Example sentences of "benjamin [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | A servant took Benjamin and me off into the main hall , past the great chamber where meals were served , and up a spiral staircase to the third floor above the solar . |
| 2 | Sir Robert Catesby greeted Agrippa warmly , taking him aside for secret consultations whilst ignoring Benjamin and me . |
| 3 | Agrippa excused himself whilst Catesby took Benjamin and me across to the Queen 's spacious chamber on the second floor of the Tower just next to St Stephen 's Chapel . |
| 4 | Words uttered in haste often have a prophetic ring to them ; within a month Benjamin and I would be fighting for our lives on icy waters in Somerset . ) |
| 5 | Benjamin and I just stared speechlessly down at the abbey , then up at the great Tor . |
| 6 | Benjamin and I hid our exasperation , took our cloaks and followed her into the snow-covered grounds . |
| 7 | Benjamin and I , however , were first into the room . |
| 8 | Anyway , on that snow-laden morning as Benjamin and I went deeper into the Valley of Death , Cosmas 's murder remained a mystery . |
| 9 | I got up , washed , dressed , and Benjamin and I went down the great sweeping wooden staircase . |
| 10 | We were almost near Templecombe gates when Benjamin and I both decided that we had found the gap in the trees through which she had fled and , despite my warnings , he insisted on going in . |
| 11 | Apart from Benjamin and I , he was the only one who had left the manor so his cloak and boots would have been covered in snow . |
| 12 | Benjamin and I followed quickly afterwards for it was apparent both riders were losing control . |
| 13 | When it reached the twelfth , Benjamin and I dressed in boots and cloaks , put on our sword belts and quietly left . |
| 14 | Benjamin and I slithered down the bank . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , I make a confession : Benjamin and I were stupid . |
| 16 | Benjamin and I walked back into the hall . |
| 17 | ( Oh , yes , Benjamin and I had also been to university but , due to minor misunderstandings , had both been asked to leave before we received our degrees . |
| 18 | The landlord knew me , for Benjamin and I often lodged there when we came up to town . |
| 19 | He was eating sweetmeats from a silver dish and , whilst Benjamin and I knelt before him , he kept popping them into his mouth , watching us impassively . |
| 20 | Benjamin and I needed no second bidding . |
| 21 | I 'll be honest , Benjamin and I scuttled out as quickly as two of the cardinal 's bloody spiders . |
| 22 | Benjamin and I watched as Waldegrave 's corpse was hoisted on to the sheet . |
| 23 | Benjamin and I stayed in the hall whilst the servants returned and finished laying the tables for supper . |
| 24 | Benjamin and I seized our arms and rushed out . |
| 25 | Benjamin and I stayed well away from him as he consulted with Dacourt and Clinton . |
| 26 | Both Benjamin and I wisely kept our mouths shut until we were out of the main hall . |
| 27 | Now Benjamin and I , recalling the Cardinal 's secret instructions , had decided to reveal Selkirk 's verses as soon as the opportunity presented itself . |
| 28 | Benjamin and I had been entertaining the group with a French madrigal , my deep bass a smooth foil to my master 's well-modulated tenor : a stupid little song about a maid who lost her wealth and her virtue in the great city . |
| 29 | As Benjamin and I followed the prioress down , the pedlar shouted in a tongue I could not understand . |
| 30 | His answer was very clever : no one could really account for their movements but once again Benjamin and I had drunk deeply from the cup of failure . |