Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my days as a Justice 's Clerk I saw enough corpses to know that death can grossly disfigure even the comeliest of faces . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Of course I know some men find me attractive ! ’ she snapped . |
| 3 | Proposals I announced last month to create 12 new environmentally sensitive areas will more than treble the area covered . |
| 4 | During the late afternoon I received another call summoning a further Cabinet meeting at 7.30 p.m . |
| 5 | Every few minutes I found some reason to stop : to take off my sweater , to put on my robe , to change from boots to training-shoes and back again , to eat some oats , to take my temperature , to redistribute the load inside the lockers and , when I had no other excuse , simply to rest . |
| 6 | This reinforced my interest in the subject , but as I soon became involved in postgraduate studies in busy medical , surgical and then paediatric units I had little time to pursue it at that stage . |
| 7 | ‘ During 17 months I watched 180 people die of starvation and disease , ’ he added . |
| 8 | So after I finished Sleeping With The Enemy I walked Pennine Way to release all the pent-up aggression and that helped , ’ he says . |
| 9 | They are still more puzzled as I wish them good evening and they recognise my Scots accent , As I quickly follow behind the French Commandos I hear one Canadian say to the other . |
| 10 | financial health check I think one company calls it . |
| 11 | ‘ I was running a film company , a charity , modelling and doing the BBC Good Sport I had four careers going . |
| 12 | As a child I overheard two women talking . |
| 13 | I must take the opportunity of saying what a marvellous job I thought both Captains did . |
| 14 | From the corner of my eye I saw little Gino make his way over to the restaurant 's background music system . |
| 15 | Well for the first few days I found enough energy to take an occasional dip in the pool and play a leisurely game of bowls . |
| 16 | I took a retirement I took early retirement coming in the |
| 17 | And at the beginning of the year , I would sort of work out which weeks I want those mailings to go out . |
| 18 | I will because Mr Mayor I think that councillor started off his response to this by talking about ghettos and a lot of differences between the better off and the worst off and I , the feeling I got from his speech was that what he was actually driving at was he was attempting to perpetuate the class distinction that the Labour party have been so bound up with over the years . |
| 19 | During the remainder of the evening I did small jobs to earn money for tobacco . |
| 20 | From the windows of my room I saw all London lying in the distance like a great vapour , with here and there some lights twinkling through it . ’ |
| 21 | When work group I met last June to ratify the final draft of their report , the US co-chairman , Claire Harris , did not appear . |
| 22 | I used to call him Pear , and one day I had this tattoo done . |
| 23 | Back down to Earth , and having been grumbling for months about high prices and offhand service I decided last week to try TGI FRIDAY 's AMERICAN BISTRO just newly opened in Gordon Street , Glasgow . |
| 24 | In the Kenya Institute of Education I meet excellent teams producing good materials in Language and Mathematics . |
| 25 | On more than one occasion I caught senior management using our symbolic disorder to dress down young constables . |
| 26 | ‘ When I was his age I said contentious things like he did last week , but I did not speak English very well so I did not get into trouble . ’ |
| 27 | I mean I remember Mike I mean that house had |
| 28 | yes yes , yes I was surprised people I suppose most people have seen those before actually |
| 29 | no , no , my Lord I have three applications to make in the light of the evidence given by Mr yesterday and this witness today , er the first is this in terms of this witnesses evidence , I do n't know whether your Lordship appreciated it , but I certainly did in terms of evidence , that in cases of some brochures there were a number of editions , in other words first , second and maybe third edition |
| 30 | He gets no response , so he continues : ‘ And in the morning I need some street lookouts for their search party . |