Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case I feel a deep conviction that I 'm not making a mistake . |
| 2 | In this instance I have a better chance of getting the ball close by using the slope to let the ball run down to the flag . |
| 3 | For an instant I saw a different woman : not the sour , bored old creature I had grown to expect , but someone strong and humorous . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Now I 've got that off my chest I have a few questions for you : |
| 6 | On deck I feel a perfect target for any sniping moron . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For her younger sister I felt a similar affection and admiration . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But then , in the far corner of the field I found a medieval buckle . |
| 15 | An opportunity I believe an ambitious person like yourself will find too good to resist . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In the spare bedroom I had a demountable work-bench with a vice and an array of small tools . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ We made love , but life will carry on , and while we 're under the same roof I think a verbal truce is in order . ’ |
| 21 | After sticking the hook through a crust I make an experimental cast across the river , well away from the swim , choosing a dock leaf as my target on the far bank . |
| 22 | It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur . |
| 23 | ‘ And when I 'd parked the car I had an overwhelming urge to kiss you . ’ |
| 24 | The rooms could have been empty , it was impossible to tell , and in fact when I came to the special dining car I found a good number of the passengers sitting at the unlaid tables , just chatting . |
| 25 | When we were going out of the theatre at the end of the pantomime I saw a little lad crawl under the seat and put it in his pocket . |
| 26 | Did they ever say to you I do n't want a diffused light I want a direct light ? |
| 27 | We see an awful lot of people have got a tremendous investment in traditional character cell terminals and by a character cell terminal I mean a dumb terminal of twenty four lines of eighty characters . |
| 28 | The tree was 360mm in diameter and to enable me to get the correct clearance around the tree and the seat width I drew a rough development on the patio with chalk . |
| 29 | Highton Highton I came a nice part . |
| 30 | For the short term I have a few suggestions . |