Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] i " in BNC.
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1 | I am left to live out my life with only the few possessions I have managed to buy from my pension , because of Gary . |
2 | This herb has tiny leaves here , and is furiously strong : I made tea from some herbs I picked , put in a generous sprig of peppermint , and spat out the result in shock . |
3 | ‘ Some vegetables I 'm very fond of — peas I 'm relatively neutral about . ’ |
4 | ‘ I came to see you about some notes I sent your husband . |
5 | In fact , it was one of the few times I had seen him act in a civil way towards his stepmother . |
6 | The first few times I lit the stove , up popped yellow flames and I turned it off . |
7 | I do n't know , the last few times I 've tried to come off , I have n't really wanted to come off , thinking about it now . |
8 | I can also , if I erm come across the same problem a few times I could hopefully work on that and then probably eradicate altogether . |
9 | A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind . |
10 | ‘ As I told you , I did n't go out much when I worked in London , but I 've got a silk dress which I wore on the few times I went to the opera . |
11 | I think there 's a few times I was gon na pack in cos I used to do the same amount of work as everyone else and I got paid |
12 | I remember once , yeah it was like that , yeah that 's right , not one , but a few times I used to get on the train from Runcorn to Liverpool , I had an address to go to in Liverpool , rough directions how to get there , to pick up a suit or to pick up a fitting , you know you 'd get the , the different |
13 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
14 | And erm first couple of times I kind of did n't respond , and the next few times I was literally flinching |
15 | By the way , members can now get a pint at the sports club in N.E. Some times I even venture into town you know , but only when my mum lets me . |
16 | By the way , members can now get a pint at the sports club in N.E. Some times I even venture into town you know , but only when my mum lets me . |
17 | After a few attempts I found I was turning like Robby Naish for the first part of the turn , then falling in on the inside of the turn . |
18 | But I had to keep stopping to peer at the pages , so after a few attempts I gave up . |
19 | In a few cases I realised with surprise my growing frustration was due to my inability to interject my own comments into the workshop ( which has been filmed several years previously ) . |
20 | For the next few minutes I had to put up with Sid 's reminiscences about how much worse it had been during the campaign in North Africa . |
21 | I am hot and sticky from my drive , but the scent of lilac drifts in from the garden with the sound of blackbirds , and within a few minutes I feel much at home . |
22 | If Kegan had waited another few minutes I could have got it settled . |
23 | After a few minutes I felt pins and needles in my behind , my blood pressure was fine and I was allowed to sit up again . |
24 | Every few minutes I found some reason to stop : to take off my sweater , to put on my robe , to change from boots to training-shoes and back again , to eat some oats , to take my temperature , to redistribute the load inside the lockers and , when I had no other excuse , simply to rest . |
25 | After a few minutes I roused myself , gathered up the clothes , and went round to Dominic 's room , holding his key through a handkerchief . |
26 | Nothing happened , except that after a few minutes I checked that no one had come into the room to observe such antics ! |
27 | Within a few minutes I not only felt but heard the tissue in the sinuses beginning to break up , and by the time he had finished both were completely clear . |
28 | After a few minutes I unexpectedly found myself singing a song which I was sure I had not sung since Eton days forty years before . |
29 | I took Oliver 's flowers , and fed them petal-first into the grinder , and in just a few minutes I had reduced his gift to a sludge which the cold water was washing away down the waste-pipe . |
30 | After a few minutes I realize this letter can not be written truthfully . |