Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is one scene where I fall over a sofa , which we added on the day of the shoot . ’ |
| 2 | For me it begins to be noticeable at the railway station where I get off the train each evening , and becomes gradually stronger , like a magnetic field , as I walk up the hill . |
| 3 | I nodded , although I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about . |
| 4 | Rain said : ‘ My conscience dictates that I drive down the Cap and interview Peter Leary . |
| 5 | I blow out so hard that I mist up the windscreen . |
| 6 | I think to be a good teaching aid something has to say ‘ Well I think this because ’ and , as it were , retrace the chain of reasoning that I 've just the sort of chain that I 've given you . |
| 7 | At times I feel so tired that I throw down the pen in despair ; but it is soon taken up again , and , like a pygmy Antaeus , it seems to have imbibed fresh vigour from its prostration . |
| 8 | Yes I mean issue with illegitimate children or his affair means that I mean even the line he was running is okay because I 'm rich so it 's not gon na and it 's not gon na and so he 's got these two sort of values , that if you are a single parent and you 're poor that makes you lesser and more immoral than if you were a single parent and you 're rich . |
| 9 | And , and also that , he then goes on to say that the revolution , it is n't , it 's not a re re final thing , it 's not an insurrection , er he says it 's not like writing an essay , you know all these er analogies , that I mean basically the revolution is an over , it needs force er and i it 's , it is a violent , y y you do n't , in order for the revolution to have been a success it , it needs to be |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , ’ she replied tersely , ‘ I 'll make sure that I draw up a balance sheet next time . |
| 11 | So it was with some trepidation that I put forward the idea of his leaping back into the West End , twenty years after he 'd gratefully left it . |
| 12 | Despite the two question marks that I put over the Bill , I believe that the Government are right to proceed with the reforms that it contains . |
| 13 | I asked Alan to fish the first drift , in order to settle down , and towards the end he suggested that I put up the dap . |
| 14 | N do n't know that I know just the whisky barrels they were , a little I believe there was maybe a name for them . |
| 15 | You want that I turn up the sound ? ’ |
| 16 | Malc was furious , especially when I admitted that I had n't the heart to charge the old dear , so we were two quid out of pocket . |
| 17 | Something was taking place in my life that I had absolutely no control over … and I was happy about it . |
| 18 | I told you in another part of this saga of mine that I took over a Night in No 7 Squadron from a Flight Commander . |
| 19 | You may recall that I proposed earlier a scheme to do just that — namely , the registration of a new entry , but accompanied by a code known to the Registrar which would alert him in any case of attempted fraud . |
| 20 | The wood is alder and the deal is that I scaled down the body a little bit . |
| 21 | Alas , they had no high chairs for nine month old Daniel , and it was with a sinking heart that I picked up the menu , while trying to hold the baby and prevent toddler Michael from pulling off the tablecloth . |
| 22 | It 's such a wonderful thing and gives out such heat that I spend quite a lot of my time sitting alongside it in the kitchen . |
| 23 | ‘ I can assure you , my dear Laura , that I have neither the inclination nor the energy to lay my hands on your fair body , ’ he drawled sardonically . |
| 24 | I can not bear even the most distant apprehension that I have not the preference with you of any man living . |
| 25 | She carried her sandwich over to join him , saying : ‘ My excuse for being down here is that I have n't a moment to spare . |
| 26 | I have often wondered where they do come from but confess that I have absolutely no idea . |
| 27 | Does my right hon. Friend know that I gave up the opportunity of becoming a solicitor like the hon. Member for Glasgow , Garscadden ( Mr. Dewar ) because accountants put the losses on the right and the profits on the left ? |
| 28 | Cawthorne had disappeared around the northern end of the farmhouse , so I ran back the way I had come , around the south end and climbed the fence back into the hop field . |
| 29 | It was too cold and windy to sit and wait , though , so I limped back the way I had come , embittered at having to walk unnecessarily . |
| 30 | Having made such progress in Sheffield , I felt it was time to move back to home ground , so I set up a CHE group in Rotherham . |