Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Each book ran to 64 pages and from these gems I learnt a great deal about Soccer , Cricket , Rugby Union , Rugby League and other sports .
2 Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’
3 As I swabbed the table with disinfectant I had the old feeling of helplessness .
4 In each case I pressed the national authorities concerned to allow me to send a UK ‘ observer ’ to their investigation and I am happy to say that our request was agreed to on each occasion .
5 In this case I feel a deep conviction that I 'm not making a mistake .
6 While I was in Germany I took a special interest in the treatment of creative men and women who had lost direction and in some way broken down .
7 Indeed when the time came to leave Germany I made a mental decision never to return .
8 For an instant I saw a different woman : not the sour , bored old creature I had grown to expect , but someone strong and humorous .
9 I went down the steps at the sign of the big neon M. I put a five-copeck piece into the automatic entrance which wo n't prevent non-payers travelling but buses in order to embarrass them .
10 Within a few hours I noticed a large number of fry appearing at the water surface .
11 For the next three hours I witness a surreal nightmare of racing fire engines , caravans of police cars with blue and red lights flashing , a few looting bands , but mostly residents in bathrobes and curlers , gathered in silence to watch corner markets go up in smoke .
12 On Wednesday 5 March 1980 , I explored the practicalities of this course at a meeting in the department and on 10 March I minuted the Prime Minister .
13 On deck I feel a perfect target for any sniping moron .
14 Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs .
15 Using the walls for support I made a slow tour of every inch of the building , stopping frequently to squeeze the dizziness from my skull .
16 And of course I get a big boost when something like this happens , because words make plain sense , even though Tod always reads them backwards .
17 Of course I know the vast majority — especially the New People — do n't care a damn about any of the arts .
18 Er and of course I seen the present managers are , are th the one you know only just lives down the road here he 's recently retired .
19 Of course I share the hon. Gentleman 's sympathy in the case of Mr. Newell .
20 I 'm not erm , I 'm not going to be in a situation to record all my chat anyway , I do n't think , because of the erm , the amount of it , when I 'm running a course I do an awful lot of chatting during the day .
21 and you get gale force winds blowing down there and of course I opened the back door and there were panes of glass flying past
22 Of course I give the hon. Gentleman that assurance .
23 Of course I give the hon. Gentleman the pledge that we shall take up any of those cases , should he send the details to me .
24 Later that afternoon I saw a horse-drawn van pull up outside the cottage and soon a burly fellow was fetching furniture out and loading it into the van .
25 In the afternoon I watch the English football .
26 For her younger sister I felt a similar affection and admiration .
27 As we pored over his crippled handwriting I felt a steady heat coming from his body like an aura which slowly enveloped me and seemed to penetrate the very marrow of my bones .
28 Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat .
29 ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host .
30 As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair .
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