Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Well , the gravestone certainly stands by the porch and it does have a hole drilled through it , said to have been where the iron stake was hammered through the stone into the coffin , but I 'm afraid that I agree with the general consensus voiced around the bar of the Sun Inn and the George and Dragon that George Hodgson was guilty of nothing but old age , that the only thing he sucked were his gums , and that the hole in the stone was made for a railing or gatepost . |
2 | I mean it 's about sort of you know in it 's about increasing the erm where we are within our own particular sphere and it 's far too much I mean people it 's interesting that I mean for the , it seems to me an and once again correction but it seems to me the last five years the empowerment thing was really strong and now managers are moving away from it and saying it 's jargon as a means of diluting it . |
3 | Every time I get the hang of an idea it suddenly turns into something different and I turn into a fool ! |
4 | ‘ I 'm only 22 but I feel like an old man sometimes when I see what these little kids are doin' , ’ says Superia , a three-year Lo Life veteran . |
5 | I 'll tell you this as I sit in the centre of my maze and listen to the clear song of the thrush : the murderous soul I met at Maubisson was one of the most chilling I have ever encountered . |
6 | I do n't recall , well in fact I 'm being sarcastic because I know for a , we know that it was n't in the manifesto for nineteen ninety two . |
7 | I 've never looked forward to new stuff from any band as much as I do from the Mondays . |
8 | ‘ In as much as I cringe at the thought of making you sick a second time , yes . |
9 | The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right and I agree with every word he says . |
10 | Yeah I know , but there has ai n't there , you know but I say that and I live in an area where there 's not a neighbourhood watch scheme and I ai n't setting one up to until I retire |
11 | ‘ Sometimes I 'm so frustrated that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
12 | And then expand on it , and so I go into each of these and I go to the and I say a few words about each of these particular themes . |
13 | " Basically this garden is blue and white and I think in a small garden one has to pay great attention to the colours , otherwise it can look an awful hotchpotch , " says Tricia . |
14 | I step back , then turn and run , the clinging wetness round my thighs going from warm to cold as I race beneath the snow-shrouded trees towards the house . |
15 | There are times when I go down to the beach at The Pit and I 'm the only surfer down there and I 'm so frustrated with it all that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
16 | He has words of praise for the RSNO Chorus , which he says has ‘ sounded better than I remember in a long time ’ in the initial rehearsals of a work new to all concerned . |
17 | erm I 'd like to be able to present something in front of me which prompts me a bit better than I do at the moment I tend to get lost in what 's in front of me . |
18 | I 'm sure the advice for the wealthy to hire a personal bodyguard is useful but I 'm not quite sure if I agree with the investment possibilities of ‘ Aeronautics engineer Paul Moller 's flying car , the M200X , which could allow four people to cruise at 322 miles an hour ’ , thus allaying any fears about the collapse of the transport infrastructure . |
19 | It is better if I wait until the morning when I can see what I am doing . ’ |
20 | I find a box of matches , then follow the piping up the wall from the dead gas-ring until I come to the stopcock that turns the supply on . |
21 | I feel stupid if I cry at an emotional film or book |
22 | With the light , it feels colder and I run down the road a bit to warm myself up . |
23 | The psychologist Jung speaks about racial unconscious and I suppose in every race there is this something that we call racial characteristics , but on top of that there are other influences you take on board . |
24 | ‘ My mum 's brilliant and I go to a lovely young designer called Richard Kinlock , who 's superb . |
25 | I began to see that my fear about Mary obscuring Christ was not soundly based as long as I keep to the parameters of Scripture . |
26 | Does she think that I have no feelings , or have been struck deaf because I stand by the kitchen door , silent ? |
27 | ‘ There 's no-one in the world that thinks more than I do about every goddam f—ing thing that happens with us . ’ |
28 | Clearly I can not get along entirely on factual information , any more than I infer from the mere facts how to act here and now . |
29 | Remember , these are rest days in your training , so you can always do less than I recommend in the specific schedules . |
30 | As far as I 'm concerned if I come into the studio and everyone 's smiling , hey , that 's great . |