Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Well , the gravestone certainly stands by the porch and it does have a hole drilled through it , said to have been where the iron stake was hammered through the stone into the coffin , but I 'm afraid that I agree with the general consensus voiced around the bar of the Sun Inn and the George and Dragon that George Hodgson was guilty of nothing but old age , that the only thing he sucked were his gums , and that the hole in the stone was made for a railing or gatepost . |
2 | I mean it 's about sort of you know in it 's about increasing the erm where we are within our own particular sphere and it 's far too much I mean people it 's interesting that I mean for the , it seems to me an and once again correction but it seems to me the last five years the empowerment thing was really strong and now managers are moving away from it and saying it 's jargon as a means of diluting it . |
3 | The night sky was still fairly light as I walked through the village , passing close to No. 6 Commando positions . |
4 | When I got indoors I was still so upset that I tore off the frock , ripping a sleeve in the process , but I did n't care ; I was so angry . |
5 | ‘ I finished early and I called at the library for you . |
6 | Most slopes are outside but I went to the 30 metre slope at Calshot Activities Centre at Calshot Spit in the Solent . |
7 | He 's such a huge star now that I was actually nervous when I walked into the studio with him . ’ |
8 | The horse was led back to its stable and I walked to the far end of the house , where there was a lawn of coarse-bladed grass , brown with the heat , some exotic-looking flowers in a stony border , and cushioned garden chairs standing bright in the dappled shade of what looked like a cherry tree . |
9 | She said , ‘ I 'm sorry if I got in the way just now , when you wanted to talk about the vineyard . ’ |
10 | It is the interactional that I examined in the chapter in some detail . |
11 | Jo Spence I think it was then I was ill that I understood for the first time what it was to be a victim . |
12 | ‘ I was fine until I got on the pitch but then it all drained away and the game just passed me by . |
13 | The Iraqi leaned to the left and I peered through the crack in the sandbags at the Fattal building , a yellow-painted office block whose window frames had been chewed down to an inch or two by thousands of bullets ; the Christian Phalangist front line . |
14 | I step back , then turn and run , the clinging wetness round my thighs going from warm to cold as I race beneath the snow-shrouded trees towards the house . |
15 | But I was okay when I got to the first tee . ’ |
16 | I 'm sure the advice for the wealthy to hire a personal bodyguard is useful but I 'm not quite sure if I agree with the investment possibilities of ‘ Aeronautics engineer Paul Moller 's flying car , the M200X , which could allow four people to cruise at 322 miles an hour ’ , thus allaying any fears about the collapse of the transport infrastructure . |
17 | I find a box of matches , then follow the piping up the wall from the dead gas-ring until I come to the stopcock that turns the supply on . |
18 | I was only half awake when I listened to the World Service . |
19 | I began to see that my fear about Mary obscuring Christ was not soundly based as long as I keep to the parameters of Scripture . |
20 | Does she think that I have no feelings , or have been struck deaf because I stand by the kitchen door , silent ? |
21 | At this point I decided to go for broke so I wound in the other corn rod and changed this over to a boilie . |
22 | ‘ Enjoyed while they lasted and ended by mutual consent when the time came to move on , usually because both the woman concerned and I knew from the start that it was n't going to be a lifelong affair . ’ |
23 | As far as I 'm concerned if I come into the studio and everyone 's smiling , hey , that 's great . |
24 | Even now I am ashamed when I think of the night I ‘ let fly ’ to one of our best auxiliary nurses who had come to ask me to help when I was just going off duty . |
25 | In fact , they are handy when I go to the out there . |
26 | The undercut cave is dark and mysterious but the lightness of the sandy bottom becomes apparent as I look across the bend , the water becoming shallower as I scan across to the inside of the bend . |
27 | Law of the evidence in relation to that change will be apparent when I deal with the question of loss of future earnings . |
28 | As far as I recall from the last meeting . |
29 | guilty lest I gave to the good-looking only |
30 | I heard him question the Indian and I reached into the cat for the map which he had left on his seat . |