Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv prt] a [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ So I took up a hold on 210 overhead the ditched pilot using Rate 1s as crosswind and base legs . |
| 7 | The tide had n't covered the pebbles yet , so I took up a handful and lobbed them at the bottle . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I must do something , I thought , so I rang up a friend of mine called David Woolcock . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I hate Heathcliff too , but I could not agree to murder , so I called out a warning from the kitchen window . |
| 14 | Mum and I get on a lot better these days . |
| 15 | Above the chasms we stopped and I kicked out a shelf for the camera bags . |
| 16 | I sent off my $5 and I got back a list of occupations : TV repairman , shoe salesman , musician , fireman , axe murderer . |
| 17 | I got myself a couple of sausages on sticks , a hunk of crusty bread , and another Scotch , and I took over a pint of bitter for Seddon . |
| 18 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
| 19 | In the spring of 1940 John Avison and I rounded up a group of like-minded radio people with the object of renting a large house as far away as possible from downtown Vancouver . |
| 20 | I saw the plant growing happily in a garden in Virginia , and I brought back a cutting … |
| 21 | Patsy and I corresponded over a period of four months . |
| 22 | The door began to close and I put out a hand to stop it . |
| 23 | Q. I am a beginner with around a year 's experience and I set up a 48″ × 21″ × 18″ ( water height ) marine tank last December . |
| 24 | ‘ I noticed that a few counties had decided on June 6 and I sent out a letter pointing out that the recommended date was the second Saturday in June . |
| 25 | My home club is Coombe Hill in Kingston , Surrey , and I play off a handicap of 17 . |
| 26 | And I picked up a pack of contraceptives . |
| 27 | And I picked up a load of washing the other day and put it in the washing machine and I washed it . |
| 28 | The fish are fed sparingly once a day and I carry out a 20% water change every ten days when I use a vacuum to clean the top layer of gravel . |
| 29 | ‘ Steve and I teamed up a while back . |
| 30 | My wife and I saved over a number of years to get enough money together for a decent Land Rover . |