Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] the [det] [noun sg] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why , the galaxy is so vast that in the latter case I could continue to pose — and behave — as an Inquisitor ; though I would truly be a renegade … ’ |
| 2 | I was also reminded that on the same floor I woke up one morning to find the sun shining through the curtains , it being the only day of the entire Frankfurt Book Fair that my room was not below cloud level . |
| 3 | Something inside me stretched as I walked so that at the same time I was walking on the top of those hills . |
| 4 | God 's explanation of this little piece of street theatre ran as follows : you did n't punish the gourd when it failed you , did you ; and in the same way I 'm not going to punish Nineveh . |
| 5 | It was hard to believe we had been indulging the same appetite for climbing and on the same crag I had visited during a July heatwave three years before . |
| 6 | The House of Commons debated the crisis on 2 August , and on the same day I was married to Mary Patrick in Southport , formally recording my profession as ‘ Schoolmaster ( Grammar ) ’ . |
| 7 | The results of those studies were published on 25 September , and on the same day I announced the start of a three-month public consultation period during which interested parties could make written representations to me on the contents of the reports produced by Hydrotechnica . |
| 8 | ‘ I knew I had n't done anything to Joanna and at the same time I was totally confused as to how it could have happened . ’ |
| 9 | I eat carefully , my heartbeat quickens nervously when the portions offered are too big , and at the same time I 'm trying not to draw attention to my small plateful . |
| 10 | He had a stubborn determination about him , and at the same time I think he was really exhausted ; he was really exhausted , physically and emotionally . |
| 11 | At 1.15 a.m. , however , the bite alarm on my flake-baited rod shrills out its sudden warning , the silver foil smacks the rod and at the same time I grasp the cork butt and drive the hook into a lip . |
| 12 | I applied to correspondence courses for writing , I joined a music workshop , and at the same time I had to rush into a job , as I came over with just one bag and no money . ’ |
| 13 | And at the same time I could n't help seeing Barber was a bit of a sham . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm too hungry to wait until you leave , and by the same token I 'm going to change . |
| 15 | I think this is very bad , I think that I would like to see an expansion of the , of the intake and a broadening of its social base , and by the same token I would like to see erm it possible for more adult students to come in , perhaps on a part-time basis erm into the universities . |
| 16 | But on the same score I 'm afraid I must be an a narrow minded urban socialist well okay , I 've never lived in a city but if you want to call me that , fine . |
| 17 | I believe in a competitive world , but at the same time I think we have got to be laying sound foundations for future growth and if we are constantly pressured into satisfying stock-market expectations , which are short-term , or under threat of take-over , we will not be investing enough for the long-term development of our businesses . |
| 18 | But at the same time I want to stress how crucially important to CAFOD are the offerings from the coming Family Fast Day . |
| 19 | I half disapproved of these costumes , they made me feel uncomfortable , but at the same time I admired and envied her , she was so original and unconcerned . |
| 20 | I sha n't be trampled on , Flick , do n't you worry — but at the same time I sha n't go through life as gracefully as you , or with a flourish of trumpets like Gay . |
| 21 | The irresponsibility of this helped me to escape the force of the problems , but at the same time I was constantly troubled by suspicion . |
| 22 | ‘ It was great for doing Wes Montgomery , but at the same time I was playing Hendrix and Bloomfield and all kinds of stuff on this poor old hollowbody — and I was using Marshalls as well ! |
| 23 | But at the same time I want to go to parties . |
| 24 | I paused to marshal all my heartfelt arguments against the cruise-cure , but at the same time I felt a sudden and oceanic surge of homesickness . |
| 25 | But at the same time I was learning the lesson that such behaviour is not acceptable to adults , to whom I presented a different personality . |
| 26 | Here is another of the paradoxes of anorexia nervosa : I must , in my unconscious , have wanted to grow up , but at the same time I was determined not to , because the models of potential adulthood with which I was presented were either repugnant or impossible to attain . |
| 27 | But at the same time I should like to show that the speaking is by no means straightforward speech . |
| 28 | But at the same time I dimly knew that they were somehow successful human beings and that I , I alone , was not . |
| 29 | But at the same time I 've got a cartoon girl I 'm dying to get it on with . |
| 30 | But 60-year-old Bill has hit hard times and said : ‘ I do n't want to sell my memorabilia but at the same time I refuse to sign on the dole — I 'm too proud for that . ’ |