Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel more in common with the Reverend William Paley than I do with the distinguished modern philosopher , a well-known atheist , with whom I once discussed the matter at dinner . |
| 2 | Move just now then David till I get to the cupboard . |
| 3 | He said she 's got a ten pounds bonus because I paid for the . |
| 4 | So I had to be a bear till I got to the top of the mountain and then you have to look round to see , I wonder whether , who were those girls who were messing around over there ca n't stand that , mm , do something with them |
| 5 | It 's his age that is against him , but he 's helped me a great deal since I came into the Irish squad . ’ |
| 6 | In view of our darkened ship I told No.1 to slow down and take any avoiding action while I remained at the radar , not wishing to lose our target . |
| 7 | ‘ Now — ’ he turned to Sophie ‘ — will you hold it , please , and keep up the tension while I put on the plaster ? |
| 8 | My chest ached with a child 's fear while I cringed in the deeply recessed doorway of North Three . |
| 9 | ‘ You rest there a while , Mrs Miller , ’ the girl said with unusual boldness , ‘ and I 'll make you a fresh brew of tea before I start on the drawing room . ’ |
| 10 | I have waited 20 years for a decision on the Ardrossan-Saltcoats-Stevenston bypass , and I am sure that the Minister will give me a favourable result before I retire at the next election . |
| 11 | But I intended to follow the same course of action as I had over the earlier incident : to say nothing until he gave me an opening . |
| 12 | The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence . |
| 13 | It 's added a certain anticipation as well to the placement job I 've been doing — ‘ Oh come on someone must have something to say ’ was a regular feeling/thought as I looked at the monitor in anticipation . |
| 14 | The smell of burning plastic stayed in my nose and the bright glare of the burning mixture danced in my eyes as I hurried to the next hole , glancing at my watch as I did so . |
| 15 | He turned to the back seat as I swung under the arch and headed towards the Baños del Inca . |
| 16 | All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind as I waited for the explosion in our midst . |
| 17 | Images of animals huddled together for warmth , safety and companionship floated into my mind as I stood at the side of this man , watching him examine firearms . |
| 18 | For example , that the images that I now call up in my mind as I look at the front door of my house , this is something quite real , but it 's real in a much more radically different , in a radically different sense , there 's a , somehow a radically difference in the kind of reality which that image enjoys , to the reality that that bottle enjoys . |
| 19 | She had told neighbours : ‘ We were all watching television in a back bedroom when I went to the toilet . |
| 20 | He was sitting in his jeep as I turned into the driveway . |
| 21 | One of the birds shat on Gravel as I pedalled up the path to town on the Tuesday morning . |
| 22 | The tears were still pissing from my eyes when I fled to the can . |
| 23 | I have covered the whole year , but because January is in your shops , February already subscribed , March imminent and April only recently covered in my monthly column ( 11th December ) , I have not been as detailed with these four months as I have with the rest of the year . |
| 24 | She 's very concerned and the present line partial though it be , represents a a blight situation on that , on the , on potential er occupants of that line and certainly erm I find myself more in in er agreement with Darcy 's views than I do with the other two councillors of East Grinstead , that 's not er not secret |
| 25 | He said : ‘ When I park my aeroplane it can be a couple of miles from the terminal building so I hop onto the skateboard and whizz off at 20mph . |
| 26 | The pain did , in fact , return the next day , but this experience had given me hope so I persevered with the lessons and now I am free of the pain for at least 95 per cent of the time . |
| 27 | I come to the two-metre-high brick wall which surrounds the estate and feel my way along it , stumbling over piles of earth and building debris until I get to the corner . |
| 28 | I followed Jack 's Mercedes a short way along the side roads and he then headed due south while I shot down the motorway towards home . |
| 29 | I should mention other relevant matters before I refer to the statutory provisions . |
| 30 | She said : ‘ I brushed past a girl as I went to the toilet and she yelled I 'd done it deliberately . |