Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] i [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she clumps out I sit on the bed and ask Rachel , ‘ What the hell are we doing here ? ’ and she shrugs . |
| 2 | TWO months ago I travelled to the former Yugoslavia and visited hospitals and camps filled with the displaced and wounded of the Bosnian conflict . |
| 3 | I had to have those three tees when I walked off the 18th . |
| 4 | We we 're , we 're , we 'd be likely to invite all of our stewards really I think from the point of view , the County Branch up to now with these meetings it 's just been our County Branch er that 's been |
| 5 | ‘ It really is physically and mathematically impossible , ’ continues Professor James , ‘ to work out the implications of my needs whenever I go into a supermarket unless I happen to know my metabolic rate , what it means in terms of my food needs and how to calculate this information so that I can select the correct diet . ’ |
| 6 | The following day I sent him the stamps and a couple of days later I received in the post not the book but a cheque for slightly less than the value of the book and postage combined , together with the following note , which I reproduce in its entirety : ‘ Herewith a cheque for £20 . |
| 7 | A few days later I returned from a lengthy scout round the area to find a woman in those dark clothes in the kitchen putting cups on the table . |
| 8 | So a few days later I moved to an hotel , the Hotel España ( solo apartamentos ) on the Plaza Españia . |
| 9 | Two or three days later I read in the Scotsman that the jury of fifteen had found Meehan guilty by a majority verdict . |
| 10 | About two-and-a-half years later I walked into a small clothes shop to see the celebrity holding court . |
| 11 | Two weeks ago I wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury suggesting that it was now time for the Church Militant to denounce antibiotics in the same uncompromising terms once used against usury , but I suspect my advice ( admittedly unsolicited ) will go the same way as the seed of Onan . |
| 12 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that some three weeks ago I spoke to the business community in Blackpool , who expressed concern about the possibility of local government reform ? |
| 13 | Eleven years ago I wrote to the then President of our Institute making the case for expanding the role of the Institute . |
| 14 | Some years ago I protested against the latter which , in my view , vitiates nearly all research in the so-called ‘ science ’ of sociology . |
| 15 | It 's to do with the Government housing policy at national level , but there are certain things we can do , and I remember about two and a half years ago I arranged for a group of people to come and give a seminar to the Housing Committee . |
| 16 | Many years ago I came across the card in the Doll Museum in Wrexham and I 've been on the lookout for it every since . ’ |
| 17 | Two years ago I got through the guilt obstacle . |
| 18 | Some years ago I worked with a golfer who had achieved a considerable amount of success , winning several amateur trophies . |
| 19 | Many years ago I worked as a Time and Motion Study ( Work Study ) officer in industry , where the question was always : why ca n't all workers produce the output achieved by the best workers ? |
| 20 | I had been in constant pain , since my accident , for nearly two years when I stumbled across the Alexander Technique . |
| 21 | Just over two hours later I nosed into the pier at Vidlin and Martin and Lucy jumped on board . |
| 22 | Two hours later I collapsed onto the col , long after Enrique had got there , and every step a struggle . |
| 23 | Forty minutes later I parked outside a slate-grey office block in the business centre . |
| 24 | Ten minutes ago I walked to the end of the street and waited . |
| 25 | Ten minutes ago I knocked at the front door , waited in the street . |
| 26 | ‘ The things I 've seen in them vats when I worked for the brewery . ’ |
| 27 | I had none of [ the former ] assets when I started at the Bar ; but my 25 years in practice were the happiest in my life . |
| 28 | ‘ She was a voluntary resident at one of the hospitals where I act as a consultant . ’ |
| 29 | But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky . |
| 30 | Ah but there 's no bins now I mean with the wheelie bins they 're the g best thing ever , stops rats , dog everything . |