Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arriving , triumphant , in Ulm in the late afternoon , I had within half an hour found the worst hotel I had been in in years , with the modest staff and a parking ticket to boot . |
| 2 | However , on the last service I had to check the tappets — after removing the rocker cover the only way I could turn the engine over was to put the car in gear and push it backwards . |
| 3 | I ring up Richard , and Richard says the only time I can see you is seven o'clock Tuesday night , and I 've got no appointment . |
| 4 | He gave me a welcoming grin and an ironic bow to acknowledge the exalted company I was keeping , then he ushered the senator on to the starboard wing and so into the aeroplane . |
| 5 | Though tragically killed in a recent motorbike accident , Madra was an undisputed maestro of the art , as well as an easy and informative friend whom I had known for some time , so it was a shock to witness the epic genius which came through him , and the transformation which both he and his audience underwent in that open village square the first time I saw him perform . |
| 6 | That amp had the best sound I ever heard — there 's nothing to beat those old EL34s . |
| 7 | It was a bit perplexing the first time I heard the chant though , because of the other associations that could be drawn from it ! |
| 8 | I admired what he was doing with his life from afar and I put the museum on my list of places to experience the next time I was in the Miami area . |
| 9 | but I find that Or ageist , but the younger people get the more problem I have with their accents . |
| 10 | Said , alright , I said the first week said the first week I said , then it 'll |
| 11 | ‘ That man has the biggest heart I know . ’ |
| 12 | I 've seen enough violence in my life to know the only way I can deal it out is in sudden fast dollops — a well-aimed kick or punch , a gun if I have to . |
| 13 | The slow gradient ended when the road climbed the steepest incline I had yet encountered . |
| 14 | The following account summarizes the factual information I obtained about the prison , as well as the general impressions I gained during the necessarily short time I was able to spend inside it . |
| 15 | Shadrach — can he be this pleased to see me ? — smiles as he cups his hands to indicate the tiny creature I was previously . |
| 16 | As the band 's agent in this case , I had to work with the record company to circumvent the rigid Radio I Top 40 format . |
| 17 | What it 's got to do with the comrade 's ability to join the Labour Party I 'm not absolutely sure , perhaps someone can tell me afterwards . |
| 18 | His face assumed the poleaxed expression I have grown used to recently . |
| 19 | How not inappropriate : for when the shop-bell heralded the earnest banker I really thought I was going to pee myself . |
| 20 | And now our small party showed the same intimacy I had witnessed in all the random groupings I had seen with a recent experience of Machu Picchu behind them . |
| 21 | By three-twenty , which was what the alarm clock by the bedside said the last time I looked at it , I have moved on from thinking about Timmy and Cheryl and her children , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and Cheryl 's children , and Timmy , and Timmy , and Cheryl , and Timmy , and begun to think about Summerchild and Serafin , and Serafin , and Timmy , and Serafin , yes , and Serafin . |