Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because ’ — his speech slurred a fraction — ‘ I 'm going to tell you a story I heard the other day which I could n't possibly tell you if you had a lady Archdeacon . ’ |
| 2 | As I swabbed the table with disinfectant I had the old feeling of helplessness . |
| 3 | In each case I pressed the national authorities concerned to allow me to send a UK ‘ observer ’ to their investigation and I am happy to say that our request was agreed to on each occasion . |
| 4 | In this case I feel a deep conviction that I 'm not making a mistake . |
| 5 | For an instant I saw a different woman : not the sour , bored old creature I had grown to expect , but someone strong and humorous . |
| 6 | I went down the steps at the sign of the big neon M. I put a five-copeck piece into the automatic entrance which wo n't prevent non-payers travelling but buses in order to embarrass them . |
| 7 | On deck I feel a perfect target for any sniping moron . |
| 8 | Route II came in 1943 with Brian Kellet climbing on from the chimney rift of Route I to cross the upper slabs . |
| 9 | Using the walls for support I made a slow tour of every inch of the building , stopping frequently to squeeze the dizziness from my skull . |
| 10 | And of course I get a big boost when something like this happens , because words make plain sense , even though Tod always reads them backwards . |
| 11 | Of course I know the vast majority — especially the New People — do n't care a damn about any of the arts . |
| 12 | Er and of course I seen the present managers are , are th the one you know only just lives down the road here he 's recently retired . |
| 13 | Of course I share the hon. Gentleman 's sympathy in the case of Mr. Newell . |
| 14 | I 'm not erm , I 'm not going to be in a situation to record all my chat anyway , I do n't think , because of the erm , the amount of it , when I 'm running a course I do an awful lot of chatting during the day . |
| 15 | and you get gale force winds blowing down there and of course I opened the back door and there were panes of glass flying past |
| 16 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman that assurance . |
| 17 | Of course I give the hon. Gentleman the pledge that we shall take up any of those cases , should he send the details to me . |
| 18 | Later that afternoon I saw a horse-drawn van pull up outside the cottage and soon a burly fellow was fetching furniture out and loading it into the van . |
| 19 | In the afternoon I watch the English football . |
| 20 | For her younger sister I felt a similar affection and admiration . |
| 21 | As we pored over his crippled handwriting I felt a steady heat coming from his body like an aura which slowly enveloped me and seemed to penetrate the very marrow of my bones . |
| 22 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 23 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 24 | As a concession to the New Wave I wore a black shirt , black jeans , white socks and black suede shoes , but I knew I had uninteresting hair . |
| 25 | But then , in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle . |
| 26 | An opportunity I believe an ambitious person like yourself will find too good to resist . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ One , when I was having dinner with you and Ed in Helsinki at his apartment I sensed a certain intimacy between the two of you . |
| 28 | I , personally , always tried to avoid being drawn into any kind of union or political affairs , but in the case of the Association I made a slight concession in that I agreed to become Editor of our newsletter , which started out as a news-sheet and eventually grew into a magazine called " Coastlines " , featuring articles , reports from the cutters , poems and competitions . |
| 29 | In the spare bedroom I had a demountable work-bench with a vice and an array of small tools . |
| 30 | With this in mind I phoned a good friend who runs a detector shop and asked whether he had any decent second-hand machines for sale of the same type as my old one . |