Example sentences of "[adj] i [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Four weeks before was due I started a new job here in Birmingham leaving and in Yorkshire .
2 I 'm only sorry I had a prior engagement , otherwise I 'd have been here much earlier . ’
3 At half past eight I have a final walk in Buron 's Court , opposite the Royal Hospital Chelsea , and then I go to bed about eleven — hoping it 's a breakfast day tomorrow .
4 If the opportunity was n't there , and by that I mean a realistic chance of winning the Championship , then I would n't be racing in Formula One any more .
5 ‘ So , given that I have a political opportunity , I tend to become an enthusiast harnessing the forces that are at work , trying to get the best out of them , trying to use them for the political purposes that I believe in .
6 As usual I felt a little trepidation before the climb , but this was dwarfed by the thought of skiing down from the refuge , across the Argentiere glacier , and up to the bergshrund below the face .
7 But as usual I affected a supreme unconcern , and floated past them with a sway of the hips that was a touch exaggerated .
8 From this I derive a great sense of security , and I can stand on my own without worrying about the critics or the art establishment .
9 Soon after this I received a favourable response and I began house-hunting and discussing the details of how to meet my care needs .
10 But despite all this I had a successful Championship , winning the 100 metres and tying , in an exciting race , with John Regis in the 200 .
11 And of course we 've got this I have a little dog and she loves to roll in this .
12 This I found a great help .
13 The very last thing I note is which direction a swim faces and for this I carry a small compass .
14 In July 1972 I spent a whole afternoon discussing teaching and children with the headmaster of what corresponded roughly to a middle school .
15 In 1972 I suggested a fresh categorization of the processes involved to take into account an additional meaning of ‘ propagate ’ ; namely to rear to sexual maturity .
16 I 'd a proper I had a proper drill , oh you 're talking about the new ones ?
17 During the lay up of Venturous I spent a brief interlude in the Solent area evaluating the performance and suitability of a thirty two foot fast motor cruiser Gazelle which had been purchased by the Department as an experiment .
18 At the age of six I compiled a personal magazine every week .
19 At thirteen I bought a tuppenny packet
20 Glad I kept a straight face afterward .
21 In the autumn of 1984 I received a personal letter from Andy Norman .
22 I do n't know what I did to disturb things , but it was soon obvious I had a blue-green algae problem .
23 For all this however , he has an iron nerve and told me , ‘ I have never been scared but when I go out for the National I get a tingling sensation .
24 Head of Department : ‘ In 1976 I had a clear idea where I would like to be going :
25 To cap all I suffered a physical hallucination as I staggered up the road beyond the inlet of Enard Bay : I could clearly see a row of cottages at the top of the hill but when I got there , they had vanished .
26 At the end of it all I felt a great sense of relief and well-being , and now I always go to Norway for treatment .
27 Alter that first palpitation of the heart which I feel does vets no good at all I reached a sleepy hand from under the sheets .
28 Oh that 's better I had a bad back .
29 It 's like I took a completed album of all kinds of different songs and threw it up in the air and it came crashing down .
30 Put it this way : in Danu , even with FAKINTIL on the way out , with my history it was like I possessed a personal qualification : doctor , lawyer , accountant , except I was not one of those but a traitor .
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