Example sentences of "i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me elder brother was in the First World War and he er he got married and er she was a flighty sort of girl and she was n't attending to er Mabel properly , the little girl , she had a girl and a boy . |
| 2 | One of a family of six and me elder brother was me bro me dad had a little business in the keys in and er they were hard times and me elder brother we used to go and work for him because me dad said he must and er from , after school I used to go and perhaps do the errands or a bit of filing , the odd jobs and all that sort of thing and I grew up with locks and keys and files from twelve , even before I left school . |
| 3 | One of a family of six and me elder brother was me bro me dad had a little business in the keys in and er they were hard times and me elder brother we used to go and work for him because me dad said he must and er from , after school I used to go and perhaps do the errands or a bit of filing , the odd jobs and all that sort of thing and I grew up with locks and keys and files from twelve , even before I left school . |
| 4 | ‘ Bring me liquid sustenance , for I have need of thy strongest mocha-java , merchantman … ’ |
| 5 | ‘ But for God 's sake send me prompt news , Sharpe . |
| 6 | ‘ New bugs are wets and weeds their mummies blub when they kiss them goodbye while seniors such as me hem-hem stand grimly by licking their slobering chops . |
| 7 | Even when I can understand all they are saying , they give me little opportunity to reply , so anxious are they to keep up the headlong momentum of their own speech ; then they complain that I say nothing ! |
| 8 | Come me little washer lad , come let's away , |
| 9 | Come me little washer lad , come let's away , |
| 10 | It caused me little inconvenience and even less pain and I was still able to manoeuvre myself into reasonable position and qualify for the final . |
| 11 | I let me little lot go , sir , see . |
| 12 | It gives me little pleasure to agree with him , but I do so . |
| 13 | I played off seven at my best — politics left me little time for practice , but lack of concentration was the real problem . |
| 14 | ‘ You give me little encouragement . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You 're burning up with love for me , are n't you , me little darlin' ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble . |
| 17 | An ’ that ai n't me usual practice . ’ |
| 18 | The Principal offered me complete freedom to visit and photograph any part of the complex . |
| 19 | Using the structured eavesdropping technique allowed me complete freedom to sit and observe groups . |
| 20 | Like a twat I decided that attack was the best way of preserving my job , and so I demanded that the board give me complete control over team selection , tactics , welfare etc. , with no boardroom interference whatsoever . |
| 21 | Anthony Cheetham offered me complete control of the whole sales operation at the Orion Publishing Group Ltd , encompassing home and export sales for both hardbacks and mass market paperbacks , and while I have been very happy at Random House in its many incarnations , I felt it was too good an offer to miss . |
| 22 | ‘ Fox , although allowing me complete control over the physical side of making the picture , were strong enough to prevent me changing the script , ’ he said . |
| 23 | It gave me strange things to think of when I found myself looking at my own boy 's face in a picture painted three hundred years ago ! |
| 24 | She 's been giving me strange looks ever since I got here — doubtless because it 's not exactly commonplace for the star of the show to make bookings for the lowly make-up artist . ’ |
| 25 | He told me strange stories of red-skinned men who wore eagle feathers , and their wise man fitted Doctor Agrippa 's description . |
| 26 | Do not forget me dear comrade . |
| 27 | That seems to me outstanding work . " |
| 28 | ‘ Many parents bring me rebellious teenagers with the plea , ‘ Please change her , doctor ! ' ’ |
| 29 | With my ham and cheese , which were not of my making , they brought me iced seltzer . |
| 30 | ‘ We began the composition together , ’ Wordsworth recalled , ‘ on that to me memorable evening . ’ |