Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Eton I had gone each day to Spottiswoode 's bookshop to follow the course of this war in The Times . |
| 2 | And she was glad to have the strength of anger against him as she deciphered coolly , ‘ What you 're really saying is that either I leave Travis alone , or , if you ca n't get me over the Norwood & Chambers contract , you wo n't rest until you find some other contract I 've had small dealings with and which did n't work out , which added together will amount to dereliction of duty . ’ |
| 3 | On my third day of freedom I managed to steal some coins and sent a note to my master in Ipswich . |
| 4 | I felt very sorry for her by now and for want of knowing how to express my sympathy I offered to make another pot of tea . |
| 5 | Just look at some of the thought-provoking policies I have introduced this season . |
| 6 | In some cases I had to accept that information given to me to help me understand problems of academic publishing was to remain confidential , but once credibility had been established the publishers were very helpful . |
| 7 | And of course I had to get another lens , a piece of glass about the same size , in order to grind it , because you grind the glass with another piece of glass with a grit in between . |
| 8 | At the rear of many French houses I had noticed several rabbit-hutches containing the largest rabbits I had ever seen , certainly larger than anything in Britain . |
| 9 | At university I had done Moral Philosophy , English , French and German . |
| 10 | In a couple of minutes I had lost any chance of kinship with Sue by making one of the most basic mistakes . |
| 11 | In my own experience I have found this medium both economic and a very good way of learning the Technique , especially in the initial stages . |
| 12 | Madam Chairman I recall giving three quotes , twenty one thousand something , nineteen thousand |
| 13 | Several times I have seen other researchers do this and have watched higher managers set the scene and limit the enquiry to specific areas — outside management proper — as though the problem existed in a vacuum. , ( Dalton 1959 ) |
| 14 | I do not know how many times I have had such replies on social security appeals that have been turned down . |
| 15 | To my eyes the new pair of partridges were indistinguishable from any of the other birds I had seen that day , but the rest of the audience clearly thought otherwise . |
| 16 | Often in my progress I have had faint glimpses of the Absolute Truth , God , and daily the conviction is growing on me that He alone is real and all else is unreal . ’ |
| 17 | He said that if in future I needed to sell oriental porcelain I should go to M. Bourget , in the rue de Berri , and mention Helmut 's name . |
| 18 | No being what I thought I was a man in those days I was n't really interested in them , but I know there was competitions and er I believe there was different numbers posted on windows and if you got the right number you got a prize but I remember Palfry Park I 'm having trouble with my eyes I 've got over-active tear ducts and |
| 19 | When I revived , Wart-Face ( who introduced himself as Jean Capote ) and his companion Claude Broussac , rat-faced with a pointed nose , greasy hair and the cheekiest eyes I have seen this side of Hell , were bending over me , forcing a cup of scalding posset between my lips . |
| 20 | I , David on your guard force and the thirty four members yes , you , you rightly mentioned the correspondence with your at this moment in time I have had no reply I have sent another letter which you have not received as yet to , indicating that if they do not return those members then we will proceed to Bridlington . |
| 21 | When it 's like pancake mix I tend , or omelettes I tend to use two bowls and even though I only really need to use one . |
| 22 | If that is the case , and bearing in mind I intend to ignore such advice , then surely all moments are of equal suitability . ’ |
| 23 | As a journalist I had seen many countries overseas , all smaller and poorer than ourselves , being granted self-government ; and I had hoped that Scotland would not be denied even the limited self-government that was then being dished out to the Cook Islands and the Faeroe Islands and the Cameroons . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm bound to be a marked man because of the goals I 've scored this season , but there will be more along soon — I 'm sure of that . |
| 25 | As a result of this programme I wish to ask two questions ; |
| 26 | In this chapter I have described some aspects of platelet physiology and biochemistry and the possible role of this interesting cell in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and thrombosis . |
| 27 | On my sweater I have included Swiss darning , knots ( for the small white flowers ) , long stitches to create the ferns and large white flowers . |
| 28 | Ash had never met Miss LaMotte , who indeed came out exceptionally to please me and to speak of her dear Father , whose Mythologies I have had some hand in bringing before the English public . |
| 29 | Well now , at the end of that six months I 'd had varied success , sometimes I had poor periods when I was n't detecting much , then I would have a little break , do better , but at the end of the six months nobody told me whether I was stopping there , but twenty years later I did go back to uniform as an inspector . |
| 30 | And er within eighteen months I 'd got three lorries running . |