Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And your setting will be even more integrated into your book than was the setting in the sort of story I have called a backgrounder . |
2 | If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients . |
3 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |
4 | ‘ Of course I 've got a plan , and you 'll see what it is in a few moments , if you 're too stupid to guess before that — ’ They swung round a bend and he swore suddenly and loudly . |
5 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
6 | Of course I 've got a family ! |
7 | I 'm sure you already have too many papers to read , but since I have spare copies I have enclosed a background paper we received on a European coastal conservation strategy , and a commentary on the EC and the Ramsar Convention in preparation for the 5th conference of the contracting parties of the Convention . |
8 | In the struggle I had lost a scarf I valued but never went back for it . |
9 | During the hot summers I 've had a lot of lettuce and tomato with maybe a bit of fruit . |
10 | There 's one happening today in ten minutes I 've got a car waiting outside |
11 | Sure enough , within a couple of minutes I had raised a trucker . |
12 | And during the past two decades of my involvement with the people of the Alto I have seen a discourse on nervos and sickness replace a discourse on angry hunger . |
13 | In that cell I 've got a formula , just multiply the number above by the number of the left . |
14 | It 's at this point nearing the end of my open study I 've realised a connection between the four characters I have just compared . |
15 | In the past six months I 've worn a pair for a variety of purposes , from rock climbing to trekking , from gardening to pubbing and they 're still presentable . |
16 | Since John 's abduction I had kept a diary , hoping somehow that I could capture the time John was missing , to keep things from fading so that I could share them with him when he came back . |
17 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
18 | Do n't Kyle I 've got a headache . |
19 | Mummy I 've got a police one |
20 | Bye bye Rebecca , bye Amy , bye Matthew , bye Richard I 've got a load of videos in here the triplets left on Friday . |
21 | Since I 've been over in England I 've bought a lot of clothes that I 'd probably never even consider wearing in Australia . |
22 | As a boy I had read a lot of sea stories and indulged in fancies of rounding the Horn in a windjammer . |
23 | Jane Hall had booked into the Riverside Hotel , she walked over to the reception desk and rang the bell , hello I 'm Jane Hall I 've booked a weekend stay here , ah yes Miss Hall if you would just like to sign here , here 's your key , your room is six floors up , third on the right , have a nice stay . |
24 | If you do your environmental recycling I 've got a thing that I took out of a magazine that 's got all the addresses of erm of of the various thing for recycling paper |
25 | Now erm at the moment I 've got a lot to fit in |
26 | Oh well we 've been walking when we 've gone into town but I mean just between you and me but when I got home Bev said pop into town I 've got a parcel to post and I said well I ca n't I said because according to Des well nothing happened |
27 | Trish I 've got a patient for you Trish if you 've got five minutes to spare please . |
28 | To describe the underlying messages I 've borrowed a term from script-writing , the sub-text , which describes the intentions and motivation behind the words . |
29 | This evening I have attempted a contribution to the work by taking the Plowden propositions and suggesting that if they are true in theory they demand recognition in practice . |
30 | Julia I 've got a teddy bear hopping on one leg |