Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] [verb] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | okay , the two filled in , one would be pensionable , one would be insurance , okay , what other in , piece of paper do I need ? |
| 2 | Not until I was out in the open countryside again , reassured by the songs of the birds and the murmur of streams did I feel that I had emerged from a dream and rejoined the familiar twentieth century . |
| 3 | If for example I am pursuing X in the expectation of enjoying it , but when I get it am disappointed , or seem to enjoy it yet afterwards come to recognize that only habit or a false idea of myself or susceptibility to persuasion made me suppose I was enjoying myself , then I was mistaken in doing Y. Every choice of means , however well argued , proves groundless with the discrediting of the end , yet that I did not have the fun I expected is itself no more than a fact . |
| 4 | Er so any clarification you can give about er er Mr er with Mr Potter 's comment that we would have to wait and see each one on its circumstances when we talking earlier about the industrial change of use makes me twitch , because it 's lack of precision which all of us are trying to eliminate as much as we can in this process . |
| 5 | What kind of answer do I want to the question of how I use a map in my head ? |
| 6 | There 's a brisk word for the little people — waiters ( ‘ idiot ’ ) , cleaning ladies , young policemen , flower stall men ( ‘ what kind of mortgage do I need for those ? ’ ) , |
| 7 | Your capacity for trust made me wonder if perhaps … you , alone … |
| 8 | What type of survey do I want to do ? |
| 9 | What type of fuse do I want in it ? |
| 10 | I have read they are open water layers , so what type of stones do I need ? |
| 11 | The following morning , three of the six were eventually discovered at various positions around the living room , the faint glimmer of life making me change my mind about dispatching them to the waste bin . |
| 12 | Hair against skin makes me think of glamour . |
| 13 | Er and I think also it should be helpful to go to er a tutor , an , an , an admissions tutor and say well you know , what , what sort of skills do I need to get ? |
| 14 | What I mean by setting goals is asking yourself ‘ What sort of person do I want to be ? ’ |
| 15 | What sort of jobs do I find myself attracted to ? |
| 16 | Then I was put on some sort of medication to help me calm down because I kept on getting knotted up , getting uptight . |
| 17 | ‘ It made me angry , and that sort of thing makes me get stuck in . ’ |
| 18 | The problem comes in many forms , but for the sake of brevity let me concentrate on pollution . |
| 19 | This may not prove to be a serious problem , but having it happen twice in a short period of time makes me wonder . |
| 20 | A sound from overhead made me look up . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not a particularly patient man , and the thought of lying flat on my back for weeks made me feel almost suicidal , and if it had n't been for your parents — well , suffice to say that they were marvellous — ’ |
| 22 | Then he fell silent , as if he was thinking of some way to turn this promise into a purpose , and he added , in the barest of trembled whispers , ‘ As I am an eagle of Wrath do I promise it . |
| 23 | But the memory of Mala in that half-embrace with Gharr made me wonder if she had not already … travelled beyond my reach . |
| 24 | On a good day , it only takes a glimpse of blue sky or a tree in blossom to make me feel full of the joys of spring and in love with life . |
| 25 | T'missus at Laurels lets me bring 'ome what I want and I reckon them carnations is me favourite . " |
| 26 | Not one word of thanks do I get from her or from Sunil or his wife … |
| 27 | REPORTS about Vinny Jones being the hardest man in football make me smile . |
| 28 | The workshop session on the importance of the measurement and analysis of data made me understand the purpose of the charts and graphs displayed on office walls at Runcorn Heath . |
| 29 | And if that is so , then I revert to the considerations already stated which as a matter of construction make me think that it did so legislate . |
| 30 | The fellow 's smugness and unnecessary familiarity with Mala made me dislike him at once . |