Example sentences of "[noun] i [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HSMorris Bristol PS I did find the article amusing and am no less a woman because I did . |
| 2 | When I search a farmland site I always keep careful records , and looking back to my notes I started to search the areas where there had been the greatest concentration of finds . |
| 3 | At Eton I had enjoyed the Field Game but loathed cricket , and had not played soccer or rugger since my preparatory school . |
| 4 | At Eton I had read every book I could lay hands on about the Zulus , about Abyssinia and about the rise and fall of the Dervish empire in the Sudan . |
| 5 | For these reasons I prefer to use the phrase ‘ rules for changing the rules ’ ( Bateson , 1976 ) . |
| 6 | I 've only got the base I 've lost the top . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ When I made Midnight Express I had to play a man who was in a permanent messed-up state . |
| 9 | The proof of the pudding was in the eating , and in my case I 'd got the ingredients wrong . |
| 10 | I had agreed to this in case I had to have a Caesarian . |
| 11 | My destinations have all been identified by linguists , in papers which have appeared in the last five years or so , as well worth a visit , and in each case I have found the excursion worthwhile . |
| 12 | On one flight from England , carrying some of our personal possessions , bells started ringing at the Customs Desk — and my carving knife was temporarily confiscated in case I attempted to hijack the plane ! |
| 13 | : Fjm I have got no answer to that . |
| 14 | I alternate the direction of these strokes , imitating the direction I use to apply the pastel in the first place . |
| 15 | I alternate the direction of these strokes , imitating the direction I use to apply the pastel in the first place . |
| 16 | I did n't want his title or his money , although I must say in all honesty I did enjoy the London season . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Yes , well just er briefly Chairman I 've seen the television cameras being set up on Mutford Bridge , so I 'm quite certain you do n't want to prolong this meeting and er in case they go away . |
| 19 | Chairman I do have a couple of questions , I do have a couple of questions if I may . |
| 20 | Er Chairman I want to make a point relative , very quick point relative to the northern bypass so Mr said that officers are proceeding with the preparation of possible routes , will you undertake that er members be er , er advised of er these discussions before it reaches committee stage ? |
| 21 | As he ducks he has Des diving for his legs and me closing in , and this is the moment we all discover the benefits of my upbringing because like a promising cadet I 'd left the pistol 's safety on . |
| 22 | The prints were about my own size , 6½ and my own guess for what it is worth , since , as a cadet I did own a pair of hob-nails , is that my own almost religious love of country railways had revealed a kind of secular stigmatic effect . |
| 23 | Soaking wet and with some difficulty I managed to salvage the dory , with one brand new Mercury outboard from underwater and , backed up by my crew , asked the skipper what the blazes he thought he was up to . |
| 24 | With some difficulty I managed to get a permit to travel from Parma in a bus which went up into the hills to Lagrimone ; once there , I would walk to the house of a Signor Ugolotti , some distance from the village . |
| 25 | So if we could look at those things and talk to the Government to see if it 's possible , it maybe it is n't possible then that 's a different argument but we should be seen to be doing something er to let this die on it 's own will A , will deprive other people for odd jobs and in some cases I 've met the representation two guys there who used their redundancy money for Airways to purchase er a small aircraft and are running a flying school . |
| 26 | At a very tolerable volume level I managed to produce the sound of a heavily overdriven amp at full tilt , but at a volume where Granny could still hear The Archers . |
| 27 | On one level I suppose climbing the south-west face of Everest was the biggest and most complete expedition , but in spite of our being successful , one member of the team died on the second summit attempt . |
| 28 | Lecturers I spoke to saw the course as chiefly concerned with the development of critical skills combined with promoting an understanding of the vocational areas on which communications has a bearing : |
| 29 | ‘ That 's the second time in twenty-four hours I 've had a swim in that damned water . |
| 30 | As someone who made little enough progress beyond Youll Cup school tennis and county junior teams in 20 years , I remain to be convinced but I enjoyed the three hours I spent reading the book . |