Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] a [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 | ‘ Yes , ’ she replied tersely , ‘ I 'll make sure that I draw up a balance sheet next time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Although we are now debating a piece of works legislation , it represents a major reform of parliamentary procedure , so I put down a marker at this stage to the effect that the Minister should be more forthcoming in considering whether we should have new procedures for dealing with orders . |
| 9 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 10 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 11 | ‘ He suggested it could have died another way , ’ Small recalls , ‘ so I took out a knife , skinned it on his desk , and showed him where the fox 's teeth had punctured the flesh . ’ |
| 12 | I had worked as an assistant in Mothercare for quite a few years , so I took out a discount card with them when I was pregnant and I bought everything there at 20 per cent discount . |
| 13 | I had my trumpet case on my knee and half a carriage to myself , so I pulled out a paperback of Gore Vidal 's latest Essays and read the one where he thinks he gets confused with Anthony Burgess . |
| 14 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
| 15 | But here I was stuck back on the dole with a Fostex 250 , a guitar , a microphone and a drum machine , so I worked out a way of getting up to about eleven tracks on the Portastudio by constantly bouncing to and fro . |
| 16 | I hate Heathcliff too , but I could not agree to murder , so I called out a warning from the kitchen window . |
| 17 | Pater 's as busy as ever , of course , but the mater has kept on the house in London since Madeleine 's season , so I spend quite a lot of time in the Great Big City seeing shows , etc. etc . |
| 18 | Mum and I get on a lot better these days . |
| 19 | We made small talk to everyone we knew and I drank rather a lot of gin and ginger ale . |
| 20 | Runaways were commonplace , and I remember when a bull , on its way back to Milford Station , thought enough was enough , broke free and terrorised the neighbouring streets for about half-an-hour before recapture . |
| 21 | Above the chasms we stopped and I kicked out a shelf for the camera bags . |
| 22 | I sent off my $5 and I got back a list of occupations : TV repairman , shoe salesman , musician , fireman , axe murderer . |
| 23 | Silver sent Dick to fetch the rum , then Israel said something to the cook in a low voice , and I heard only a word or two . |
| 24 | I 've come home to my dinner and I 've not a lot of time to spare . ’ |
| 25 | They 're quite fun and I 've quite a lot of that up , and I 've got another board on , half of it 's and half of it sleep . |
| 26 | " Yes and I know quite a bit about history , geography and Latin . |
| 27 | Oh yes , I like and I know quite a bit about gardening and the names of the |
| 28 | and I had n't a clue what that was . |
| 29 | In my dream I was overwhelmed by grief ; it woke me , and I had quite a difficulty in getting the horror out of my system . |
| 30 | Cos , in case there was a mistake and on one side and I , and I had quite a number of things accumulate in that way you know . |