Example sentences of "[noun] i [vb mod] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 2 | After looking at first reactions I shall sketch the main lines of theological comment and response , and then liturgical , practical and ecumenical developments ; then some ‘ growing points ’ and problems in areas both of praxis and of theological reflection . |
| 3 | From my position at the entrance to the dug-out I could see the wounded in the sunken road in the same positions they were in before the shelling started . |
| 4 | As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench . |
| 5 | I told her she might' get a chance , though of course I would have the ultimate control . |
| 6 | Of course I 'd like the other things , but it 's just not relevant to the relationship . ’ |
| 7 | Of course I could settle the whole thing by opening the cow up , but Mr Bailes was an old-fashioned type and did n't like the idea of my diving into his animal unless I was certain of my diagnosis . |
| 8 | If it were n't for my sister I 'd turn the whole matter over to the police and let them find Garry . ’ |
| 9 | The sea was flat , faintly streaked by a waning moon , and through the porthole of the saloon I could see the Southern Cross and the Milky Way , unblemished by cloud . |
| 10 | But for my part I would reject the undue influence case on the ground that the influence brought to bear by Mr. O'Brien was not , in the context of a normal husband and wife relationship and bearing in mind Mrs. O'Brien 's character and capabilities , sufficiently undue . |
| 11 | At the end of the chapter I shall make the paradoxical point that the theory we are looking for may actually need to seem improbable , even miraculous , to our subjective judgement ( because of the way our subjective judgement has been made ) . |
| 12 | In this chapter I shall describe the genital region in man and woman and discuss some aspects of normal sexual function and variations in sexual behaviour |
| 13 | Through the gap in the fence I could see the red-haired woman hacking away at the tangle of greenery with a large silver blade that flashed in the sun . |
| 14 | Drawing upon her work I would suggest the following guidelines for improving co-operation : |
| 15 | The new stripped-pine floor vibrated ; through the sash window I could see the black truck pulling up the drive towards the main road , the silver caravan coming behind like a drogue that was preventing the gypsies from submerging , escaping into the very centre of the earth . |
| 16 | Now if lived in the Republic of Ireland I could join the Labour Party , but I ca n't join it because I live in Northern Ireland , right , but have a look at that motion , what you 're talking about . |
| 17 | From the moment I could understand the human voice 1 — and I expect most of my generation — was told to be ‘ seen and not heard ’ … ‘ consider others before yourself ’ … ‘ never complain' and if you were a boy child , then you were exhorted to be a man , to show no emotion , and not to be a sissy . |
| 18 | From the Land Rover I could see the awful brown flatness . |
| 19 | In conclusion I would suggest the following should help as you have not told me what your horses/ponies will be used for . |
| 20 | Turning a quarter circle away from the mosque towards the setting sun , through the early evening heat haze I could see the distant silhouette of the Qutab Minar , the tower of victory built by the first Sultan immediately after he had driven the Hindus from Delhi in 1192 . |
| 21 | The teacher ( in role ) will be the Pied Piper , but s/he wants the class to have a say in the characterisation — so the children " construct " the character : perhaps Teacher : In the drama I 'll play the Pied Piper , but I need your help . |
| 22 | ‘ And one day I 'll own the whole outfit , ’ he said to himself . |
| 23 | ‘ On a four-stroke I can slide the front good . |
| 24 | In the distance I could see the rock-girl Acropolis crowned by the ruins of the Parthenon . |
| 25 | Past all those people I could see the unmistakable giraffe-like back of Vern . |
| 26 | For convenience I will split the sociolinguistic field into two , examining first the ‘ quantitative paradigm ’ in which variations of pronunciation and grammar are studied using statistical analysis , and then the more ‘ holistic ’ study of communicative strategies which usually goes under the general name of ‘ discourse analysis ’ . |
| 27 | In this respect I would adopt the following passage from Chitty on Contracts ( 25th ed. , 1983 ) , para. 173 , and refer to the authorities there cited : |
| 28 | Well let's look at a few examples I 'll take the Korean war of nineteen fifty to fifty three , the Cuban missiles crisis which , although was not an actual war , very nearly threatened a nuclear war , of nineteen sixty two and the Vietnam war of nineteen sixty three to nineteen seventy two . |
| 29 | Through the glass I could see the long lines of blue moving away down the street and I could still hear the shouts of the corporal . |
| 30 | In this book I shall use the awkward but evocative term hegemon to describe the asymmetry in the global system . |