Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But on the other hand , the bibliography for the Tate catalogue required that I look back at a lot of old notices and I find that my perception was not at all valid . |
| 2 | I decide to play it safe , so I tackle up with a ¼oz bullet stopped only 1½ inches from the number 4 hook . |
| 3 | Once I get on to a good thing I keep it going until I run out of luck . |
| 4 | The delicacy of the situation , with their parents and often their grandparents there and everything ( as in a thwarted erotic dream ) , would hardly explain the lack of visual stimulation ; and I get on like a house on fire with the girls in the officers ' bordello . |
| 5 | Selina and I get on like a house on fire . |
| 6 | I buy a cup of tea so thin it could have been made by Rachel 's landlady , and I stare out through a steamed-up café window across the cold empty promenade . |
| 7 | Jamie and I sit down at a side table to wait . |
| 8 | When we 're in the flat she says she 'll make some coffee , and I sit down on a chair with my carrier by my side . |
| 9 | There 's rows of benches in front of it and I sit down for a bit to look at the tree . |
| 10 | I feel much better when I 'm back on the platform , and I sit down for a breather . |
| 11 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 12 | Ferrying Jamie to his sporting activities has made me more conscious of the need to exercise , and I work out at a gym once or twice a week . ’ |
| 13 | It 'll be up to him whether he throws me to the dogs and I finish up in a debtor 's prison , or whether he turns into a guardian angel complete with halo and big fat cheque . |
| 14 | It 's nothing , this is the way I deal with it , if I treat this job , if I go in to a shop or ask for any service I expect , you know , the same that I give , and basically speaking then I 'm pleased . |
| 15 | you have a sweet and all that sort of thing , I mean you ca n't I ca n't resist them if I go out for a meal , I 've got to have the sweet , I 'd rather have the sweet |
| 16 | And if I come down with a sore throat now , I 'll know who to blame . |
| 17 | " I mean , what are my chances , if I stick around for a couple more months ? " |
| 18 | If I get up out a chair it 's murder . |
| 19 | Cos if I sing , when I 'm doing my homework if I sing along to a tape or something I start writing the words down . |
| 20 | ‘ All right if I drop in for a drink this evening ? ’ he said . |
| 21 | It was the last lesson of the day and I could n't help it , but I come out with a big burp in the middle of the lesson and she goes , ‘ Fay , are you feeling all right ? ’ and I says , ‘ Yes Miss , of course I am ’ , and then she goes to me when I did it again , ‘ FAY ! ’ and I goes , ‘ It 's all right ’ , I goes , ‘ Pardon me , Miss . |
| 22 | no I do n't think we 'll have a pussy cat for the foreseeable future , not shut up , I say it 's different if they can go out , sharpen their claws on a bit of bark or , unless I end up with a goldfish |
| 23 | I do have to pay into circuses unfortunately erm because I go in as a member of the public to watch the act , and when I can , I pay the money to go |
| 24 | While I go up for a bath you can take stock of the supplies I brought . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 26 | She said : ‘ It is a trip of a lifetime and something I want to do before I settle down with a career . |
| 27 | I know how busy they are when I come off the road off a night , and I know busy because they are before I go out on a morning , and erm , it seems like they 're never likely to get stuck from time to time though . |
| 28 | Before I move on to a fuller description of helicopter radios , let's summarise the above : |
| 29 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 30 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |