Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Actually , I happen to have-a flask of Scotch on me , just in case I broke down on the road … |
2 | As I walked across the car park I looked back at the police station and almost expected to see the figure of Inspector Drew looming at one of the windows as in an early Orson Welles film . |
3 | This is my milk I get out of the fridge |
4 | I muttered thanks and as she disappeared to the kitchen I stepped up to the sitting room door , knocked rather timidly and entered . |
5 | Full of misgiving I drove on into the darkness . |
6 | I mean , I 'd had the feeling before , a bit , the first couple of times I went up on the End , it was that much closer to the spindle . |
7 | A few times I sat down in the kitchen and almost told mum but changed my mind . |
8 | After we 'd agreed the itinerary I got on with the detailed flying planning , using the new French VFR maps and the American TPC ( Tactical Pilotage Charts ) which we bought from Stamfords in London . |
9 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
10 | At the height of the gale I go down to the pier to see how our local boats are doing , but all the anchors appear to be holding firm . |
11 | Katherine 's remains were coming on the Saturday and on the Friday I slipped up to the cemetery and saw the grave diggers digging Mary 's grave . |
12 | Several times in the next few months I went up to the top floor again , where I could look out of the high windows in the roof to see the surrounding countryside and be alone with my thoughts . |
13 | Well now , during this twelve months I went out on the beats etcetera , I just merely picked it up , if I was in doubt about anything my sergeant would put me right and the atmosphere , the amount of discipline was quite severe , for instance , I always , we had always to parade at least ten minutes before the hour to be acquainted with what had happened since we were last on duty . |
14 | My last weekend with the car I went over to the Island of Luing , leaving the car ( foot ferry only on Sundays ) at Cuan Ferry . |
15 | Aunt Bedelia and I were trying to watch Brookside , but it was an impossible mix , like tripe and onions with Bolognese sauce , so when Otley went down to the pub to see the lads I strolled down to the villa . |
16 | One Saturday I went out to the Royal County of Berkshire Polo Club , near Windsor , to watch the Moët et Chandon High Goal Challenge presented by Moët et Chandon in association with Harpers & Queen . |
17 | When you 're having another one of those parties I read about in the Sport . |
18 | After spending all morning talking to clients on the telephone , in place of lunch I nipped up to the golf club and played a few holes with one of the assistants . |
19 | Walking in the Ash Grove at L. I look up through the trees . |
20 | In a kind of panic I walked back to the carob and along the east side of the gulley to the top of the cliff that overlooked the private beach . |
21 | My combat jacket , knife , bags , catapult and other equipment I took down to the kitchen with me . |
22 | I was still crying when I put on my boots and picked up my kitbag ; and after a few desperate embraces I burst out into the stars and the snow — the constellations of snow , the blizzard of stars . |
23 | So during my three years at University College Swansea I carried on at the shop in the evenings doing the ordering , and on Saturdays running the general book department and the educational department . |
24 | Yes , if we skip all the intermediate years with , after the war I came back from the army to find we 'd been bombed out and were living in requisition accommodation , after a time , the , we were moved into a new flat over some shops . |
25 | The next moment I jumped back against the wall , trembling with fear and horror . |
26 | These days I peeked out at the world through unevenly rose-tinted underwear . |
27 | I told him I knew Ben and when I left Durance I went down to the harbour . |
28 | Between two classes I went out into the beautiful gallery on the first floor , open to the cloisters and the courtyard below . |
29 | From the top of Flinter Gill I looked out to the Howgills and across to where cloud shadows were moving across Dentdale and over Rise Hill . |
30 | I own a Commodore 64 and this Monday I went down to the shop and bought Renegade III . |