Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this programme I 'm going to sketch in a bit of the background , by way of introduction , and in later weeks , various colleagues of mine , concerned with all aspects of the computing world , will be helping me build up the over-all picture . |
| 2 | ‘ How many of them lacked only the good fortune that saved you ? ’ |
| 3 | In any case , the Dwarfs saw in the savage human tribes potential allies to help them fight the Orcs and , ultimately , to help them win back the lost Dwarf fortresses . |
| 4 | I asked how the financial problems afflicting the charity had come about ? |
| 5 | When I asked how the Public Accounts Committee could examine what I regarded as gross excesses and a gross dereliction of duty by the Secretary of State for Transport , I was told — quite properly that the PAC could investigate only specific charges . |
| 6 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 7 | I sketch out the whole scenario in seven minutes flat . |
| 8 | A pale autumnal sun played over Etive as I gazed up the beckoning folds of Spartan Slab with another partner , watching the leisurely antics of an American climber and his female ropemate on this classic VS . |
| 9 | Anyway I made completely the wrong decision with her with her the first time . |
| 10 | I twisted around and almost blinded myself by staring straight into the sun , but then , through the dizzying glare , I made out the long silhouette of a tall man who seemed , incongruously , to be dressed in a long , transparent dressing gown . |
| 11 | I crept back the few yards to the way marked path and walked on down the track . |
| 12 | NOT and I repeat NOT the main carriage , as someone I know once did ! |
| 13 | Well I suppose you see maybe what they 're trying to do I mean as far as I know I mean previously the Inland Revenue or the valuation office part of the Inland Revenue they actually used to run a scheme where |
| 14 | I mean even the simple things , the hard data like annual mileage , is clearly an area of debate because you and Cynthia would argue different points you know . |
| 15 | I mean even the highest spirit of Reason which , according to Nicholas of Cusa , guards the gate in the wall around Paradise — a wall which is built of contradictions . |
| 16 | Nobody in industry has actually got an absolute guarantee , I mean even the British Telecom schemes said they 'll pay , they 'll pay the rate of inflation if they feel they can afford . |
| 17 | I mean certainly the social services now divide up a bit . |
| 18 | I mean erm presumably I mean obviously the local authority has its own people |
| 19 | I tell them all about the bar-tailed lark and the Berbers but they 're looking at me in a very strange way and I mean now the whole story sounds pretty crazy to me as I 'm telling it . |
| 20 | I mean deliberately the actual community itself was set up , so it does have representation from the , the community . |
| 21 | I felt that the design for this holiday picture should be a natural and less structured design than normal , so I laid out the pressed stems of eucalyptus which naturally fell into a fan shape and used that as the basis of my design . |
| 22 | Martens says : ‘ Of course I realised immediately the historic importance of the book and the show together . |
| 23 | I led up the awkward flake crack to a sitting stance on the Pedestal — a huge , flat topped flake stuck to the face — and called up the big guns . |
| 24 | I intend over the next Journals to put them on record for all members , who are unable to visit the Museum at Bishop 's Castle , to reproduce them for you . |
| 25 | Each week , on shopping day , I tear out the first page and have a ready-made shopping list . |
| 26 | I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach . |
| 27 | And I bring back the livin' herbs , some overproof rum , some italvital dubplates and some duty-free ribbed condoms . |
| 28 | ‘ I fear somewhat the same circumstances . ’ |
| 29 | With such thoughts in my head and lithe grace in my movements , I loped up the grassy knoll to the court . |
| 30 | Er Mr Deputy Speaker it 's also quite important that I make clear the Labour party 's position in respect to the article which calls for uniform electoral procedures to be set up for elections to the European parliament . |