every couple of years . |
| 24 | That 's right the tenth replacement depot in Lichfield and they used to come round to Walsall looking for absentees and deserters and they there was actually a shooting match in Street the MPs started firing the guns at these fellas who 'd gone absent without leave , and , but as I understand I remember at the time there was a lot of racism in America then and they , they picked these coloured fellas up and apparently the C O at Lichfield was very much a southern colonel and he was a racist and they used to chain these coloured guys up behind the trucks and make them walk all the way back to Lichfield behind the trucks driving the trucks at walking pace and I understand there was a , a salver , a commemorative salver in the Town Hall to be presented to him , and some an MP in the Council he were looking for this colonel , but as I understand he was court-martialled after the war for racism and so I do n't think he 'd be wanting , wanted to be connected with Walsall any more , so but this was |
| 25 | my Lord all that follows now is that question costs in this my Lord there is no doubt that er this is the painful experience for both the plaintiffs and of course for doctor who is unrepresented and therefore must inevitably feel rather isolated in this matter erm , however in my there is no reason to er depart from the usual principal of the costs which should follow the event and of course we know as it the loss on the subsidiary appeal and so I do n't press the point on that cos the reality as you 've already probably anticipated is all the work has been done erm on this appeal the subsidiary appeal I ask , I do n't ask for costs on that , in my submission it should be both sides bear their own costs on that , the reason I say that is that there was no , there was no cross appearing in respect on it in effect , cos after all , all you were doing was er trying to get the same as the other side if we lost , so no worm of can of beans can be done by doctor I had one parallel in my whole skeleton on that , er , but we have substantially succeeded on the main issue and so I , I would ask that costs in favour of the plaintiffs on , on that and here and indeed below . |
| 26 | Those reductions were those identified in paragraph three and perhaps I do need to point out in fact that according to the report in Policy and Resources Committee , the use of carry forwards from the registration service of twenty thousand pounds in fact needs to be replicated across all three years . |
| 27 | We did n't make the decision to find out , look I 've got a complimentary ticket , and perhaps I do n't have to queue here , perhaps I might have to , but I 'll go and find out . |
| 28 | You came here once before asking questions and perhaps I did not give you the best answers . ’ |
| 29 | Except that I thought you 'd understand — and perhaps I did think that you had a right to know why I feel the way I do about … about anything permanent . ’ |
| 30 | I could , to be sure , scribble off things the whole day long , but a composition of this kind goes out into the world , and naturally I do not want to have cause to be ashamed of my name on the title-page . |