Example sentences of "and i [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | And me thinking I was hiding them ! |
| 2 | And I go sorry , and he goes makes a jolly good Christmas gift and I go I ca n't do it |
| 3 | And I 'll pass subtle hints about it and I go I 'm just passing a subtle hint right . |
| 4 | Mother and lots of other people would say we were too young to love truly , they would have us wait for our ‘ years of discretion ’ ; at what age one is supposed to be abnormally discreet I do not know , all I know is that I have not arrived there yet , and I hope I never will . |
| 5 | I think you have something definite to say — and I hope I have made it easier for you to say it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 've had a little help from Barry Humphries in this , and I hope I 've paid him due credit , thought he did start that nasty rumour that he was me or I was him . |
| 7 | Well , it was a fantastic display by the boss , and I hope I did my bit . |
| 8 | Sue Baring , finding it difficult to conceal her disappointment , thanked a similar list of people before ending : ‘ I do think the result is uncomfortable for many sections of this society and I hope I will be free to fight for all those who may well lose out as a result of this election . ’ |
| 9 | It 's fairly knocked about but has vintage feel and character and I hope I ripped him off . |
| 10 | At least that is one scenario and I hope I am wrong . |
| 11 | But he helped me all the way round and I hope I can do him justice tomorrow . ’ |
| 12 | Scudamore said : ‘ It was a very difficult decision , and I hope I 've got it right . |
| 13 | She said yesterday : ‘ He was nothing but scum and I hope I hurt him . |
| 14 | And I hope I do n't — touch wood ! |
| 15 | As I 've said before , falconry has always fascinated me , and I hope I 'm going to be able to make my living at it one day . |
| 16 | ‘ And I hope I may be spared to repaint my own house when I am ninety-eight , Doctor ! ’ |
| 17 | [ reading ] " When you read this letter you will be far on your way to your father and mother where you have so long desired to be , and I hope I shall forbear thinking of you with the least shadow of that fondness my foolish heart had entertained for you . |
| 18 | You 're more mature now , and I hope I 've learned a few lessons from the mistakes I made . |
| 19 | I 'm thankful for my good health , you see , because apart from arthritis , you see , I 'm as well as anything and I hope I 'm still in my right mind , you see , but I , now and again , I forget names |
| 20 | I think I do it because I 'm so depressed by the poor performance of professional investment managers in the city , and I hope I can do better than they can . |
| 21 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 22 | ‘ I enjoyed myself immensely and I hope I did myself proud . ’ |
| 23 | It was backs to the wall for most of the 90 minutes , and I hope I do n't have to sit through too many games like that . |
| 24 | Yeah I realise and I hope I do n't come into contact with too many acts of parliament . |
| 25 | And I hope I hope they sort out something in Grantham for us women for you . |
| 26 | Well , there will be a certain amount of explanation that will have to be done , because Geoffrey Howe is a well known , well liked figure among many people that I deal with er but now , and for some time now , for a year now , it 's I who have been dealing with them and I hope I 've inherited some of the work and some of the trust which he helped to create . |
| 27 | George Underwood : ‘ When you leave school , you have to queue up and see a career 's officer and I remember I was standing right behind David in the queue and asked him what sort of job he was going to say he was looking for . |
| 28 | As I lay on O 's chest something moved me to snap the locket open , and I remember I asked , who is that ? thinking maybe this was the solution to the mystery , and he said , in the same voice that he talked with later in the night , a sleepwalker 's voice , without taking his eyes off the ceiling he said , I do n't know ; I just found it in a magazine . |
| 29 | And I remember I do n't know how it came up once talking with Michel Leiris about Surrealism . |
| 30 | Having been long pent up in town , Annie and myself viewed Southall as a second Paradise , and I remember I nearly hung myself on my pin-before the very first morning after our arrival , in attempting to scale the yard gates to see the country beyond them . |