Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb base] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other story I recall to mind about this time is that Cranwell in those days must have been the coldest spot south of the Arctic Circle and the ration of coal to fire the single stove in a billet of 22 erks took little account of the temporary hutment , Some genius had laid down that the ration of coal would he 1lb of coal every other day was sufficient to ward off armies of brass monkeys that descended on Cranwell in winter . |
| 2 | ‘ I know from the messages of support I have received from those in the arts world and elsewhere how much your leadership , interest and enthusiasm will be missed . |
| 3 | The best description I have heard for this position is ‘ well plugged on ’ — a plug will not go into a socket if it is crooked , that is the baby should not be twisting his or her neck . |
| 4 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 5 | But of course I enjoy going to Red Cross |
| 6 | May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’ |
| 7 | Our hair became longer and — in police terms — almost verged on the wild , confirming Hallpike , ( 1969 : 260 ) , who argued : ‘ the hypothesis I wish to advance in this article [ is ] that long hair is associated with being outside society and that the cutting of hair symbolizes re-entering society , or living under a particularly disciplinary regime within society … . |
| 8 | And when they were come , and settled into conference with him : ‘ I desire your views upon the decision I have taken in this matter of the Welsh war . |
| 9 | " My teachers desire me to address this letter to you relative to my education , that you may form some idea what progress I have made in different studies since last Midsummer . |
| 10 | In the result I have returned to another of my main interests , contempt of court . |
| 11 | Indeed some research I 've done on this shows that only three players have managed 400 such dismissals , namely Richard Hadlee , Hapil Dev and Malcolm Marshall . |
| 12 | That 's the only fault I have to find with these activities . |
| 13 | This is the first proper daylight I 've seen for two months . |
| 14 | The work I 've done for other people , getting things together , making things happen , sheltering the homeless , getting them fed — and as often as not , paying for it . |
| 15 | although that is the only error I 've made in these figures I , not myself |
| 16 | This is the second machine I 've seen from Western Systems . |
| 17 | The stark juxtaposition of these two statements sums up the whole dilemma facing arts teachers , and consequently illustrates the central issue I want to discuss in this chapter . |
| 18 | well , when I say that it 's the best opportunity for peace I 've seen in twenty years . |
| 19 | The first question I want to ask of contemporary antiracism is whether it does not collude in accepting that the problems of ‘ race ’ and racism are somehow peripheral to the substance of political life . |
| 20 | Now once question I have got on this . |
| 21 | The major point I wish to make in this chapter can now be stated . |
| 22 | Now , the final point I want to make in this little section , and I think Liz is going to help me make this point , and that is that one of your problems , which is not a big problem compared with some organizations , is you 've got to take what you 're doing , and repackage it in such way that it is of interest to ordinary people . |
| 23 | the ones you buy in a shop I 've heard of six |
| 24 | ‘ It 's mostly my gardener I have to thank for that ’ , said the doctor modestly , ‘ but , yes , I do take an interest . |
| 25 | For more delicate greenstuff and for the fruity veg I tend to turn to olive oil . |
| 26 | Every day I have to go through some sort of treatment . |
| 27 | ‘ With the publication of Affliction I feel liberated from that obsession with domestic violence . ’ |
| 28 | Certainly the Rhaetian I have seen in southern Europe , for example on the south side of the Pyrenees and along the shores of Lake Iseo in northern Italy , is incredibly like that of Britain , even in the way the fossils are preserved . |
| 29 | With my father agreeing to give me £2,000 , and adding , ‘ This is the third plane ticket I 've bought for that man ’ , I flew back to England and finished painting the house white , thanking God that I liked the art nouveau and Edwardian furniture David had been buying , because otherwise it could have been tricky , having received the letter and realising that it might actually be love , it might actually be something serious going on . |
| 30 | Erm we are dealing with public funds and er and those that particular minute I think relate to detailed discussions that took place before approval was given . |