Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far from craving for crumpets I was firmly resisting repatriation and trying hard to stay where I was ; the kindness of friends enabled me to do so . |
| 2 | okay , the two filled in , one would be pensionable , one would be insurance , okay , what other in , piece of paper do I need ? |
| 3 | Following the further arguments of which we have had the benefit , I should find it very difficult , in conscience , to reach a conclusion adverse to the appellants on the basis of a technical rule of construction requiring me to ignore the very material which in this case indicates unequivocally which of the two possible interpretations of section 63(2) of the Act of 1976 was intended by Parliament . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Self-styled funniest programme on telly HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU dusts itself off after a very poor return to the screen last week with well-known wit Charles Kennedy of the Liberal Democrats . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The reason I started writing tunes was because I could n't find tunes that set up the kind of guitar playing I wanted to do as an improviser . |
| 9 | What kind of answer do I want to the question of how I use a map in my head ? |
| 10 | so what kind of time have I got at the moment ? |
| 11 | 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 ? ’ ) , |
| 12 | I mean listen I 'm the first person to talk in in support of body piercing I look I have parts of my body pierced I like it but I do n't think standing around the street corners sort of revealing it is a nice thing to do . |
| 13 | Your capacity for trust made me wonder if perhaps … you , alone … |
| 14 | What type of survey do I want to do ? |
| 15 | What type of fuse do I want in it ? |
| 16 | I have read they are open water layers , so what type of stones do I need ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Their phone call came to my home in Hampstead inviting me to come to Toronto to meet them on the following Sunday . |
| 19 | Reading the article in this issue on Remembrance led me to reflect on the statement in our Royal Charter which says that one of the objects of the Association is to : |
| 20 | Now if if the management at home heard me doing this of course er giving you a choice but I believe in it . |
| 21 | Hair against skin makes me think of glamour . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | What I mean by setting goals is asking yourself ‘ What sort of person do I want to be ? ’ |
| 24 | What sort of jobs do I find myself attracted to ? |
| 25 | Then I was put on some sort of medication to help me calm down because I kept on getting knotted up , getting uptight . |
| 26 | Till some sort of disaster happens I think |
| 27 | What sort of background have I got ? |
| 28 | ‘ It made me angry , and that sort of thing makes me get stuck in . ’ |
| 29 | The problem comes in many forms , but for the sake of brevity let me concentrate on pollution . |
| 30 | This may not prove to be a serious problem , but having it happen twice in a short period of time makes me wonder . |