Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Both were smoking and the pungent smell of Gauloise tobacco so early in the morning made me feel sick . |
| 32 | Only in the evenings did I spend some time with Mr Rochester , and I was careful not to allow him to hold me in his arms or kiss me . |
| 33 | What my solicitors finding from a letter let me tell you why I ask . |
| 34 | In no way did I wish to diminish the importance of these services or the importance of the people who worked in them . |
| 35 | ‘ In no case did I make a formal approach to the top management of any of the firms to get approval or support for the research . |
| 36 | This county pays for a full time union official this is extravagant , one full timer for five hundred members , that is way over the top let me tell you . |
| 37 | which I shall not attempt to conceal from you , but before I come down to the details let me say that Darwinism occupies such a central position in evolutionary biology — in biology as a whole , not just in evolutionary biology but in the whole of biology — that any important , new idea in biology has to be , to some extent , judged by its compatibility with , or its contradictions of , the Darwinian position . |
| 38 | I do n't know how they 've done it but the typography on the signs makes me want to pronounce the word Edin-burg , and I live in the place , for God 's sake . |
| 39 | The angle of the lamp cord on the bar made me think I saw a hearing-aid cable extending from Fielding 's ear . |
| 40 | When we were naughty he 'd give Fred the strap but he 'd sit me on the mantelpiece to make me mind my manners . |
| 41 | Looking at the road makes me notice that old white van . |
| 42 | Seeing it on the noticeboard at the workhouse made me think … but I ca n't be sure any more . |
| 43 | One of the guys at the gate helped me give the Fiasco a push . |
| 44 | Because so many of the people who , so many people at the moment feel I think that they , they have very little real influence , and that 's why people do n't turn up , it 's why people do n't vote for local government . |
| 45 | At no stage did I say that , nor do we believe it . |
| 46 | At no time did I supply money for arms . ’ |
| 47 | Strangely enough , at no time did I have real doubts that I would be elected , and this determined my public attitude during the three successive ballots that were necessary . |
| 48 | It also brought up the art quote of the year , from one Ziff Fistrunk ( no , I do not make up the name ) , director of the Southside Chicago Sports Council , who organised the protest : ‘ I have trained players in Little League and semi-pro baseball , and at no time did I train them naked . ’ |
| 49 | To conclude , at no time do I write expertises for payment , and I find it strange that Mr Stock should dispute an independent scholar 's freedom of expression . |