Example sentences of "and [vb base] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While you shower and change before I take you out for a meal . ’ |
| 2 | An honourable offer from Covent Garden or Glyndebourne for a worthy artistic venture is acceptable , but ‘ if I have a feeling that someone 's dreaming of going to a small provincial European theatre because they 're offered 1,000 dollars and they think it 's more important than a whole season at the Kirov , I am so angry and upset that I am absolutely confident when I say do n't come back . |
| 3 | They just run and hide if I chase them , ’ said Mrs Hamilton . |
| 4 | He was having a ‘ surfeit of sex and grog because I had temporarily lost the power to feel ’ . |
| 5 | While I owe much to that tradition and trust that I am still persona grata within it , in many respects I have gone beyond Evangelical thought on matters to do with the Church and sacraments . |
| 6 | Let the worst happen , I am but as I was before : I shall eat as long as I can , and sleep when I am easy . |
| 7 | I do n't remember the carpet coming up to hit me , nor finding it hard to breathe , nor at that moment did the judge put on the black cap and say that I must swing by the neck until I was dead . |
| 8 | Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months . |
| 9 | I must be honest and say that I do n't think I 'll ever run that fast . |
| 10 | Erm it 's in Leeds erm and they know that I 'm going but I may need to call them and say that I 'm sending somebody else because I ca n't possibly go anywhere during the day on Wednesday . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And I 'm not sure that personally I 'm put my hands up and say that I 'd understand all the issues but I understand some of the basic principles and I 'm beginning to understand er some of the complexities of a a planning issue like this . |
| 13 | Could you offer her a cup of tea and say that I 'll be er about fifteen minutes or so ? |
| 14 | I 'm gon na ring them up and say that I 've found her ! |
| 15 | And say that I 've busted my bra strap ! |
| 16 | And you , my friends , show me your will , and say if I do well . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Hold this tiller and steer while I operate the lock . ’ |
| 18 | I used to lie awake and worry because I could n't sleep . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Low and behold when I got back they were waiting for me you see ? |
| 21 | All my abdominal bloating symptoms disappeared as well as the indigestion and heartburn that I always used to suffer . |
| 22 | So just sit back and wait while I disappear into the studio . |
| 23 | All I can do is sit in the front and wait till I see Tod Richardson . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 26 | 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 ! |
| 27 | Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor . |
| 28 | But then again yo you 're you 're advised against going over the speed limit that most people do , I do I I tell yo like I said I 'm not a saint cos like a couple of times when I was first driving , especially in my fucking sprint cos it was a quick car I used to drive up people 's arses and wait until I could overtake them and if they did slow down that used to incense me and I 'd fucking , I 'd go right up there arse and then probably try and cut them up when I went , overtook them and I s fucking learnt , I got a I had a couple of close calls like , people are slamming brakes on and stuff |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The hon. Gentleman should withhold judgment and hope that I am right , and that we shall succeed in achieving those results . |